Skull King
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Description
Skull King is a trick-taking game similar to 'Oh Hell!', 'Wizard', 'Euchre' and 'Spades', with players needing to state how many tricks they think they'll win each round. A unique element of this game is that bidding takes place simultaneously, leading to rounds that are sometimes over, or under-bid. As players must win the exact number of tricks that they bid to earn points, winning too many tricks is just as bad as winning too few and this leads to intense competition where losing a trick can be as exciting as winning one.
Skull King uses a 66-card deck that consists of five Escape cards, four suits numbered 1-13, five Pirate cards, 1 Tigress card, and 1 Skull King card. The game lasts ten rounds, and in each round, each player is dealt as many cards as the number of the round. All players simultaneously bid on the number of tricks they think they'll take by holding out a fist and on the count of three revealing a certain number of fingers (or possibly a closed fist for a bid of zero tricks).
Standard rules apply for the playing of cards, with one player leading off a card and other players following suit, if possible, and playing something else if not; however, a player may always choose to play one of the special, unnumbered cards — and the power of those cards might let you win a trick that otherwise would have gotten away. In more detail, the black Jolly Roger suit trumps the other three suits, a Mermaid trumps all numbered cards, a Pirate trumps the Mermaid, and the Skull King trumps everything — except if he appears in the same trick with a Mermaid, in which case she captures him and wins instead. An Escape card loses to any other card, and the Tigress card serves as either a pirate or escape card as desired by the player. Whoever wins a trick leads in the next trick.
If a player makes their bid exactly, they score 20 points per trick; if they collect more or fewer tricks, they lose 10 points per trick they are off. If a player makes a bid of zero tricks, they win points equal to ten times the current round number — but if they take even a single trick, they lose this many points instead. If a player catches pirates with the Skull King, or the King with a mermaid, they score bonus points. Whoever has the most points after ten rounds wins.
Delivery
Delivery Arrangements
Orders for delivery will be dispatched via Royal Mail First Class Small Parcels(postage price £4.75) or via UPS Standard Tracked (postage price £7.50). You'll receive a delivery notication email when they're dispatched from the store, and they'll usually be in transit with the relevant postal service from the next working day (as we often leave the store after the last collection of the day). Delivery timescales are set by the relevant courier service, so please check their websites to see their current timeframes for the method your order has been sent by.
Please note our Royal Mail service is not tracked, and if you require tracking for your parcel, you should choose UPS at checkout.
We also offer click-and-collect from store. Click-and-collect orders will be ready for collection 20 minutes after they have been placed whilst we're open, or from 10:00 the following day if the order is placed after we are closed.
Missing Orders
If your order does not arrive after 30 days have passed from when we told you it was dispatched, please contact us and we will investigate.
Once we have investigated the circumstances surrounding the missing order, we will usually offer you one of the following two solutions;
1) If we have the item(s) in stock, we will offer to send the item again
2) Otherwise (or if you so choose) we will offer you a full refund.
Incomplete Orders
If there is something missing from your order when it arrives, please contact us within 48 hours of receiving the order and we will do our best to rectify the problem.
Damaged Orders
We do our best to make sure that every order which leaves our store is securely packed, however, despite our best efforts; sometimes things do get damaged in the post. If an order is damaged in transit, please contact us within 48 hours of receiving the order and we will do our best to rectify the problem.
Returns
Returns Policy
If you have bought an item from our webstore and decide that you no longer want it;
The unwanted items must be sent back at the customer's expense in their original, unopened packaging and in good condition, within 14 days of receipt (Consumer Contract Regulations 2014).
Please return the goods to:
The Gamers' Emporium
8 High Street
Swansea
SA1 1LE
Telephone: 01792 930328
We suggest for your own protection you use 1st class registered post.
Any refunds will be issued once we have received the goods and verified condition. This refund will include the total of goods returned and the original delivery charge paid.
We do not charge a restocking fee for returned items.
If you purchase an item in store, or from our webstore and it is faulty;
You have 30 days from date of purchase to let us know that there is a problem.
If you do so;
- You may return the item for a full refund (as per the Consumer Rights Act 2015). Refunds will be made via the payment method originally used, so please be sure to bring the card you originally paid with.
- You may ask us instead to replace the item instead (if we have it in stock)
- You may ask us instead to issue the refund in the form of a gift certificate
- You may ask us instead to obtain replacement parts for the item (if applicable)
If you notify us of a fault after the 30 day period, but within six months we will offer to repair or replace the item in the first instance, and will only issue a refund if we are unable to do either (as per Consumer Rights Act 2015).
If you notify us of a fault more than 6 months after you bought a product, you must be able to prove that the fault was present at the time of purchase (Consumer Rights Act 2015 again). If you can offer this proof, we will again offer to repair or replace the item in the first instance.
For defective items purchased through our webstore, please return them to the address above. We will refund you the postage cost for returning the items.
If you purchase an item in store which is NOT faulty, but decide that you no longer want it;
- You must return the item to us within 30 days of purchase
- The item must be complete and unopened in it's original, undamaged packaging
- You must bring your original receipt with you.
If all of the above conditions are fulfilled (and provided that the item is not a magazine or digital content) then we will provide you with a Gift Voucher equal to the value of the goods returned.
We do not offer cash/card refunds for unwanted items.
These policies do not affect your statutory rights