@jenplays 42d ago

Splendor: noble rush vs chip engine — what scales at 4p

Splendor gets called ‘simple’ but at four players it feels like watching four seagulls fight over one fry.

I usually play the patient chip engine and it works at two, but at four someone always yoinks the card I was building toward and I tilt-reserve something stupid.

Is noble rushing actually higher EV in crowded games or does it just feel loud because points spike fast?

We play base game, no expansions. Table is semi-competitive — not cutthroat but nobody’s letting you have a free noble.

Also do you houserule anything for 4p speed or just accept 25 minute games become 45?

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@cardboard_queen 42d ago

4p is chaos. rush gets sniped. engine safer if you can pivot cards

@cubepusher_cal 42d ago

reserve early or get cooked. splendor at 4 is about table reads not math

@quietgamer 42d ago

i just buy whats pretty. works 40% of the time

@greg_the_grey 42d ago

If two people rush same noble you both lose to the chip person. classic tragedy

@jenplays 42d ago

@greg_the_grey that was literally our game. two tragedies and a smug sapphire goblin