En resumen

Skull King es un juego de mesa de 2013, diseñado por Brent Beck y Jeffrey Beck, para 2 a 8 jugadores (funciona mejor con 4, 5, 6).

Una partida dura unos 30 minutos, la complejidad es baja (1,7 sobre 5) y se recomienda desde los 8 años.

En BoardGameGeek tiene un puntaje de 7,5 sobre 10 con más de 16 mil valoraciones y está en el puesto 285 del ranking mundial.

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Acerca del juego

Mecánicas

Hand Management Predictive Bid Rock-Paper-Scissors Trick-taking

Categorías

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Descripción de BoardGameGeek (en inglés)

Skull King is a trick-taking game similar to Oh Hell!, Wizard, Euchre and Spades, with players needing to state how many tricks they think they'll win each round. A unique element of this game is that bidding takes place simultaneously, leading to rounds that are sometimes over, or under-bid. As players must win the exact number of tricks that they bid to earn points, winning too many tricks is just as bad as winning too few and this leads to intense competition where losing a trick can be as exciting as winning one. Skull King uses a 66-card deck that consists of five Escape cards, four suits numbered 1-13, two Mermaids, five Pirate cards, 1 Tigress card, and 1 Skull King card. The game la…