Time for a quick one? Let's play the game called 'Splendor'.

 No. He isn't blowing his nose.  A relatively new game came to light the other day, so thought we'd give it a go. Splendor - tipped for awards this year and an ingenious little fella it is too. And quite quick to play. And yet simple too. As you can see, cards are laid out in a grid, with stacks to the left and the resources - gems - laid out below. The game plays slightly differently depending on the number of players. The easiest cards to obtain are on the lowest row and the trickier ones on each subsequent row up. You need to obtain 15 victory points by spending gems to buy cards. And that's about it. The clever bit is that there's all sorts of things going on at the same time and a lot of it is inside your own...

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