A member of Mattel's popular family of Uno card games, Skip-Bo resembles speed (or spit) in the same way that Uno takes after crazy eights. Out of a 162-card deck, two to six players are each dealt 20-card "stockpiles." The first one to deplete their pile wins. Competing either alone or in teams, players draw from a central pile and stack their cards sequentially onto one of four "build" piles using plentiful Skip-Bo wild cards to break up static situations.

Deceptively simple and ingeniously designed, this classic game offers plenty of strategizing opportunities... or it can just make a nice backdrop to socializing and munching on potato chips. For 2-6 players.