How Do You Play Skip Bo?

How to Play Skip Bo

How to Play Skip Bo

  1. Choose a dealer to shuffle the deck of Skip Bo cards. The dealer will then deal each player 30 cards face down.
  2. Each player draws 5 cards from their personal deck to form their hand. The rest of the cards are placed in a draw pile in the center of the table.
  3. The goal of the game is to be the first player to empty their stockpile of 20 cards.
  4. Players take turns drawing cards from the draw pile and playing them on one of the four building piles in ascending order. The building piles are started with a 1 card and continued to 12.
  5. Players can also play cards from their hand onto their own personal stockpile in numerical order. Players must play cards from their stockpile before playing cards from their hand.
  6. If a player cannot make a move, they must draw a card from the draw pile. The game continues until a player empties their stockpile and calls "Skip Bo!" to win.

These are the basic rules of Skip Bo. Enjoy playing!