In Skyjo each player has 12 cards in a 3×4 pattern, two of them are face up, all the others are hidden. On your turn, you can take the top card from the discard pile or draw from the pile. You can exchange a card (hidden or open) from your display with this card or discard the drawn card to turn a card face up.

If you line up the same number 3 times in a row or in a column, you can discard the cards. The round ends when a player has only open cards left. All cards will be revealed and points will be added for each player (cards are ranked from -2 to 12). The game ends when a player reaches 100 points or more. Whoever has the lowest score wins.

Action cards allow you to perform special moves:

• Swap cards in your tableau
• Trading cards between players
• Steal an action card
• Take two turns in a row

You get an action card each time you put or reveal a joker in your tableau, or you can take an action card instead of a normal move. Wild cards make it easier to collect sets and are very valuable sets in themselves (-10 or -15 points).