Rococo FAQ
51 questions players ask · Updated Nov 11, 2026 · Full rulebook
Components
Setup
Playing the Game
Phase 1: Prepare for new round
Phase 2: Select 3 hand cards
Phase 3: Take actions
- Which card does a standard Depute action remove from the game?
- If you depute the card you just played, can you still use its bonus?
- Can you use an employee's bonus without performing its main action?
- Can you depute an employee if that leaves you with fewer than 4 Employee cards?
- Must you reveal a face-down Resource tile you keep as silk?
- Do you pay for Resource tiles taken through a bonus Acquire Resources action?
- Who can take the Hire a new Employee action?
- Can you hire more than one Employee, or play more than one Master, in a round?
- When is the All Halls bonus marker placed, and who gets the better space?
- Does the Queen's Favor reset before round 7, and what does it give then?
- Does holding the Starting Player marker earn income each round?
- Can a player take the Queen's Favor every round to stay the Starting Player?
- Can you depute a Level 6 Apprentice to cash in its end-game bonus early?
- Can you play a Level 6 Apprentice for its main action?
- What is needed to place a Dress on a Master Guest space?
- Where do Resource tiles go after you discard them for Yarn or Lace?
Phase 4: Collect income
End of the Game
- Does a Musician alone score a hall majority, or break a tie where no one has a Dress?
- If two players tie for first in a hall, does anyone get second-place points there?
- If two players tie for second place in a hall, do both score?
- When a tie is broken by Master Guest spaces, does the Musician count only for players still tied?
- If players are tied on points and leftover money at game end, who wins?
- In a 2-player game, can both players receive the All Halls bonus?
- Do Fireworks spaces add points or multiply a Dress's value?
- Do you score both the base points and the multiplier for a Dress on the Terrace?
- Do moving Dresses to the Terrace cost you the All Halls bonus?
- How do Statue markers score Dress sets at final scoring?
- Does a Level 6 Master score anything at game end?
- Do you have to play a Level 6 Apprentice to claim its end-game bonus?
Overview of the Employee bonuses
- Can a Depute bonus choose the card that was just played, or a card in your discard pile?
- When a Depute bonus removes another Employee, do you also get the normal Depute money?
- If an Employee bonus counts deck size or Dresses on the board, does it include the result of the main action?
- Does the Level 5 bale discard bonus score per tile or per bale of silk?
- Is there a maximum score for the Lace and Yarn Level 6 bonus?
- Does a bonus marked x1 or "one time only" mean it can be used once per game?
- Does the bale reduction from an extra Make a Dress bonus also apply to the main action?