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Skull

Skull 2011

7.2 /10
BGG rating
#501
BGG rank
1.1
Weight
3–6
Players
5
Best at
15–45
Minutes
10
Age

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About the Game

Edited description from Bruno Faidutti's write-up of the game in his Ideal Game Library:

Skull & Roses is the quintessence of bluffing, a game in which everything is played in the players' heads. Each player plays a face-down card, then each player in turn adds one more card – until someone feels safe enough to state that they can turn a number of cards face up and get only roses. Other players can then overbid them, saying they can turn even more cards face up. The highest bidder must then turn that number of cards face up, starting with their own. If they show only roses, they win; if they reveal a skull, they lose, placing one of their cards out of play. Two successful challenges wins the game. Skull & Roses is not a game of luck; it's a game of poker face and meeting eyes.

Skull & Roses Red features the same gameplay as Skull & Roses, with the only change being alternate rules that allow each player to control two biker gangs. Both Skull & Roses Red and Skull are playable on their own, with each game containing six different biker gangs. Each Skull or Skull & Roses set can be combined with another to allow for games with more than six players.

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Categories
Mechanics
Also known as
Gringo · Skull & Roses · Skull & Roses Black · Skull & Roses Red · Skull: Koponyák játéka · Череп · جمجمة · สกัล · スカル · 骷髅牌 · 스컬
BGG ratings
29,190 · geek rating 7.01
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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