> How do the center numbers work. Are they for going backwards or what. The numbers in the trapezoids surrounding the “13” box are the “number of boxes bonus” someone gets for hitting the player out who is stuck in that box. So let’s say I’m going for 4 forwards and I hit someone out of the “6” trapezoid, I would then get to stick my cap in the “9” box and go for “10 forward” (I _was_ going for “4”, now I’m going for “10”). > the moderator of the forum (“Masta Blasta”) would frown at such a basic approach This is correct, I frown on this approach of simply losing turns if you get stuck in the skull. It’s called a skull because you’re dead when you’re in it, not simply stunned! Of course, you’re welcome to use the simpler approaches as long as all agree to the rules beforehand. I think there’s more excitement to the “bonus” thing than the “lose turns” approach. Try ’em both, decide for yourself.

God I loved skully when I was little. On 7th Street between Avenue B & C there is still an old painted skully board. I asked a kid sitting on a stoop if he plays it and he didn’t know what I was talking about. What I remember was that half of the fun was in dodging cars!

The numbers in the middle can have one of 2 meanings. Either they can be the amount of boxes that someone will advance if they knock you out of the dead zone or they can mean how many turns you lose while in the dead zone. In our neighborhood we didn’t put the numbers in the middle at all but just had the player lose 3 turns if he or she got stuck in the middle. I’m sure the moderator of the forum (“Masta Blasta”) would frown at such a basic approach, however, it worked for us. You might even combine the two (you lose 3 or so turns unless someone knocks you out – and then they get advance x boxes).