Splendor: Nobles and Cities Promo Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Nobles
• Cities Tile
  • Tile front
  • Validation

Nobles

This promo adds nine Noble tiles to the game.

Limitation: you cannot use two Noble tiles that have the exact same characteristics.

Each Noble tile is worth 3 Prestige Points. The printed gem costs on each tile are its characteristics, so two tiles with the same gem costs may not be used together. The tiles are listed here by position on the printed sheet, as the sheet prints no names. Costs are the bonuses (gem cards) required for the visit.

1. Top left: 4 Sapphire (blue), 4 Ruby (red).
2. Top centre: 3 Onyx (black), 3 Sapphire (blue), 3 Emerald (green).
3. Top right: 4 Diamond (white), 4 Emerald (green).
4. Middle left: 4 Onyx (black), 4 Emerald (green).
5. Middle centre: 3 Sapphire (blue), 3 Diamond (white), 3 Ruby (red).
6. Middle right: 3 Onyx (black), 3 Ruby (red), 3 Sapphire (blue).
7. Bottom left: 4 Ruby (red), 4 Diamond (white).
8. Bottom centre: 4 Emerald (green), 4 Onyx (black).
9. Bottom right (Space Cow promo): 4 Sapphire (blue), 4 Diamond (white).

Note (derived from the printed costs, not stated by the publisher): tiles 4 and 8 have the same characteristics (4 Onyx and 4 Emerald), so they cannot be used together under the limitation above. No other pair on the sheet matches.

Cities Tile

This promotional tile is for the Cities of Splendor expansion and is added to the Cities module. You need the expansion to use it.

Tile front

• Printed value: 28 Prestige Points.
• Counter box: -1 / [ ], where the box shows a development card, meaning the value is reduced by 1 Prestige Point for each development card you own.

Validation

To validate (claim) this tile you must have at least 28 Prestige Points, minus 1 Prestige Point per Development card you own.

Example from the publisher's text: you can validate the tile with 15 Prestige Points (among your cards and nobles) and 13 cards in front of you (28 - 13 = 15).

Discrepancy: the printed tile and the BGG item description both read 28, and this file follows them. The publisher's current online page text (print-and-play.asmodee.fun, 2026) reportedly reads 29 instead. This transcriber could not verify that page (it returned HTTP 404 on retrieval), so the 29 figure is not reproduced as a rule here. Under the 29 version the example would become 16 Prestige Points with 13 cards.