Skull King

Classic (Skull King’s scoring)

• Exact non-zero bid: +20 per trick won
• Exact zero bid: +10 × cards dealt
• Missed non-zero bid: −10 × |bid − won|
• Missed zero bid: −10 × cards dealt (not tricks taken)
• Bonuses count only when the bid is exact

Bonuses (enter raw totals)

• Color 14s: +10 each · Black 14: +20
• Pirate captures Mermaid: +20
• Skull King captures Pirate: +30 each
• Mermaid captures Skull King: +40
• Loot alliance (both bids exact): +20 each

Rascal’s scoring

• Grapeshot: 10 × cards if exact; half if off by 1; else 0 (bonuses scale the same)
• Cannonball: 15 × cards if exact; else 0 (including bonuses)

Ties

• After round 10, if players are tied for first, keep dealing overtime rounds (11, 12, …) with 10 cards until there is a sole leader.

Harry the Giant

• On the tricks won screen, tap Add Harry (+1) (or −1) if that pirate used Harry to change their bid. Scoring uses the adjusted bid.

Official rulebook

Open Grandpa Beck’s Skull King rulebook (PDF)

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Scorepad fields: bid/result, bid points, bonus, round points, running total.

The official 2-player rules use Greybeard’s Ghost as a third hand (no bid, no score). Most groups add the ghost so trick counts stay correct.