Skip-Bo The Card Game
Skip-Bo is a classic card game designed by the same inventor as UNO, and it's typically played with a deck of 144 cards. The game's objective is to be the first player to deplete their stockpile of cards by building sequences from 1 to 12 in ascending order.
Here's a general overview of how Skip-Bo is played:
Setup:
- Players are dealt a stockpile of cards (usually 30 cards each) that they keep face down in front of them.
- The rest of the cards form the draw pile, and the top card is flipped to start the discard pile.
Gameplay:
- Players take turns drawing cards from the draw pile or playing from their hand to create building piles in the center, starting with 1 and going up to 12.
- Cards can be played from the stockpile, hand, or from the discard pile (if they're the next number in sequence).
- Special "Skip-Bo" cards act as wild cards and can be used as any number.
- Once a player empties their stockpile, they continue to play cards from their hand, and then the remaining cards in the draw pile.