To win, be the first to empty your stack by building runs from 1 to 12. Wild cards bring a twist to situations and may be played as any number. For added fun, players can team up as partners! Skip-Bo is based on the traditional game Spite and Malice. In 1967, Minnie Hazel “Skip” Bowman began producing a boxed commercial edition of the game under the name SKIP-BO.