Splendor Board Game (Base Game) | Family Board Game | Board Game for Adults and Family | Strategy Game | Ages 10+ | 2 to 4 players | Average Playtime 30 minutes | Made by Space Cowboys

I enjoyed this game. You start out with nothing and pick up different coins. You use the coins to buy resources which can help you buy other resources and gain you prestige from nobles. The first to 15 points wins. Do you get a lot of lower valued cards or wait to get a few larger ones? The choice is yours.

This game has a really good balance of elements making it easy to learn for anyone (10 and up Id say), but still requiring strategy. It has a small element of chance when it comes to what cards are put out, which is enough to throw off a strategy, but usually not enough to completely change who is in the lead. From what I saw, it seems that strategy would need to change game to game based on the initial cards put out, so it has high replay value. Its also a fairly quick game assuming you dont have any players that take five years to make a decision. I would rate this only slightly more difficult than something like ticket to ride.

Splendor is a fairly quick game to learn, as you really only need to understand the options you have for taking chips and buying cards before you can get right into it. The strategy is pretty clear for anyone who has played an engine building game before, but anyone who isnt as experienced with board games will pick it up after one playthrough. The game itself has a good amount of strategy for how simple it is, as the order of cards and the different nobles changes each time. Over the course of the game youll need to adapt to what your opponents are doing and which cards are coming up, changing your strategy based on the available options. There is also a mechanic that allows you to reserve one of the cards on the table, which is a great boost to the competitive element - though it sucks when someone takes the card youve been building to off the table! Splendor is a fun, fast-paced game that is pretty quick to pick up despite having a decent amount of strategy. It might not carry a board game night on its own, but it stays in the rotation for me as a short warm-up game or a cool-down after a bigger one.

This game is excellent! It plays fast, is quick to figure out, and has multiple paths to victory. Both the more experienced and casual members of my gaming group have enjoyed this game. Even better this game is very quality in construction. The coins are solid and fun to handle, and the cards have good artwork. The plastic molding in the box also matches the components perfectly, which sounds like a silly thing to comment on, but so many games out there do not have very good storage for components. Almost every new coworker that Ive introduced to this game has requested an immediate re-match, which is just about the highest praise that you can give a game! I only wish it could accommodate more players (although I realize that would slow things down and wreck the balance)

It’s a very fun game even for my seven year old son. Highly recommend to everyone.

Splendor is a nice game, and the most recent addition to the collection of board games I already have. At first I thought it is somewhat simplistic, but then I learned it better and the game appears to be more tricky than I originally thought! Actually, one needs to think harder and a several steps ahead in order to win :D. This is pretty cool! Now I am quite addicted to it. I play against a friend, just two of us (both are adults).

Grandkids love it

Its a fairly simple (but not overly simple) game that involves trying to build up your point bank by matching collections you make along the way of different element colors. On the easy side (near the early parts of play) you start with the need to one of each of three colors, or two of one and one of another. Then when you get into later play, you might need 3 of one and two of another, etc. You dont have to concentrate so much, so you can socialize and snack without difficulty.

I first played this at a girls’ game night. Two days later, I had my own copy in hand. I taught my immediate and extended family to play that same day. Now, even my five year old loves it...and I have yet to beat her. The copy I received is well-made and beautiful. Game play is easy to pick up, and even rank beginners can quickly develop their own strategy by the second time they play. Setup is quick and simple. This has been the best table top game we’ve purchased for our family.

Fun game - easy to learn, easy to set up and clean up. Great to play with people who arent gamers. A bit expensive for what it is.