How to Score

After the Discard Pile and “The Pile” are empty,

  • add the face value of all the cards in each player’s hand using the table below.
  • then add 1 for each Diamond card, 3 for each Club card, 5 for each Spade card including the Ace of Spades.

In a single game, the highest score wins.

In a series of games, the first person to reach or exceed 10,000 as the sum of all their hands in all the games, wins.

In a series of games, other awards are:

  • Most games won: “Bully Award”
  • Most cards held in all winning hands combined: “Miser Award”
  • Most RUMPTs played: “Rumptelstiltskin Award”

Table of Card Face Values for Scoring

2 = 20, except the 2 of Hearts is just 1

3 = 30

4 = 40

etc.

Jack = 110

Queen = 120

King = 130

Ace = 140, except the Ace of Spades = 150.