Game rules

How to start

Choose the ‘Original’ board for fast & intense gameplay or the ‘Extended’ board for broad & strategic gameplay. Place the game pieces on it as shown in the images below.

The player whose birthday is first may start.

Skipp 'Original' board

Skipp 'Extended' board

Goal

You win if you are the first to get one of your tops across the board on a dark grey coloured space, regardless of the colour of the base on which you land.

When it’s your turn…

you first move one of your bases and then one of your tops, only in that order.
you must move a base and a top unless this isn’t possible. If all bases or tops are blocked, you only move what can be moved. If everything is blocked, you may pass.

A base may…

only be moved if it has no top.
only move straight ahead; never diagonally or backwards.
take just one step per turn.
only exchange places with an empty base of the opponent that is placed right in front of it. This way, they can pass each other.

Empty bases may exchange places

A top may…

only move via bases and never touch the board.
only move diagonally forward; never straight ahead or backwards.
only be placed on an empty base, either yours or your opponent’s.
at every turn, either sprint (A) or strike (B).

A: Sprint

Move one or more places in one go. You decide how many.

In a straight line; no turns allowed.

Over a continuous row of empty bases; not over empty spots.

B: Strike

Striking is not mandatory.
Remove the captured top from the board.
You can’t strike backwards.

Move from a base next to the top of the opponent to an empty base right behind it.

Jump over one top; not several in a row.

One strike only per turn.

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With the double-sided game board and the infinite combination of moves, no two games of Skipp will be the same. As your skills develop, you will discover new strategies.

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