How to keep score in 53 games
What every card, word and point is worth, who wins, and a worked example for each game. Most come with a score sheet to print.
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500 (card game)Bid tricks for points from the table. First to 500 wins, −500 loses.
BeloteTwo teams, 162 a deal plus announcements. First to 1,000 wins.
BriscolaCount your tricks: 61 of the 120 points wins the hand. Best of three.
BurracoTeams race to 2,005. Clean burraco 200, dirty 100, closing 100.
CanastaTeams meld for canastas: natural 500, mixed 300. First side to 5,000 wins.
ChinchónUnmatched cards count against you. Minus 10 for a clean close. Out over 100.
CribbageRace to 121. Fifteens 2, pairs 2, runs 1 a card, nobs 1.
DoppelkopfRe needs 121. Winners get the game's points, losers lose them. Sums to zero.
Dutch Blitz+1 a card in the Dutch piles, −2 a card left in your Blitz pile. First to 75.
EuchreTeams of two. 1 for 3 or 4 tricks, 2 for all five, 4 alone. First to 10.
Five Crowns11 rounds, a new wild card each round. Lowest total wins.
French TarotThe taker against the rest. Each deal balances to zero, highest total wins.
Gin RummyTwo players. Knock or go gin, score the difference, first to 100 wins.
Golf (card game)Nine holes, lowest wins. Kings 0, twos −2, a pair in a column scores 0.
Hand and FootFour rounds in teams. Clean books 500, dirty 300, highest total wins.
HeartsLowest score wins. 1 point a heart, 13 for the queen of spades.
Klaverjassen162 a deal plus roem. Go nat and the others take it all. 16 deals.
Oh HellExact bid: 10 plus a point a trick. Missed: a point a trick. Highest total wins.
Phase 10Finish all ten phases first. Points left in hand break ties, lowest wins.
PinochleTeams bid, then score meld plus counters. Miss your bid and you lose it.
Pusoy DosFirst out scores 0, everyone else a point a card left. Lowest total wins.
RummyBasic Rummy: the winner scores the cards left. Rummy 500: melds minus hand.
Scala 40Cards left in hand count against you. Out at 101, last player in wins.
SchafkopfEach game pays the table's tariff. Winners get it, losers pay. Sums to zero.
ScopaFirst to 11. A point each for scope, cards, coins, settebello and primiera.
SkatOnly the declarer scores: the game value, or twice that off if they lose.
Skip-BoWinner scores 25 plus 5 a card left in other stock piles. First to 500.
Skull King10 rounds. Bid made: 20 a trick plus bonuses. Missed: −10 a trick off.
SpadesTeams bid tricks: 10 a trick bid, 1 a bag, first to 500 wins.
TongitsEach loser pays the winner: 1 a win, 3 for tongits, extras for aces and secret melds.
UnoGo out first and score everyone else's cards. First to 500 wins.
Wizard (card game)Exact bid: 20 plus 10 a trick. Missed: −10 a trick off. Highest total wins.
Dice games
FarkleSix dice, bank before you farkle. 1s are 100, 5s are 50, first to 10,000.
Yahtzee13 turns, one box each. Upper bonus at 63, Yahtzee is 50.
Dominoes
DominoesWin the pips left in other hands, or score in 5s with All Fives to 200 or 250.
Mexican Train13 rounds from double 12 down. Count the pips left, lowest total wins.
Board and word games
CatanSettlements 1, cities 2, road and army 2 each. 10 on your turn wins.
Qwirkle1 point a tile in each line you play to. A Qwirkle is 12, going out 6.
RummikubLosers take off their tiles, the winner adds them. A joker left costs 30.
ScrabbleAdd each word's letters and premium squares. A bingo is 50, highest wins.
Party games
Boggle3 and 4 letters 1 point, up to 11 for 8 or more. Shared words don't count.
CharadesTeams take turns acting. A point for each phrase guessed in time.
PictionaryBoard game: race to the finish. Without the board: a point a word guessed in time.
ScattergoriesA point for each answer nobody else wrote. Highest total after the last round.
TabooA point a word guessed. Passed or buzzed cards score for the other team.
Yard games
Sports
BadmintonA point every rally. Games to 21, win by 2, 30 at most. Best of three.
Basketball2 a basket, 3 from beyond the arc, 1 a free throw. Pickup to 11 or 21.
Football (soccer)A goal is 1. More goals wins, level is a draw, then extra time and penalties.
PickleballOnly the serving side scores. Games to 11, win by 2. Doubles call 3 numbers.
Ping pong (table tennis)Games to 11, win by 2. Serve 2 points each, then 1 each from 10 all.
TennisPoints, games, sets. 15, 30, 40, game. Sets to 6, tie-break at 6 all.
VolleyballA point every rally. Sets to 25, win by 2, best of five. Fifth set to 15.
Score sheets
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