Splendor

Components

1

90 Development Cards in 3 Colors

40 Green Cards - Level 1

30 Yellow Cards - Level 2

20 Blue Cards - Level 3

Green cards are cheap. Buy these at the beginning

Blue cards are expensive. You can afford them later

Here the parts of the cards are explained

2

40 Tokens in 6 Colors

7 white diamonds

7 green emeralds

7 blue sapphires

7 red rubies

7 black onyx

5 yellow gold jokers

Here you can find more info about the tokens

3

10 Noble Tiles

The square cards

Here you can find details about the nobles

Setup

1

Form 3 stacks with the blue, yellow, and green cards

Shuffle each stack separately

Green cards with one dot are placed at the bottom

Yellow cards with two dots are placed above

Blue cards with three dots are placed at the top

2

Lay out 4 cards from each stack face up

The cards are laid out in a row

3

Shuffle the square

Place them face up above the 3 stacks

One tile per player plus 1 additional

4

Place the tokens in stacks next to the cards

5 gold tokens and

Depending on the number of players, as follows:

2 players: 4 tokens per color

3 players: 5 tokens per color

4 players: 7 tokens per color

5

Choose a starting player

For example, the youngest player

Play proceeds clockwise

Goal

1

Be the first to collect 15 prestige points

These are the white numbers in the top left corner

on the development cards and on the square noble tiles

2

To achieve this, first buy cheap development cards

The green cards cost little

The more you have, the cheaper further cards become

They provide bonus tokens

Each bonus token saves you one token when buying a card

This way you can gradually buy more expensive cards

Gameplay

1

Bonuses are the tokens at the top right of the cards

The tokens on your purchased cards

reduce the cost of all future purchases

Each bonus token saves you one token per purchase

2

On your turn, perform one of these 4 actions

1: Take 3 different tokens

Note, no yellow gold tokens!

The 3 tokens must be different colors

2: Take 2 tokens of one color

Only if 4 or more are in the supply

After this, there must be at least 2 tokens of that color left

3: Reserve a card and take 1 gold

A card that you can't afford

you can reserve it

so that no other player snatches it

Take the card into your hand

Either from the supply or a hidden one from one of the 3 stacks

Also take 1 gold token

Max 3: If you have 3 cards in your hand, you can't reserve more

4: Buy a card

Either a face-up card from the supply

or a reserved card from your hand

Pay the cost with tokens

Gold counts as a joker, it can be used for any color

Subtract the bonus tokens on your cards from the cost

And place it in front of you

From now on, the token at the top right counts for you as a bonus

3

Gameplay as a diagram

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4

10 tokens at the end of your turn

You may have a maximum of 10 tokens

If you have more, you must return tokens

Put excess tokens back into the supply

5

Nobles at the end of your turn

Check if you have enough bonus tokens on your cards to receive one of the noble tiles

If you have enough, you must take it

The noble visits you without asking

If you could take multiple nobles, you must choose one

You don't pay anything for taking a noble

6

Count your prestige points

Do you have 15 or more?

Then this round ends

until the starting player would be up again

The player with the most points wins!

Infos

1

Parts of Development Cards

Cost - bottom left

Tokens you must pay to buy the card

Bonus token - top right

When the card is in front of you,

it reduces the cost of future cards

You pay one token less in that color

Prestige points - top left

These are the victory points

When you have 15 or more on your cards, you win

Cheap green cards bring fewer or no points

2

Noble Tiles

Each noble has a requirement

For example, 3 green and 3 blue cards

If you have enough bonus tokens to meet the requirement, you must take the noble

You pay nothing for this. They are simply extra points

3

Tokens

Gold is a joker

You can use it for any other color when paying

You can only get gold when you reserve a card

The other tokens you can take during your turn action

This is described in the gameplay section

4

General Strategy

Early Game (0-5 bonus tokens):

Collect various gem tokens

Buy cheap development cards

to build a solid base of bonus tokens

Mid Game (6-8 bonus tokens):

Start buying second-level cards that also bring first prestige points

Ensure you have a variety of bonus tokens to remain flexible

Keep an eye on the noble cards

Start considering the requirements of the noble cards and aim for them

Late Game (9+ bonus tokens):

Now you should focus on third-level blue cards and

Noble cards that offer many prestige points

You will find that with your already accumulated bonus tokens, you can buy many of these expensive cards without much additional cost