Questions tagged [splendor]
For questions about the 2014 resource management board game Splendor by Space Cowboys.
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Can I use multiple joker tokens in one buying a development card action?
If I have two jokers can I use them as two colours on one purchase, or only one at a time? If multiple are okay, do they have to be for the same colour or different okay?
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Trading Post version of Splendor
When playing the Trading Post version of Splendor, are you required to have the 3 black bonuses power to get the 5 prestige points for having the 5 green bonuses and 1 noble tile power?
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What to do when you don't have any move available?
During a game of Splendor on Board Games Arena, I reached a state where no move can be made. My timer ran out and I was expelled from the game.
(source: i.ibb.co)
I can't reserve a card because my ...
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Usefulness of Splendor rare moves
I'm writing a AI for the game of Splendor. While the following moves are allowed by the rules, I'm more curious if there is ever a use case to actually play them:
If you are buying a card, is there a ...
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2 players for 2 nobles
If player 1 got enough resources for noble A and B, because the game only lets players obtain 1 noble per turn, player 1 got noble A.
Then player 2 got enough resources for noble B.
Who will get noble ...
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Do you add a new noble if one is taken?
If you read the rules of splendor, you only get a fixed number of nobles (number of players + 1). But in this video they add a new noble every time one is taken. Did I misinterpreted the rules or do ...
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How can I buy development cards?
I have already bought 3 emerald development cards and I have 3 emerald tokens. I would like to buy a card which costs 3 emeralds. Do I need to pay with my tokens, or is it OK to have this with my ...
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How can you ever buy a development card with 14 tokens?
How can you ever buy a development card with 14 tokens? as you can never reach this amount, even when you draw +3 on your turn, the max you can reach is 13, and you cant use them to purchase the card ...
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How much of an advantage is going first in Splendor?
I've only played Splendor a few times so far, but it feels like the first player has a significant advantage, even if we also stipulate that each player receives the same number of turns (resulting in ...
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If I have 10 gems, can I still reserve a card?
In the game 'Splendor', if I have 10 gems at the beginning of my turn, can I still reserve a card and get a yellow gem (and discard another to respect the 10 gems limitation) ? Or it's not possible ?
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Reserve cards and winning [duplicate]
Can you have cards on reserve and still win if you reach 15 points? We have had arguments that a person cannot win using gold coins if cards still on reserve and not yet purchased. Some players feel ...
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Can you use jokers to change which noble visits at the end of turn?
A player cannot refuse a visit from a noble.
But can you choose to use jokers to change which noble visits if you don’t have the gem colors required at end of turn?
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Do I need to get a noble in order to win Splendor?
Is it necessary to win a noble in order to win the game of Splendor?
I have heard two different sets of rules, one is to reach 15 points, the other is to reach 15 points and possess at least one ...
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Do reserved cards get returned when gold token is spent?
I am playing with my son and he reserves a card I wanted and gets a gold token. On his next turn he buys another card and uses the Gold token in his purchase.
What happens to the reserved card? He ...
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What is the fastest possible game in Splendor?
In the game of Splendor, what is the fewest number of turns you could take to get 15 points?
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