diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 137549c..8b8e6d4 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const TUNE = {
   gameBeatT: 1.6,   // s the game-end beat lasts on even (non-changeover) games
   eatenR: 0.9,      // m a shambler must close to eat you — matches the visual sprite overlap
   zSnap: 1.4,       // m free-aim magnetism: a zombie this close to your flick's landing point is the target
+  killsPerPoint: 3, // splatter: zombie kills to score ONE tennis point (1 = every kill scores, old behavior)
   zSplatQ: 0.5,     // min shot quality to splatter; below = stagger pushback
   zPushback: 1.4,   // m a staggered zombie is knocked back
   splatterOverT: 0.1, // s the spent-ball 'over' beat lasts before the next serve is armed
diff --git a/gameplay.js b/gameplay.js
index c46f72b..b60df32 100644
--- a/gameplay.js
+++ b/gameplay.js
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ function pointTo(side, reason) {
 // The scoreboard IS the progression: games drive spawn pressure, 6 games = a set = a horde,
 // odd games end in a changeover breather.
 export function splatPoint(side, quiet = false) {
+  if (side === 'P' && ++G.killCount < TUNE.killsPerPoint) return; // K kills bank one point; the rest just splatter
+  if (side === 'P') G.killCount = 0;
   const gameOver = advancePoint(side);
   if (gameOver) {
     G.runGames++;
diff --git a/state.js b/state.js
index 4379402..bafdd81 100644
--- a/state.js
+++ b/state.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export const G = {
   interlude: false,   // sudden-death duel vs the racket zombie: falsy, or {introT} while announcing
   duelLerp: 0,        // 0..1 — how far the court has returned to tennis colors for the duel
   horde: null,        // active horde wave {t, spawnT, mgT} — machine-gun racket, no serving
+  killCount: 0,       // splatter: kills banked toward the next point (see TUNE.killsPerPoint)
   runGames: 0,        // games finished this run (either side) — the difficulty director
   sets: [0, 0],       // splatter sets won [you, them]; 6 games = a set = a horde
   changeover: false,  // the odd-game breather: no spawns, no serving, the boys mop