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!
骷髅王：我们为夏季游戏活动结束而准备的礼物！
你好！磨砺你的智慧，稳住你的神经，准备好在高海上撒谎、出牌和战斗，因为骷髅王，这艘海盗花招取得的经典之作，刚刚登陆Board Game Arena！
如果你喜欢的游戏有德国桥牌，神机妙算, Euchre, 或黑桃王，你会感觉宾至如归。但是骷髅王不仅仅是一个拿分游戏，它是一个充满紧张感和策略的对决，预判自己的成功和超越对手对手一样关键。
每轮开始时，玩家会同时秘密宣布自己预计能赢多少墩。你会大胆地承诺胜利，还是谨慎地设定目标，不赢任何墩？ 一旦出价公布，真正的挑战就开始了：你必须赢得你承诺的金额。墩数太多？你会受到惩罚。墩数太少？同样的命运。突然之间，输掉一墩可能和赢得一墩一样刺激！
这种同时叫牌的现象让牌桌气氛紧张（有些轮次叫牌过高，有些轮次叫牌过低，每一手牌都预示着运气的剧烈波动）。
该游戏的 66 张牌组非同寻常：
- 四种花色（1-13），用于经典的吃墩玩法。
- 海盗、母老虎和可怕的骷髅王，每个人都拥有可以颠覆最强大力量的特殊力量。
- 美人鱼，可以驯服骷髅王本人。
- 逃脱卡，让你脱离危险。
黑色海盗旗牌胜过所有数字花色，海盗牌胜过美人鱼，骷髅王胜过一切（除非被聪明的美人鱼打败。再加上多才多艺的母老虎和同时叫牌的不可预测性，每一场游戏的感觉都不一样）。
确定您的出价并获得每墩 20 分。
错过它，并且每失误一招就会失去 10 分。
成功出价零，并赢得10 × 回合数点的累积奖金 - 但如果失败，您也会很快沉没。
用骷髅王捕获海盗，或用美人鱼捕获国王等大胆壮举可获得奖励积分。
经过十轮紧张程度不断上升、赌注不断增加的比赛后，得分最高的海盗将获得最终的荣耀。
无论您是玩墩牌的老手还是刚刚尝试这一类型的游戏，《骷髅王》都为您提供了快节奏、充满大胆玩法和致命失误的欢笑乐趣。
现在可以在Board Game Arena直接在这里玩，挑战你的朋友，智胜你的对手，看看你是否有能力指挥骷髅王的王冠：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=skullking
让我们感谢这款珍品背后的整个团队：Brent、Tauni & Jeff Beck，以及 Grandpa Beck's Games 公司，以及 tchobello & MathCT 的共同努力，让它在Board Game Arena上线！
而且这是夏季游戏活动正式结束！
与过去 6 年的每一年一样，您将参加这个有趣的活动，致力于发现Board Game Arena上每天发布的新游戏。
今年有很多人参加了该活动！
共有111,148名Board Game Arena会员至少点击过一次首页上的日历。
15,004 人完成了 10 天的连续记录，
8,242 人连续 20 天点击即可获得相关奖杯，
最后，4,681 位勇敢的玩家，连续 31 天每天都出现在头版，赢取了本次活动的所有奖杯。这意味着他们现在拥有了 BGA 历史上独一无二的一部分。
在此论坛帖子中了解有关此活动的发布和相关游戏的更多信息：https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44060
我们想感谢大家的支持、乐趣和评论。 我们始终在一点一点地改进平台，我们很高兴看到大家参与我们的愿景。
接下来会发生什么？
根据需求，日历可能会回归。不过还会有更多！
敬请关注，感谢您的支持。
您已经打破了平静，现在是时候恢复您的日常习惯了！:)
一如既往，下次再见，保重，然后……
公平竞争！
