Skull & Roses

• Give each player a set of four cards, all the same rank, from each of the four suits.
• The player’s spade card is their Skull.
• Each hand:
  1. Each player plays an initial card face-down
  2. Players take turns. They can either:
     • Play another card face-down on top of theirs
     • End this phase by making a bid
  3. Players bid for how many cards they can flip.
  4. The highest bidder must flip over that many cards, starting by flipping over their own.
     • If any flipped cards are Skulls, the flipper permanently loses a card from their hand.
       • If they hit their own skull, they choose which card.
       • If someone else’s skull, discard at random.
     • If no Skulls are flipped, that player earns a point!
     • Either way, that player starts the next round.
• 2 points to win.

Game by Hervé Marly