Swoop card game score sheet
A free Swoop card game score sheet, and how a round scores. When someone runs out of cards, everyone else counts every card they still have: in hand, face up and face down. Play until the end you agreed on, and the lowest total wins.
- 3 to 8 players
- Boxed deck or playing cards
- Ends at your agreed limit
- Lowest total wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live: your round’s cards, added up on the keypad. Tap any round to change it.
Swoop
- BGG #22476
- 30 to 60 min
A shedding game for a big table: play a card equal to or lower than the top of the pile, and clear the pile with four of a kind or a SWOOP Card. Whatever you still have when someone runs out counts against you.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Swoop, in brief
In Swoop you race to play away all 19 of your cards: whatever you hold when someone goes out counts against you, and the lowest total wins.
- Deal 19 cardsUse 2 decks for 3 to 5 players, 3 for 6 to 8. Lay 4 cards face down (Mystery Cards), 4 face up on them (Board Cards), and hold 11.
- Play equal or lowerPlay one card, or several of one number, from hand or board onto the pile, equal to or lower than the last. Uncovered Mystery Cards are played blind.
- Swoop the pileFour or more of one number in a row, or a SWOOP card, clears the pile, and you go again.
- Pick up when stuckIf you can’t play, show one card and pick up the pile.
- Go outThe round ends when someone has no cards left anywhere.
Everything you still have counts against you.
The player who went out scores 0. Everyone else pays for every card they still have, wherever it sits: in hand, face up on the board, or face down underneath.
What each card left costs
| Card | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 to 9 | 5 |
| 10, 11, 12 | 10 |
| SWOOP CardEach one still with you at the end | 50 |
| Going out | 0 |
| Playing cards: each 10 or jokerPagat’s version with standard decks: aces 1, 2 to 9 at face value, jacks, queens and kings 10 | 50 |
- Score 0 for going outThe round ends when one player has no cards left in hand, on their board or face down. They score 0.
- Count every card you still haveYour hand, your face-up Board Cards and your face-down Mystery Cards: 5 for each 1 to 9, 10 for each 10 to 12, 50 for each SWOOP Card.
- Add it to your totalLower is better. Write the round down and deal again.
- Stop where you agreedEither once around the table, one round per player, or until someone reaches the limit: 350 to 500 with 3 to 5 players, 250 to 350 with 6 or more. The lowest total wins.
Round 6: Priya gets caught saving SWOOP Cards.
Four players, playing to 350. Going into round 6: You 150, Mara 215, Dev 235, Priya 240. Mara plays her last card, and everyone else counts what they still have. This is round 6 on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Every card still in front of you | Round |
|---|---|---|
| You | A 12 in hand; a 7 face up; a 3 and a 2 face down10 + 5 + 5 + 5 | 25 |
| Mara | No cards leftWent out | 0 |
| Dev | A SWOOP Card in hand; an 11 face down50 + 10 | 60 |
| Priya | Two SWOOP Cards and a 10 in hand; a 9 and a 4 face down50 + 50 + 10 + 5 + 5 | 120 |
Big hands, added up for you.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. In Swoop, type what each player has left at the end of every round. Tabletales keeps the running totals, flags whoever reaches your limit and gives the trophy to the lowest total.
- Pick Lowest winsEvery new game starts on Highest wins. Switch it once and the trophy follows the smallest total.
- Your limit, on the padSet Play to a score: 500 is a quick pick, or type 350. Whoever reaches it is flagged. Playing once around the table instead? Stop after one round per player.
- Leftovers on the keypadType each player’s total, or type the cards the way you count them (50 + 50 + 10 + 5 + 5) and Tabletales adds it up. Whoever went out gets a 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
- Swoop, with its scores
Common Swoop scoring mistakes
- Counting only your handIn the boxed game, your face-up Board Cards and face-down Mystery Cards count too.
- Saving a SWOOP Card too longEach one still with you at the end costs 50. In Pagat’s playing-card version, so does every 10 and joker.
- Crowning the player who hits the limitReaching it ends the game. The lowest total wins it.
- Mixing up the two decksThe boxed game counts every 1 to 9 as 5; Pagat’s playing-card version counts most cards at face value.
Swoop scoring, answered
- How do you score the Swoop card game?
- When one player has no cards left, everyone else counts every card they still have: 5 for each 1 to 9, 10 for each 10 to 12 and 50 for each SWOOP Card. The lowest total wins.
- How many points do you play to in Swoop?
- Whatever your table agrees. The rules suggest 350 to 500 with 3 to 5 players and 250 to 350 with 6 or more, or simply one round per player.
- Do face-down cards count in Swoop?
- Yes. In the boxed game your face-down Mystery Cards and face-up Board Cards count along with your hand when someone goes out.
Swoop score sheet
Print one for the table: eight players and fifteen rounds, with a running total beside every round and the card costs at the bottom.
Score another game
The values above are the boxed SWOOP Card Game’s. Pagat’s version with standard decks ends at 500 and also gives a gentler count: aces to 9s 5 each, jacks, queens and kings 10, and 10s and jokers 20. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against the boxed game’s instructions, swoop-cards.com and Pagat. SWOOP is a trademark of Mukanāna Games. Tabletales is not affiliated with it.
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