Skyjo
HOW TO PLAY
Setup
Each player has a 3x4 grid of face down cards in front of them and a deck of cards to the side.
Object Of The Game
The aim of the game is to have the lowest total when you sum up the values on the cards in front of you at the end of the game and ultimately cause the opposing player to exceed a score of 100 first.
Game Play
At the beginning of the game each player turns over 2 of their cards and the player with the higher total starts the game. Each turn you can either take a card from the deck or a card from the discard pile. If you take a card from the discard pile you must swap that card with one of the cards from your grid, it can be a face up or a face down card but you may not look at the face down card before you decide to swap. If you decide to pick up a card from the deck you may chose to swap it, same as when a card is taken from the discard pile, or discard the card you have drawn and flip over one of your own cards.
Special Rule
If a player has the same value in all 3 of the cards in a column then that entre column is discarded on top of the card they just discarded.
End Of The Game
when any one player has all their cards revealed the opposing player takes one more turn and if they have any facedown cards then they are flipped over and the total is calculated for each player. The player with the lowest total wins the round. If the player that ended the game does not have the lowest total their score is doubled. Continue playing multiple rounds until a player exceeds a total of 100. That player loses the game.