Skull - How to Play 

how?

@@d.davids1417 Every player just needs 3 "flower" cards and 1 "skull" card. You can designate it any way, eg. low number cards are flowers, while aces/kings are skulls. The only thing that is needed is to be able to immediately distinguish skulls from flowers. I have even played this game with Jungle Speed cards one time. Uno cards also work perfectly, we usually use the swap-color cards as skulls.

Though of course if someone with two cards left has played a 2 and a 3, for example (King being skull), over the course of a couple of rounds, the other players know that they have two flowers and therefore no skull (King). I’ve been playing with cards rather than buying the game and it’s fine for the most part

this reminds me of a coin game i once witnessed/played... i was hanging out with these guys and when it came time to pay the bill, someone said, let's play "xxxx".. don't remember the name.. basically everyone puts some coins in their hand.. and then you had to guess the number of coins everyone had in total.. or something like that.. i can't recall exactly.. but it was pretty cool.. i wonder if that variation could be turned into a board game..

​@@HedelTorresliar's dice is kinda like this

"and now, James Joyce's Ulysses, as read by Matt Lees..."

I've added it, and it's way more engaging (I use turn order to break ties). I've also added one house rule that makes the game go faster, but doesn't actually change anything: the ante. I tell everyone to ante in first (this is identical to playing their first turn, but it's done simultaneously), and then whoever's turn it is has the option to raise or call. So it speeds things up, and adds one more piece of poker flavor.

I think the new edition also calls for the flipper to be the first player next round. And I also believe it calls for every other player to put down their first disc first, then the first player plays one, and then they get to either play another or call a flip. And finally, you don't get to pick the card you lose if you hit your own skull, but just shuffle and pick one randomly yourself.

Heh, I love how this game has almost developed an oral tradition of teaching the rules, (from various sources,) with out ever actually reading anything out :D

“I think the new edition also calls for the flipper to be the first player next round. “ - Correct “I also believe it calls for every other player to put down their first disc first, then the first player plays one, and then they get to either play another or call a flip.” - Correct. There is a good thread discussing the merits of this rule here: boardgamegeek.com/thread/1146928/weird-sentence-skull-rulebook “And finally, you don't get to pick the card you lose if you hit your own skull, but just shuffle and pick one randomly yourself.” Incorrect, at least according to the most up-to-date version of the rules on the game’s website: “If the Challenger has flipped their own skull, that player secretly chooses the disc they will lose” (page 12). www.skull-and-roses.com/pdf/Skull_EnP.pdf

I agree. That's what I read in the rules as well. It's the only disagreement I have on this video

yes, you can switch between other players

Yes, when nobody started a bid earlier in the round, the first player that has no coaster left to play must start it.

One might be that it's easier to explain. I've played Liar's dice several times, and each time, I have to re-explain at least twice, that you can't reduce either number when you increase the bet. Then, next round, someone still goes from "three 6's" to "four 5's". They weren't even drunk.

You won't drop any dice onto dark pub floors

This game is like a motorcycle. Liars dice is like motorcycle with five wheels.

No

The game starts to strain very much at 6 players. I would strongly discourage that.

Matt was actually the lead writer on that project!

That's awesome! I thoroughly enjoyed it. It tickled the old nostalgia button I have for 80s video games. Did Matt do any other writing for Charlie?

I know he wrote some of 2013 or 2014 yearly wipe, he's in the credits. :)

That's correct. But if anyone put a skull down, whoever called the bid is toast

@@charliedoucette2249 thanks 👌👌👌

Yep. Make sure when you bluff that you can flip over your own cards, somebody else is going to outbid you.

wait unless you mean like a total loss, in which case, no.

Essentially. Technically, it means you as the Challenger failed the Challenge. That round ends, similar to if you flipped someone else's skull, the difference is, since it's your skull that you "hit", you get to pick your own card to be discarded (face down).

You are eliminated from the game.

Yes, 1

The rules says you can but suggests no more than 10 players for optimum gameplay

Oh okay my friend also has the "Skull and Roses" version

AHHHHH!

Yeah, same game and rules, I believe.