Splendor is a game with lovely components. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. If you’re wealthy enough, you might even receive a visit from a noble at some point, which of course will further increase your prestige.
On your turn, you may (1) collect chips (gems), or (2) buy and build a card, or (3) reserve one card. If you collect chips (gems), you take either three different kinds of chips or two chips of the same kind. If you buy a card, you pay its price in chips and add it to your playing area. To reserve a card—you place it in front of you face down for later building; this costs you a round, but you also get gold chip in the form of a ‘joker’, which you can use as any gem.
All of the cards you buy increase your wealth as they give you a permanent gem bonus for later buys; some of the cards also give you prestige points. The goal is to reach 15 prestige points before your opponents do.
Contents:
- 35 Precious Gem tokens
- Five Gold “Joker” tokens
- 90 Development cards
- Ten Noble tiles
- One rulebook
Skills:
- Planing
- Abstract thinking
- Strategic thinking
Details:
- Age: 10+
- Players: 2-4
- Play Time: 30 minutes
