Skip-Bo
A sequencing sprint where your stockpile is the only clock that matters.
Who it's for
Players who like a fast, competitive card race with light strategy around discard management.
Not for you if…
You prefer deeper strategic decisions over quick, luck-influenced sequencing.
Vibe's take
Brisk and a little chaotic, with sudden swings whenever a well-timed Skip-Bo wildcard unlocks a pile everyone else was stuck on.
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About this game
Skip-Bo has you racing to empty a 30-card stockpile onto four shared building piles that climb from 1 to 12. Hand cards, discard piles, and your precious Skip-Bo wildcards all feed into the sequence, and the first to clear their stockpile wins.
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Mechanics
Categories
By the numbers
Players
Duration
20 min
Ages 6+
Complexity
1.2 / 5 — Very LightBGG Rating
5.5/10
Rank #13,475
10k ratings
Published
1967
Designed by
Hazel "Skip" Bowman
Published by
Tomy, AMIGO, Gibsons, International Games, Mattel, Inc., The Skip-bo Company, Super Impulse, Waddingtons
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