SKELZIES

TO BEGIN: You will need a piece of chalk and a bottle cap.

DESIGN: A 6’ – 7′ squared layout is created with numeric numbers from #1 – #13.
A start line will be set about 4feet from #1.

CAP: Taking wax, a melted crayon or any thick moldable substance,
fill the bottle cap with it. This will give it some weight.

CLASSIC SKELZIES: Place mats on surface in Classic Skelzies mode (see above pic) or in any arrangement desired. Hazardous areas should be placed around or near mat “13” as that is the Skelzies home base. On hands and knees at the starting line, the first player flicks a cap with his finger across the floor and attempts to land it onto mat “1”. If successful (a cap on a mats line does not count), the player continues by flicking for the next number – and so on, in the sequence: “2”, “3”, “4” etc., up to “13”, which is the Skelzies home base and awards that player as the King, Czar, or winner. If any flick is unsuccessful, the player’s turn is forfeit and the next player tries. When all players have had their turn, the first player resumes by flicking for the numbered square area previously missed.

Flicking a cap completely inside a mat, not on the line, awards the player that numerical mat and another turn as they shoot for the next sequential mat. In addition, after reaching level 3, a player can strike another player’s cap and is immediately rewarded with the next mat he is going for, allowing him to pick up his cap, walk over to that number, and immediately take an additional turn from there.

If, in flicking for any square, a player accidentally lands on the hazardous mat in anyway, or a mat in any way that is NOT part of their next sequence, then player remains stuck there losing two complete turns no matter what.

GAME VARIATION 2 (Skelzies 180)

In another variation of the game, players must complete the circuit of numbers from “1” to “13”, then backwards back to “1”, awarding that player as the King, Czar, or winner.