Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Skip-Bo a game where each player is dealt a stockpile of cards and then attempts to win by playing all these cards on building piles in numerical sequence 1 through 12
Editorial Review
A member of Mattel's popular family of Uno card games, Skip-Bo resembles speed (or spit) in the same way that Uno takes after crazy eights. Out of a 162-card deck, two to six players are each dealt 20-card "stockpiles"; the first one to deplete their pile wins. Competing either alone or in teams, players draw from a central pile and stack their cards sequentially onto one of four "build" piles (for example, an eight onto a seven, a three onto a two), using plentiful Skip-Bo wild cards to break up static situations. Deceptively simple and ingeniously designed, this classic game offers plenty of strategizing opportunities, or it can just make a nice backdrop to socializing and munching on potato chips. --Paul Hughes
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Customer Reviews Read 24 more reviews...
Skip-Bo is good for young children to learn and play November 16, 2008
Jimmie L. Fowler
Skip-Bo is good for young children to learn and play.
Very boring for adults.
Requires minimal intelligence, mostly pure luck, almost zero stratigy.
Long and excruciatingly boring lacking zero mental skills.
Just plain fun! July 28, 2008
Babbs (Lancaster, pa)
I know this is only a card game but we have so much fun with it. The quality of the product was excellent and it arrived in good time. Thank you...our family loves it!
Fun for Teams or Just Two April 28, 2008
Tennis Ace (WA, USA)
The first time I played this was in teams (3 couples) and had a blast, I had to buy a deck. What's really nice about this game is you can play it with just two people. You can also adjust the length of the game by the number of cards that are dealt to each player.
Addictive, challenging, and (best of all!) fun April 15, 2008
X man (No Man's Land)
When you see "From the makers of Uno" on the package of a game, you know you're in for a fun time. And you wouldn't be wrong to assume this with Skip-Bo, an addictive, challenging, and outrageously fun card game that, in my opinion, is actually a better game than Uno.
The rules are fairly simple: build piles of cards sequentially from 1 up to 12 (you can have up to four piles) while attempting to play all your cards from a special "stock pile" that you have. The first person to clear this special pile wins.
Why is Skip-Bo better than Uno? For one thing, Skip-Bo is much more dependent on skill than its famous predecessor. You may not want to discard certain cards (e.g. you may want to retain wild cards until they are needed), and stopping the opponents from playing the cards in their stock piles is a big part of this game.
Skip-Bo games are also often longer and the race between the players is often furious and intense. The game could turn around at any minute... and it quite frequently does. I was once behind, but I finally caught up, beating my opponent by one card! For excitement and challenge, you can't go wrong with Skip-Bo!
And perhaps best of all, you can play this fabulous game with just one friend, or with your whole family! As I said, the more the merrier, but no matter how many players you have, you're sure to have lots of fun!
This game makes a fine addition to any family's game collection. For other great card games, see Uno, Rage, and Phase-10 (some of my other favorites).
Skip Bo Reviw February 13, 2008
JOHN CHAVANNE (Palos Verdes, CA)
As always with Amazon the purchase was easy, the shipment was fast and the product arrived as promised. A fun game which as you play you learn to develop a routine to help you to be the first one to finish. You have to pay attention and plan ahead and you need a little luck too. A fast and fun game for a small group of players.
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