Skip to Main Content

Research Guides

Board Game Collection: Skipbo

A guide to information about the University of Idaho's board game collection and the the games that are a part of it

Skip-bo

Skip bo game box

Each player is dealt a stockpile of 30 cards. The winner will be whoever manages to empty their stockpile first. Cards are played onto four shared building piles in numerical sequence from 1 to 12. On each turn, a player draws until they have five cards in their hand, and then plays cards from: their hand, a top card of their discard piles, or their stockpile. At the end of their turn, a player must discard onto one of their four personal discard piles. Strategy involves the organizing of cards into the discard piles, care in not setting up the next players for good plays, knowing when to play from which option, and especially the timing of playing a valuable "Skip-bo" wildcard.

Players

2-6

Time

20 min

Theme

Card shedding

Mechanics

Hand management

How to play Video

Rules of play PDF