Splendor: Buried Treasure
Apr. 30th, 2022 12:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kerravonsenI don't know if any of you are interested in (board) games besides watervole and thewayne, but if you are, and you play Splendor, here is a nice variation of the rules, which I invented. (It is apparently similar to the "Cities" expansion of Splendor, but I hadn't known anything about that when I invented it. Besides which, it doesn't need an expansion set to play it)
Buried Treasure Variation
Rule 1:
For the first turn, every player must reserve a random Level 3 (blue) card from the deck. This is their "Buried Treasure" card.
Rule 2:
Altered winning conditions. Besides having to get 15 points, a player must ALSO purchase their Buried Treasure card "for free" before they can win.
For example, if their Buried Treasure card costs 5 Diamonds, 3 Sapphires, 3 Rubies and 3 Onyx, then they have to have at least 5 Diamond cards, 3 Sapphire cards, 3 Ruby cards and 3 Onyx cards, so that they can buy that card without having to use any tokens ("for free").
All other rules are the same.
I've found, when playing this variation, that it pays to focus only on getting the Buried Treasure card, because by the time one does get it, one usually already has 15 points.
watervole and thewayne, but if you are, and you play Splendor, here is a nice variation of the rules, which I invented. (It is apparently similar to the "Cities" expansion of Splendor, but I hadn't known anything about that when I invented it. Besides which, it doesn't need an expansion set to play it)Buried Treasure Variation
Rule 1:
For the first turn, every player must reserve a random Level 3 (blue) card from the deck. This is their "Buried Treasure" card.
Rule 2:
Altered winning conditions. Besides having to get 15 points, a player must ALSO purchase their Buried Treasure card "for free" before they can win.
For example, if their Buried Treasure card costs 5 Diamonds, 3 Sapphires, 3 Rubies and 3 Onyx, then they have to have at least 5 Diamond cards, 3 Sapphire cards, 3 Ruby cards and 3 Onyx cards, so that they can buy that card without having to use any tokens ("for free").
All other rules are the same.
I've found, when playing this variation, that it pays to focus only on getting the Buried Treasure card, because by the time one does get it, one usually already has 15 points.
