Splendor | Round 17 | Sirius9121's turn

[Farren]

GAME STATUS

• Game 7 has begun. First post: 1595
• It is currently Sirius9121's turn. He has 1 day, 2 hours, 6 minutes left to take his turn.
• Charles510 is on V/LA until 4/17.
• The queue is open for signups for anyone not already signed up or currently playing. Next opening: Game 8.

PLAYER LIST / TURN ORDER

• vincentw
• Charles510
• Sirius9121
• lilith2013*
• * - starting player

TOKEN MARKET

DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
7	6	6	7	5	5

CARD MARKET

Spoiler: Cards available

Card ID	Cost	VP	Discount
C-12	2 RUBY 1 ONYX	0	DIAMOND
C-14	1 SAPPHIRE 2 RUBY 2 ONYX	0	EMERALD
C-15	4 DIAMOND	1	RUBY
C-13	1 SAPPHIRE 1 EMERALD 1 RUBY 1 ONYX	0	DIAMOND
B-30	3 SAPPHIRE 2 RUBY 3 ONYX	1	RUBY
B-21	4 DIAMOND 2 SAPPHIRE 1 ONYX	2	EMERALD
B-24	3 EMERALD 2 RUBY 2 ONYX	1	DIAMOND
B-20	5 SAPPHIRE 3 EMERALD	2	EMERALD
A-20	3 DIAMOND 3 SAPPHIRE 5 EMERALD 3 RUBY	3	ONYX
A-16	3 DIAMOND 3 RUBY 6 ONYX	4	DIAMOND
A-18	6 DIAMOND 3 SAPPHIRE 3 ONYX	4	SAPPHIRE
A-17	3 SAPPHIRE 3 EMERALD 5 RUBY 3 ONYX	3	DIAMOND

Tier C cards remaining: 11
Tier B cards remaining: 19
Tier A cards remaining: 15

Noble MARKET

Spoiler: Nobles Available

Noble ID	Cost	VP
N-1	4 RUBY 4 ONYX	3
N-2	3 DIAMOND 3 SAPPHIRE 3 ONYX	3
N-3	4 EMERALD 4 RUBY	3
N-4	3 EMERALD 3 RUBY 3 ONYX	3
N-5	4 DIAMOND 4 SAPPHIRE	3

vincentw

Score: 2/15
Tokens: 1/10
Cards in hand: 0/3

Spoiler: Current holdings

Cards / Nobles in play:

Card ID	VP	Discount	Card ID	VP	Discount
C-26	0	DIAMOND	C-20	0	DIAMOND
C-37	0	SAPPHIRE	C-38	0	SAPPHIRE
C-28	0	SAPPHIRE	B-28	1	SAPPHIRE
C-24	0	EMERALD	C-17	0	EMERALD
C-25	0	RUBY
C-19	0	ONYX	C-23	1	ONYX

Cards in hand:

Card ID	Cost	VP	Discount

Buying Power:

	DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
Discounts	2	4	2	1	2	-
Tokens	0	0	0	0	1	0
Buying Power	2	4	2	1	3	0

Charles510

Score: 5/15
Tokens: 1/10
Cards in hand: 0/3

Spoiler: Current holdings

Cards / Nobles in play:

Card ID	VP	Discount	Card ID	VP	Discount
C-39	0	DIAMOND	C-30	0	DIAMOND
C-32	0	SAPPHIRE
C-18	0	EMERALD
B-27	2	RUBY	C-22	0	RUBY
B-26	3	RUBY

Cards in hand:

Card ID	Cost	VP	Discount

Buying Power:

	DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
Discounts	2	1	1	3	0	-
Tokens	0	0	1	0	0	0
Buying Power	2	1	2	3	0	0

Sirius9121

Score: 7/15
Tokens: 1/10
Cards in hand: 0/3

Spoiler: Current holdings

Cards / Nobles in play:

Card ID	VP	Discount	Card ID	VP	Discount
A-19	4	DIAMOND
B-25	1	EMERALD	C-16	1	EMERALD
C-36	0	RUBY
C-31	0	ONYX	C-27	0	ONYX
B-23	1	ONYX

Cards in hand:

Card ID	Cost	VP	Discount

Buying Power:

	DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
Discounts	1	0	2	1	3	-
Tokens	0	1	0	0	0	0
Buying Power	1	1	2	1	3	0

lilith2013

Score: 6/15
Tokens: 1/10
Cards in hand: 0/3

Spoiler: Current holdings

Cards / Nobles in play:

Card ID	VP	Discount	Card ID	VP	Discount
C-34	1	DIAMOND
C-33	0	SAPPHIRE
C-40	0	EMERALD	C-29	0	EMERALD
B-29	3	EMERALD	B-22	2	EMERALD
C-35	0	ONYX	C-21	0	ONYX

Cards in hand:

Card ID	Cost	VP	Discount

Buying Power:

	DIAMONDS	SAPPHIRES	EMERALDS	RUBIES	ONYXES	GOLD
Discounts	1	1	4	0	2	-
Tokens	0	0	0	0	1	0
Buying Power	1	1	4	0	3	0

[Farren]

GAME RULES / HOW TO PLAY

OBJECTIVE:

Collect Gem and Gold tokens to purchase cards. Cards give points (sometimes) and discounts on future purchases (always); they can also attract the attention of point-bearing Nobles. The game ends at the end of the round where a player reaches 15 points; player with the most points wins!

TURN ORDER:

• Starting Player is chosen randomly.
• During a round, each player takes one turn, starting with the Starting Player and going down the player list (wrapping around).
• Turn order does not change.
• Endgame is triggered when a player has 15 or more points at the end of their turn. The rest of the round finishes out as normal; the game ends at the end of the round.
• The player with the most points wins. If there is a tie, whichever of the tied players has played the fewest cards wins; if still tied, the tied players share the win.

ON YOUR TURN:

FIRST: take one of the following actions.

• Take three different Gems from the Token Market. (Diamonds, Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies, and Onyxes are all Gems. Gold is *not* a Gem.) If there are fewer than three different Gems available, you may take fewer than three Gems.
• Take two matching Gems from the Token Market. You may only take this action if the Market had at least four of the gem you chose at the start of your turn.
• Draw a card into your hand; if any Gold remains, take a Gold. You may only take this action if you have 0-2 cards in your hand. You may draw any card from the Card Market (your choice) or draw a card from any of the three Tier decks.
• Play a card, either from your hand or directly from the Card Market. You must pay the cost of the card to take this action by discarding Gems equal to the card's cost (minus your discount, if any). You may substitute Gold for any Gem. Discarded Gems and Gold are returned to the Token Market.

SECOND: if you have more than ten Tokens (Gems + Gold), discard Tokens until you have ten left.

THIRD: if you have enough cards to reduce the cost of a single Noble to zero, take that Noble. If you have enough cards to reduce the cost of multiple Nobles to zero, choose one of those Nobles and take it.

After this, your turn ends; play passes to the next player. Any cards taken from the Card Market will be replaced with a card of the same Tier. Nobles taken will not be replaced.

CARDS:

• Once acquired, whether you draw them or play them, cards are yours forever. They can never be discarded, removed, or destroyed.
• Opponents can never interact with your cards in any way, shape, or form.
• Cards in your hand are not in play and do not provide you with any benefits.
• Cards in the Card Market, in your hand, and in play are all public knowledge, except for cards in your hand drawn directly from a deck. (These cards will be PM'd to you; only the card's ID number will be listed publicly. The rest of the card will only be revealed if/when you play it.)
• The only way to remove a card from your hand is to play it by paying its cost.
• If you have three cards in your hand, you cannot draw any more cards.
• Once played, cards immediately add their point value (if any) to your score.
• All played cards offer a 1-Gem discount for a particular type of Gem. When buying cards in the future, apply the discount of *all* your played cards before paying the cost. No cost can ever be reduced below zero.
• Tier C cards cost 3-5 gems and are worth 0-1 points (usually 0).
• Tier B cards cost 5-8 gems and are worth 1-3 points.
• Tier A cards cost 7-14 gems and are worth 3-5 points.

EXAMPLE :

A card in the Card Market costs 2 Diamonds, 2 Emeralds, and 1 Ruby. You have two cards in play with a 1-Diamond discount, one with a 1-Sapphire discount, and one with a 1-Emerald discount. You pay 0 Diamonds, 1 Emerald, and 1 Ruby to play the card. (The card with the 1-Sapphire discount does nothing, as the card cost no Sapphires to begin with. Alternately, if you had one Gold, you could substitute the Gold for either the Emerald or the Ruby. If you had two Gold, you could buy the card with only the Gold.)

NOBLES:

• Nobles cannot be directly purchased, unlike cards. You can never spend Tokens of any sort to gain a Noble.
• Nobles can only be acquired through card discounts.
• If you have enough cards in play to reduce a Noble's "cost" to zero, you get the Noble at the end of your turn - for free, without spending your action.
• You can only take one Noble per turn. If you qualify for multiple Nobles, choose one. (You'll get the other one next turn - unless someone else gets it first.)
• Nobles are never replaced. Once taken, they're gone forever.
• All Nobles are worth 3 VP each.
• Nobles provide no other benefit.

EDIT> 10/9/2020: Relabeled the Tiers from Roman numerals (I/II/III) to letters (C/B/A). Clarified the rule about how cards drawn from a Tier deck are shown to players. Clarified that discounts apply to purchasing cards. Changed all uses of "Board" to "Card Market." (Players may still use "board" if they wish.)
EDIT> 3/12/2021: minor wording changes to improve consistency.

[Farren]

ACTIVITY / CONDUCT RULES

All site rules apply.

Players have 48 hours from the time I announce their turn to take their turn.
When starting a timer, I will start the timer from the top of the next hour.
Players on V/LA, or players requesting extra time (with a banner displayed or announced in the thread) will get an extra 24 hours per deadline.
Note - no turn may ever last for more than 96 hours, even with extensions.

If a player misses a deadline, I will do the following:

First time: I will prod the player, giving them another 48 hours.
Second time: I will prod the player, giving them another 24 hours.
Third time (or if a prod is ignored), I will auto-play their turn, using the following rules:
- If they can legally play a card from their hand, I will play that card. If multiple such cards exist, priority will be: most points; oldest card.
- If they can legally play a card from the board, I will play that card. If multiple such cards exist, priority will be: most points; best Tier (A > B > C); highest number. (B-15 would be played before B-13, if no higher priority applied.)
- If they cannot legally play a card, I will take gems for them. If I take gems, I will choose a card to work towards and take different gems in an attempt to bring them closer to obtaining that card. The card I choose will be based on how close the player is to obtaining a card, using the above guidelines as a tie-breaker. If necessary, I will choose a secondary card to build towards (same rules as primary, skipping the primary). I will state the card(s) being worked towards if this clause is invoked to keep things transparent. If all else is equal, I will take Diamonds first, Sapphires second, Emeralds third, Rubies fourth, Onyxes fifth. If having to discard, I will discard in reverse order (not discarding any tokens I just took).
If Auto-Play is invoked, I will contact the player to see if they wish to keep playing the game. If they do not, or if they do not respond within 48 hours OR the end of their next turn timer (whichever happens first), I will seek a replacement.
If the player wishes to remain in the game, they may - but their turn timer will be cut back to 24 hours with no more prods or extensions; AutoPlay will act for them if they miss any deadlines.
If a player on a 24 hour timer meets seven deadlines in a row, I will restore their turn timer to 48 hours.

If a player wishes to change a decision:
- If a player wishes to change their mind about their turn, they may do so as long as I have not declared their turn over AND the next player has not taken their turn.

If a mistake, error, or illegal play occurs:
- Play will be rewound back to when the error occurred, unless another player has finished their turn.
- I may rewind back an older error if it has a large impact on gamestate (example: illegally playing a Tier-A card; illegally claiming a Noble)
- If a player changes their mind while I am resolving their turn and I do not see it before I post it, I will revoke the resolution and process their turn with the updated action.
- If I inadvertently reveal a card that should not be revealed (if the above occurs, or if a mod error occurs), I will put that card back in the deck and reshuffle the deck.

Signup Rules

• To sign up for the game, please /in in the thread. You may do this at any time, even during an ongoing game.
• If you are signed up and no longer want to play, please /out in the thread. You may do this at any time, even during an ongoing game.
• If you want to volunteer as a replacement, please notify me via PM. I will put you on the replacement list for the current game (or the upcoming game, if one is not in progress.)
• When you sign up, I will put you in the queue in the first available slot. Each game has four slots.
• If you are currently playing a game of Splendor, you may not /in. Once I announce that your game is over, you may /in if you want to play another game.
• If you are already in the queue, you may not /in.
• If you are on the replacement list, you may /in (subject to the above rules).
• If I need a replacement, I will contact the first person on the list and give them 24 hours to accept the slot. If they refuse or do not answer, I'll contact the second person, and so on and so forth.
• Players in the queue who replace in will only be removed from the queue if the replaced player has taken two turns or less.

Starting the Game

• When the current game ends, I will contact the next four people in the queue to let them know their game is about to start.
• These people will have 48 hours to confirm they still want to play; please confirm in the thread.
• If a player does not confirm, they will be removed from the queue. I will then contact the next player in the queue, who will have 24 hours to confirm. If this player does not confirm, I will *not* remove them, but will move on to the next player in line, repeating until someone confirms.
• If we have 2-4 players, I will start the game 48 hours after the end of the previous game. If we have 2-3 players, anyone else may /in to join the current game before it starts.
• If we have 0-1 players, I will announce open signups. Once 2 players are signed up, I will start the 48 hour timer and start the game once that timer expires.
• Once the game starts, no one else may join, even if there is room.

The Queue

• Nancy Drew 39 (Game 8)
• Noraa (Game 8)
• PookyTheMagicalBear (Game 8)
• (open)
• -----
• Snakes (Game 9 {specifically})
• (open - Game 9)
• (open - Game 9)
• (open - Game 9)

Replacement Volunteers for Game 7

• (open)

[Farren]

I'm going to be moving the Game History over to this post to get it out of the way of the Activity Rules. And reformatting it to make it a bit easier to read through.

Splendor - Game History
Game #	Start	Date	End	Date	Winner	VPs	2nd Place	VPs	3rd Place	VPs	4th Place	VPs
Game 1	11	09/20/2020	326	10/08/2020	Snakes	15 VP	the worst	11 VP	Nancy Drew 39	5 VP (tie)	Sirius9121	5 VP (tie)
Game 2	350	10/10/2020	574	11/07/2020	Snakes	15 VP	Nancy Drew 39	9 VP	dsjstr	8 VP	Sirius9121	4 VP
Game 3	594	11/09/2020	820	12/05/2020	Akarin	17 VP	Nancy Drew 39	11 VP	PookyTheMagicalBear	10 VP	Charles510	9 VP
Game 4	843	12/07/2020	1029	01/04/2021	PookyTheMagicalBear	16 VP	lilith2013	7 VP	the worst	6 VP	Charles510	4 VP
Game 5	1059	01/04/2021	1301	03/12/2021	Nancy Drew 39	16 VP	tris	13 VP	Sirius9121	11 VP	Akarin	10 VP
Game 6	1320	3/14/2021	1545	3/22/2021	Noraa	15 VP	Snakes	14 VP	lilith2013	12 VP	Charles510	5 VP

[the worst]

/in
Looks tricky but definitely fun!

[Nancy Drew 39]

/in

Hi duckling <3

[Farren]

Player list updated. Welcome!

We have the minimum number of players necessary to start, so I've started the timer in the OP. We'll start the game when the timer expires if we're not full by then!

[Sirius9121]

In

[Farren]

Player list updated. Welcome! One slot left.

[Snakes]

/in

[Farren]

That's four!

Now beginning game setup. Please stand by.

Die roll to determine starting player ...

Original Roll String: 1d4

1 4-Sided Dice: (1) = 1

[Farren]

Setup is complete! All tables in the OP have been updated.

Starting token supply:

7 DIAMONDS
7 SAPPHIRES
7 EMERALDS
7 RUBIES
7 ONYXES
5 GOLD

Starting cards available:

Spoiler: Card list as of the start of the game

Tier (I/II/III)	Cost	VP	Discount
I-1	2 DIAMOND 1 SAPPHIRE 1 EMERALD 1 ONYX	0	RUBY
I-2	2 DIAMOND 2 SAPPHIRE 1 RUBY	0	ONYX
I-3	2 SAPPHIRE 2 RUBY	0	EMERALD
I-4	1 DIAMOND 1 SAPPHIRE 1 RUBY 1 ONYX	0	EMERALD
II-1	5 EMERALD	2	EMERALD
II-2	3 EMERALD 2 RUBY 2 ONYX	1	DIAMOND
II-3	3 SAPPHIRE 2 RUBY 3 ONYX	1	RUBY
II-4	6 EMERALD	3	EMERALD
III-1	7 DIAMOND	4	SAPPHIRE
III-2	3 DIAMOND 5 SAPPHIRE 3 EMERALD 3 ONYX	3	RUBY
III-3	3 DIAMOND 3 RUBY 6 ONYX	4	DIAMOND
III-4	7 EMERALD 3 RUBY	5	RUBY

Nobles available:

Spoiler: Available Nobles as of the start of the game

Noble	Cost	VP
N-1	4 DIAMOND 4 SAPPHIRE	3
N-2	4 EMERALD 4 RUBY	3
N-3	4 DIAMOND 4 ONYX	3
N-4	3 EMERALD 3 RUBY 3 ONYX	3
N-5	4 SAPPHIRE 4 EMERALD	3

Good luck, everyone!

Round 1 begins.

It is now the worst's turn.

[the worst]

Take diamond, sapphire, onyx.

[Farren]

the worst takes three different gems: Diamond, Sapphire, Onyx.

Current token supply:

6 DIAMONDS
6 SAPPHIRES
7 EMERALDS
7 RUBIES
6 ONYXES
5 GOLD

It is now Nancy Drew 39's turn.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Take emerald, ruby, diamond

Spoiler:

which apparently are a girl’s best friend.

[Farren]

Nancy Drew 39 takes three different gems: Diamond, Emerald, Ruby.

5 DIAMONDS
6 SAPPHIRES
6 EMERALDS
6 RUBIES
6 ONYXES
5 GOLD

It is now Sirius9121's turn.

[the worst]

hey diamonds can be a boy's best friend too. :c i want them.

[Farren]

The merchants that sell and buy these fine products do not discriminate on the basis of gender.

[the worst]

i dig it. diamonds can be everyone's best friend.

[Sirius9121]

diamond, sapphire and ruby pls

[Snakes]

Onyx, Ruby, Sapphire

[Farren]

Sirius9121 takes three different gems: Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby.
Snakes takes three different gems: Sapphire, Ruby, Onyx.

4 DIAMONDS
4 SAPPHIRES
6 EMERALDS
4 RUBIES
5 ONYXES
5 GOLD

It is now the worst's turn.

[the worst]

take diamond, sapphire, ruby please.

[Farren]

the worst takes three different gems: Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby.

3 DIAMONDS (LOW)
3 SAPPHIRES (LOW)
6 EMERALDS
3 RUBIES (LOW)
5 ONYXES
5 GOLD

It is now Nancy Drew 39's turn.

Notes:
If a gem is marked with (LOW), there isn't enough of that gem to use the "Take matching gem" action.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Take sapphire, onyx, gold