Skyjo

Swap, flip and dump your worst cards before someone ends the round on you.

👥 2–8 playersapprox. 45 min🪄 Rules in 5 min6+
6.3 · BGG #1,951

Who it's for

Larger, mixed groups looking for a card game with a running score, and holiday tables where people drift in and out between rounds.

Not for you if…

Luck decides a lot: a bad blind draw at the wrong moment costs you the round no matter how well you played. Over a full game to 100 points it can also drag, and the theme is pure numbers with no flavour at all.

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Vibe's take

Constant low-level gambling with your own grid, punctuated by groans when someone closes the round while you still have a twelve sitting face down. Everyone stays involved because you can watch the grids around you.

See how it plays

About this game

Everyone has a grid of twelve cards face down, two of them flipped up at the start. On your turn you take the top discard or draw blind, then swap it into your grid or flip a card over. Card values run from minus two up to twelve, and the lowest total after several rounds wins.

Matching columns of three disappear completelyCard values from minus two to twelve give real swingsRuns from two to eight people with the same box

By the numbers

Players

Best at 4 playersWorks with 2–6

Duration

15–45 min

Ages 6+

Complexity

1.1 / 5 — Very Light

BGG Rating

6.3/10

Rank #1,951

7.0k ratings

Published

2015

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