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Splendor score sheet
Your score is the prestige points printed on the development cards you bought, plus 3 for each noble that visits you. Reaching 15 starts the end: finish the round so everyone has the same number of turns, and the most points wins. The Splendor score sheet below keeps the final tally and the tiebreak.
- 2 to 4 players
- About 30 minutes
- At 15, finish the round
- Most points wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live: Mara’s cards plus her noble, added on the keypad. Highest wins, to 15.
Splendor
- BGG #244
- 30 min
A gem-trading card game: take gem tokens, buy development cards that make every later card cheaper, and draw the nobles to your side. The first to 15 prestige points ends the game, but only after the round is played out.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Splendor, in brief
You collect gems in Splendor to buy development cards, and each card makes later ones cheaper. The race is to 15 prestige points.
- Set out cards and noblesLay out 4 cards from each of 3 levels, and one more noble than there are players. Use fewer gems with 2 or 3 players.
- Do one thing a turnTake 3 gems of different colors; take 2 of one color, if 4 or more are left; reserve a card to buy later and take a gold (wild) gem; or buy a card from the table or your reserve.
- Let your cards payEach card you own is a lasting 1-gem discount in its color, and some carry points. A noble visits when your cards meet its need.
- Finish at 15Reaching 15 starts the last round, so all get equal turns.
Only bought cards and nobles count.
Splendor keeps score in plain sight: every point sits on a card in front of you or on a noble tile. Gems and reserved cards help you buy, but they are worth nothing at the end. Count your points aloud at the end of every turn, so the table knows when someone reaches 15.
What scores
| What you have | Points |
|---|---|
| Each development card you boughtThe prestige number printed on it; a card without one scores 0 | As printed |
| Each noble tileIt visits at the end of your turn when your cards’ bonuses meet its need. One a turn at most | 3 |
| Cards you reserved but never boughtThey cost nothing either | 0 |
| Gem tokens and gold | 0 |
- Add up your cardsCount the prestige points on every development card you bought. Reserved cards in your hand do not count.
- Add your noblesEach noble is worth 3. One visits you at the end of a turn when your cards meet its need, and it does not use your action. You can take only one a turn.
- Finish the round at 15When someone ends a turn on 15 or more, play on until everyone has had the same number of turns. The player to the right of the first player takes the last turn.
- Most points winsOn a tie, the tied player who bought the fewest development cards wins. If that is level too, the current rulebook has them share the win.
A tie on 16, and Mara takes it.
Three players, You first, then Mara, then Dev. Mara ends her turn on 16, so the round is played out, and Dev’s last turn brings him level with her. This is the game on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Prestige on cards, then nobles | Final |
|---|---|---|
| You | 8 on your cards, 2 nobles8 + 3 + 3 | 14 |
| Mara | 13 on her 11 cards, 1 noble13 + 3 | 16 |
| Dev | 13 on his 13 cards, 1 noble13 + 3 | 16 |
The cards hold the points. Tabletales holds the game.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. In Splendor, leave the game on Highest wins. When the game ends, type each player’s points from cards and nobles: Tabletales adds it up, marks the winner and saves the game with the night.
- Cards plus nobles on the keypadType each final, or type it the way you count it (13 + 3) and Tabletales adds it up.
- 15 sits on the padSet the game to play to 15 and the Scorepad shows it in the header. The app does not stop the game there, so finish the round before you save.
- Ties share the trophyTied players share the trophy. Splendor gives a tie to whoever bought fewer cards.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo of the table. Splendor gets its own history: how often you play it, who with, and who wins.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Splendor, with its scores
Common Splendor scoring mistakes
- Ending the game the moment someone hits 15Finish the round so everyone has had the same number of turns. The last turn belongs to the player on the first player’s right.
- Counting reserved cards or gemsOnly bought development cards and nobles score.
- Taking two nobles in one turnOne noble a turn at most, even if you qualify for two.
- Breaking a tie the wrong wayThe tied player with the fewest development cards wins, not the most.
Splendor scoring, answered
- How many points do you need to win Splendor?
- 15 prestige points starts the end. The round is finished so everyone has had the same number of turns, and then the most points wins.
- How do you break a tie in Splendor?
- The tied player who bought the fewest development cards wins. If that is a tie too, the current rulebook has them share the win.
- Do reserved cards count in Splendor?
- No. Cards you reserved but did not buy score nothing and cost nothing, and gem tokens score nothing either.
Splendor score sheet
The cards keep the points during play, so this sheet is for the end: prestige on cards and nobles for up to four players, the final score, and the cards bought for a tie.
Score another game
The rulebook shows a noble’s points only in its pictures; the 3 per noble is UltraBoardGames’ figure. Wikipedia adds one more tiebreak, fewest reserved cards, where the current rulebook has the players share the win. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against the Space Cowboys rulebook, UltraBoardGames and Board Game Arena. Splendor is a trademark of Space Cowboys. Tabletales is not affiliated with it.
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