Ahoy! Sharpen your wits, steady your nerves, and get ready to bluff, bid, and battle on the high seas, because Skull King, the swashbuckling trick-taking classic, has just arrived on Board Game Arena!
If you enjoy games like Oh Hell!, Wizard, Euchre, or Spades, you will feel right at home. But Skull King is not just another trick-taker, it is a tense, tactical duel of risk and timing where predicting your own success is just as important as outplaying your rivals.
Each round begins with players secretly and simultaneously declaring how many tricks they think they will win. Will you boldly promise victory, or cautiously aim for none at all?
Once bids are revealed, the real challenge begins: you must win exactly what you promised. Too many tricks? You are punished. Too few? Same fate. Suddenly, losing a trick can be just as thrilling as capturing one!
This simultaneous bidding keeps the table on edge (some rounds are overbid, others underbid, and every hand carries the promise of wild swings in fortune).
The game’s 66-card deck is far from ordinary:
- Four suits (1–13) for classic trick-taking play.
- Pirates, the Tigress, and the dreaded Skull King, each bringing special powers that can upend the strongest hand.
- Mermaids, who can tame the Skull King himself.
- Escape cards, letting you bow out of danger.
Black Jolly Roger cards trump all numbered suits, Pirates trump Mermaids, and the Skull King trumps everything (except when a clever Mermaid takes him down. Add in the versatile Tigress and the unpredictability of simultaneous bidding, and no two games ever feel the same).
Nail your bid and score 20 points per trick.
Miss it, and lose 10 points per trick you are off.
Bid zero successfully, and earn a jackpot of 10 × the round number points — but fail, and you will sink just as quickly.
Bonus points are awarded for daring feats like capturing Pirates with the Skull King, or the King with a Mermaid.
After ten rounds of rising tension and escalating stakes, the pirate with the most points claims ultimate glory.
Whether you are a trick-taking veteran or just dipping your toes into the genre, Skull King offers fast-paced, laugh-out-loud fun full of bold plays and crushing blunders.
Now available to play right here on Board Game Arena, challenge your friends, outwit your foes, and see if you have what it takes to command the Skull King’s crown:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=skullking
Let's thank the whole team behind this gem: Brent,Tauni & Jeff Beck, and the Grandpa Beck's Games company, and the combined efforts of tchobello & MathCT for making it available on Board Game Arena!
Annnnd it's the OFFICIAL END OF THE SUMMER OF GAMES EVENT!
Like every year for 6 years now, you are joining this fun event dedicated to discovering new games released daily on Board Game Arena.
Plenty of you joined the event this year!
A total of 111,148 members of Board Game Arena clicked at least ONCE on the calendar on the front page.
15,004 were able to complete a 10 days streak,
8,242 were able to click for 20 days in a row to get the related trophy,
and finally, 4,681 of you went were brave enough to come on the front page every day for 31 days to get all of the trophies from the event. It means now that they own a very unique piece of BGA History.
Find out more about the releases and linked games from this event on this forum post: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44060
We would like to thank all of you for your support, fun and remarks.
We are always improving the platform, one bit at a time, and we are happy to see you all taking part in our vision.
What will be next?
Depending on the demand, you can expect that the calendar will come back. But there will be more!
Stay tuned, and thanks for you support.
You rocked that boat, now it is time to get back to your daily habits! :)
As always, see you next time, take care, and...
PLAY FAIR!
REI DAS CAVEIRAS: O noso agasallo para marcar o final do evento VERÁN DE XOGOS!
Ai! Afia o teu enxeño, tranquiliza os teus nervios e prepárate para farolear, poxar e loitar en alta mar, porque Skull King, o clásico de trucos de espadachín, acaba de chegar a ** Board Game Arena **!
Se che gustan xogos como Oh Hell!, Wizard, Euchre ou Spades, sentiráste como na casa. Pero Skull King non é só outro xogo de azar, senón un tenso duelo táctico de risco e tempo onde predicir o teu propio éxito é tan importante como superar os teus rivais.
Cada rolda comeza cos xogadores declarando en segredo e simultaneamente cantas bazas cren que gañarán. Prometerás a vitoria con audacia ou intentarás non conseguila con cautela? Unha vez reveladas as ofertas, comeza o verdadeiro desafío: debes gañar exactamente o que prometiches. Demasiadas bazas? Serás castigado. Moi poucas? O mesmo destino. De súpeto, perder unha baza pode ser tan emocionante como facer unha!
Esta poxa simultánea mantén a mesa en vilo (algunhas roldas están sobrelicitadas, outras sublicitadas e cada man promete grandes cambios na fortuna).
A baralla de 66 cartas do xogo está lonxe de ser ordinaria:
- Catro palos (1–13) para o xogo clásico de bazas.
- Piratas, a Tigresa e o temido Rei Caveira, cada un con poderes especiais que poden derrubar a man máis forte.
- Sereas, que poden domar ao propio Rei Caveira.
- Cartas de escape, que che permiten escapar do perigo.
As cartas negras de Jolly Roger superan todos os palos numerados, os piratas superan as sereas e o Rei Caveira supera todo (agás cando unha serea intelixente o derriba. Engádelle a versátil Tigresa e a imprevisibilidade das poxas simultáneas, e non haberá dous xogos iguais).
Acerta na túa poxa e obtén 20 puntos por baza.
Se o fallas, perderás 10 puntos por cada baza que perdas.
Se poxas cero con éxito, gañarás un premio gordo de 10 × o número redondo puntos; pero se fallas, afundiraste igual de rápido.
Outórganse puntos extra por fazañas atrevidas como capturar piratas co Rei Caveira ou o Rei cunha Serea.
Despois de dez roldas de crecente tensión e apostas en aumento, o pirata con máis puntos reclama a gloria final.
Tanto se es un veterano dos trucos como se simplemente estás a comezar co xénero, Skull King ofrece diversión trepidante e chea de xogadas atrevidas e erros esmagadores.
Agora dispoñible para xogar **aquí mesmo en Board Game Arena **, desafía os teus amigos, supera os teus inimigos e mira se tes o que fai falta para conseguir a coroa do Rei Caveira:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=skullking
Agradecémoslle a todo o equipo que está detrás desta xoia: Brent, Tauni e Jeff Beck, e á empresa Grandpa Beck's Games, e aos esforzos conxuntos de tchobello e MathCT por facela dispoñible en Board Game Arena!
E agora é o FIN OFICIAL DO EVENTO SUMMER OF GAMES!
Como cada ano dende hai 6 anos, únete a este divertido evento dedicado a descubrir novos xogos que se lanzan diariamente en Board Game Arena.
Moitos de vós participáchedes no evento este ano!
Un total de 111.148 membros de Board Game Arena fixeron clic polo menos UNHA vez no calendario da páxina principal.
15.004 conseguiron completar unha racha de 10 días,
8.242 puideron facer clic durante 20 días seguidos para conseguir o trofeo correspondente,
e finalmente, 4.681 de vós tivestes a valentía de aparecer na portada todos os días durante 31 días para conseguir todos os trofeos do evento. Isto significa que agora posúen unha peza única da historia da BGA.
Obtén máis información sobre os lanzamentos e os xogos vinculados deste evento nesta publicación do foro:https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44060
Queremos agradecervos a todos o voso apoio, a vosa diversión e os vosos comentarios. Sempre estamos mellorando a plataforma, pouco a pouco, e estamos encantados de vervos a todos participando na nosa visión.
Que será o seguinte?
Dependendo da demanda, podes esperar que o calendario volva. Pero haberá máis!
Estade atentos e grazas polo voso apoio.
Fixéchelo xenial, agora é hora de volver aos teus hábitos diarios! :)
Como sempre, ata a próxima, coidate e...
XOGA LIMPIO!
