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Five Crowns score sheet
A Five Crowns score sheet has eleven rows, one per round. When a round ends, add up the cards you could not lay down: face value, jacks 11, queens 12, kings 13, the round’s wild cards 20 and jokers 50. Whoever went out scores 0. After round 11, the lowest total wins.
- Up to 7 players
- Five suits, plus jokers
- Always 11 rounds
- Lowest total wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live: Jonas’s leftover cards in round 8 going in as 9 + 4. Tap any round to change it.
Five Crowns
- BGG #4254
- 30 min
A rummy game with five suits that always runs eleven rounds, from 3 cards each up to 13, with a wild card that changes every round. Whatever you cannot lay down counts against you, so the lowest total wins.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Five Crowns, in brief
Five Crowns runs 11 rounds with its own five-suit deck. Cards you can’t fit into books and runs count against you, and the lowest total wins.
- Deal 3, then one moreShuffle both decks together. Deal 3 cards each in round 1, one more each round, 13 in round 11. That number is wild for the round; jokers always are.
- Draw one, discard oneTake the top card of the draw pile or discard pile, then discard one.
- Go outKeep your cards in hand until you can lay them all down in books (3 or more of one value) and runs (3 or more in a row in one suit), plus one discard. Then everyone else gets one last turn.
- Count upCount what is left in your hand. After round 11, the lowest total wins.
Every card you are left holding counts against you.
Cards you lay down in books and runs score nothing. Only what is still in your hand when the round ends is counted, card by card, at the values below.
What a leftover card costs
| Card | Points |
|---|---|
| Number cardsA 9 is worth 9 | Face value |
| Jack | 11 |
| Queen | 12 |
| King | 13 |
| This round’s wild card3s in round 1, 4s in round 2, up to kings in round 11 | 20 |
| Joker | 50 |
| Going outOr laying down every card on your last turn | 0 |
- Let everyone take a last turnWhen a player goes out, each other player gets one more turn to lay down books and runs. Laying off on someone else’s cards is not allowed.
- Add up what you could not useCount every card left in your hand. A card that is wild this round costs 20 and a joker 50.
- Add the round to your totalWhoever went out scores 0, and so does anyone who laid down every card on their last turn.
- Deal one more card next roundRound 1 deals 3 cards and 3s are wild. Each round deals one more and the wild moves up with it: 4s with 4 cards, on to kings with 13 in round 11.
- Lowest total winsAfter round 11 the lowest total wins. Tied players can share the win or play a 6-card round between them to settle it.
Round 8: Mara goes out. Jonas keeps the lead.
Ten cards each, and 10s are wild. Mara goes out; everyone else lays down what they can on their last turn and counts the rest. This is round 8 on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Cards left in hand | Round |
|---|---|---|
| You | Two kings, a queen, a jack and a 5 that fit nothing13 + 13 + 12 + 11 + 5 | 54 |
| Mara | Went outNothing left | 0 |
| Dev | A king, a queen, an 8 and a 713 + 12 + 8 + 7 | 40 |
| Jonas | A 9 and a 49 + 4 | 13 |
Eleven rounds, lowest on top.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. In Five Crowns, pick Lowest wins and type each player’s hand after every round: Tabletales adds up the totals, puts the trophy on the smallest and saves the game with the night.
- Pick Lowest winsEvery new game starts on Highest wins, so switch it to Lowest wins. The trophy then sits on the smallest total all game.
- A row for every roundSwitch to By hand and the eleven rounds stack up. There is no target to set: stop after hand 11.
- Add your hand on the keypadType your hand’s total, or read your cards off as a sum, 13 + 12 + 8 + 7, and Tabletales adds it up. Went out? Type 0.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo from the table. Each game gets a history: how often you play it, who with, and who holds the best score.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Five Crowns, with its scores
Common Five Crowns scoring mistakes
- Scoring a wild card at face valueA card that is wild this round costs 20 if you are stuck with it, and a joker costs 50.
- Ending the round too soonWhen someone goes out, every other player still gets one last turn to lay down what they can.
- Laying off on other players’ cardsThe official rules do not allow it, so those cards stay in your hand and count.
- Counting jacks, queens and kings as 10They are 11, 12 and 13.
Five Crowns scoring, answered
- How do you score Five Crowns?
- At the end of each round, add up the cards left in your hand: number cards at face value, jacks 11, queens 12, kings 13, wild cards 20 and jokers 50. The lowest total after 11 rounds wins.
- How much is a joker worth in Five Crowns?
- 50 points if it is still in your hand when the round ends. A wild card left in your hand costs 20.
- How many rounds are in Five Crowns?
- Always 11. Round 1 deals 3 cards each and round 11 deals 13, with the wild card moving from 3s up to kings.
Five Crowns score sheet
Print one for the table: seven players and all eleven rounds, with a running total beside every round and the wild card for each round at the bottom.
Score another game
PlayMonster’s hints let you throw away a wild card you have no use for, saving its 20 points at the risk of handing it to the next player. Shuffle two sets together and up to 14 can play. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against PlayMonster’s instructions, UltraBoardGames and Wikipedia. Five Crowns is a registered trademark of Cannei, LLC, published by PlayMonster. Tabletales is not affiliated with them.
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