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Score sheet for That’s Pretty Clever
A That’s Pretty Clever score sheet (Ganz schön clever in German) has five colored areas, and each one scores its own way. Add the five areas, then add your foxes, each worth as much as your weakest area. The highest total wins.
- 1 to 4 players
- About 30 minutes
- 4, 5 or 6 rounds
- Highest total wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live: five areas, then the lowest area once for each fox, added on the keypad.
That's Pretty Clever!
- BGG #205
- 30 min
A roll and write dice game. You pick dice to fill five colored areas on your own sheet, setting off bonus after bonus, while the other players get to use the dice you leave behind.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play That’s Pretty Clever, in brief
Six colored dice and a score sheet each are all That’s Pretty Clever needs. You mark dice in five colored areas of your sheet, and one mark can set off bonus marks elsewhere. The highest total wins.
- Roll, keep, roll againRoll all 6 dice, choose one and mark it in its color’s area (white is wild). Dice lower than your pick go to the silver platter, out of reach. Roll the rest and choose again, up to 3 times.
- Everyone else takes oneThen the other players each mark one die from the silver platter, all at once.
- Chase the bonusesSome boxes give a bonus when marked: another mark, a fox, a reroll or an extra die.
- Play the roundsEach round, everyone has one turn. Play 4 rounds with 4 players, 5 with 3, or 6 with 1 or 2.
Five areas, five ways to count.
Yellow pays for finished columns, blue and green for how far you got, and orange and purple for the numbers you wrote in. The foxes come last, and they are only as good as your weakest area.
What each area scores
| Area | Scores |
|---|---|
| YellowEach fully crossed column scores the number under it: 10, 14, 16 or 20 | Full columns |
| BlueBy how many boxes you crossed: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, 29, 37, 46, 56 for 1 to 11 | Crosses |
| GreenThe number above your last crossed box: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66 | Last box |
| OrangeAdd every number in the row. The ×2 and ×3 boxes were doubled or tripled when you wrote them | Sum |
| PurpleAdd every number in the row | Sum |
| Each foxWorth your lowest-scoring area, so a 0 anywhere makes every fox worth 0 | Lowest area |
- Add your finished yellow columnsOnly a column crossed all the way down scores, and it scores the number under it: 10, 14, 16 or 20.
- Read blue and green off their scalesBlue counts your crosses (4 crosses are 7, 9 are 37). Green scores the number above your last crossed box.
- Sum orange and purpleAdd every number written in each row. Orange’s doubled and tripled boxes already hold the bigger number.
- Score the foxesFind your lowest area. Each fox is worth that much, so add it once for every fox.
- Total it upFive areas plus the foxes. The highest total wins; a tie goes to the tied player with the best single area, and if that ties too, they share the win.
Anya wins with two good foxes.
Three players, so 5 rounds. Anya’s lowest area is green at 21, so each of her two foxes is worth 21 as well. This is the game on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, then foxes | Total |
|---|---|---|
| You | Yellow column 14 · 9 blue crosses · 7 green boxes · orange 44 · purple 1, 4, 6, 2, 5 · 1 fox at 14, since yellow is your lowest14 + 37 + 28 + 44 + 18 + 14 | 155 |
| Dev | Yellow columns 10, 16 and 20 · 5 blue crosses · 4 green boxes · orange 23 · purple 3, 5, 6, 2, 4 · 3 foxes at 10, since green is his lowest46 + 11 + 10 + 23 + 20 + 10 + 10 + 10 | 140 |
| Anya | Yellow columns 10 and 14 · 7 blue crosses · 6 green boxes · orange 36 · purple 2, 5, 6, 3, 4, 6 · 2 foxes at 21, since green is her lowest24 + 22 + 21 + 36 + 26 + 21 + 21 | 171 |
Your sheet does the crossing. Tabletales does the sum.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. It has no colored areas for That’s Pretty Clever, so play on the game’s own sheet. When the game ends, type each player’s total, or their areas as a sum: Tabletales adds it up, marks the winner and saves the game with the night.
- Foxes by additionThe keypad has no times key, so add your lowest area once per fox: 24 + 22 + 21 + 36 + 26 + 21 + 21, and Tabletales adds it up for you. Typing the total straight in works too.
- Ties share the trophyTied players share the trophy. The rules give a tie to the best single area.
- The crossing stays on paperBonus chains, rounds and every box you fill live on the game’s own sheet. The free tally below helps you add it up at the end.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo of the sheets. That’s Pretty Clever gets a history: how often you play it and who holds the high score.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- That's Pretty Clever!, with its scores
Common That's Pretty Clever! scoring mistakes
- Treating a fox as a flat bonusEach fox is worth your lowest area’s score, so a 0 anywhere makes every fox worth 0.
- Scoring yellow for single crossesOnly a column crossed all the way down scores its number.
- Adding up the blue numbersBlue scores by how many boxes you crossed, read off its scale: 4 crosses are 7, 9 crosses are 37.
- Playing the wrong number of rounds4 rounds with 4 players, 5 with 3, and 6 with 1 or 2.
That's Pretty Clever! scoring, answered
- How do foxes score in That’s Pretty Clever?
- Each fox is worth as many points as your lowest-scoring color area. If any area scores 0, every fox is worth 0.
- How many rounds are in That’s Pretty Clever?
- 4 rounds with 4 players, 5 rounds with 3 players, and 6 rounds with 1 or 2 players.
- Is Ganz schön clever the same game?
- Yes. Ganz schön clever is the German original of That’s Pretty Clever, with the same sheet and the same scoring. Its sequels, such as Twice as Clever and Clever Cubed, use different sheets.
That's Pretty Clever! score sheet
Play on the game’s own sheet; this free printable is for adding it up at the end. Each area, the foxes and the total for up to four players, with the scales at the bottom.
Score another game
The yellow column values and the full blue and green scales come from the score sheet in Schmidt Spiele’s German rulebook; the rule text’s own examples match them. The English rulebook was not checked. Solo play runs 6 rounds and is rated against a table in the rulebook. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against Schmidt Spiele’s rulebook (German), UltraBoardGames and Wikipedia (German). That’s Pretty Clever and Ganz schön clever are trademarks of Schmidt Spiele. Tabletales is not affiliated with Schmidt Spiele or Stronghold Games.
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