What can you do on a Skyjo turn?
Take the top discard, or draw blind and decide whether to use that card or discard it and reveal one hidden card.
Option one: take the discard
Pick up the visible top card from the discard pile. You must place it into your layout, replacing either a face-up or face-down card. Put the replaced card face up on the discard pile.
Option two: draw blind
Take the top card from the face-down draw pile and look at it. You may swap it into your layout exactly as above. Alternatively, put the drawn card straight onto the discard pile and reveal one face-down card in your layout.
What you cannot do
You cannot take the visible discard, decide you dislike it and throw it back without changing your layout. You also cannot draw blind, reject the card and leave your own layout unchanged. Rejecting a blind draw requires you to reveal one hidden card.
Turn complete
After resolving the choice and any matching column, play passes to the next player.
The two choices on every turn
A branch diagram. Either take the face-up discard, which must be exchanged for one of your twelve cards; or draw the top face-down card, and then either exchange it or discard it and turn one of your own face-down cards face up.
Take the visible discard
You can see exactly what you are getting. You must exchange it for one of your twelve cards.
Take the visible discard
You can see exactly what you are getting. You must exchange it for one of your twelve cards.
The replaced card goes on the discard pile, face up.
Draw blind, then keep it
Turn the top card of the draw pile. Exchange it for one of your twelve.
Draw blind, then keep it
Turn the top card of the draw pile. Exchange it for one of your twelve.
The replaced card goes on the discard pile, face up.
Draw blind, then reject it
Discard the card you drew. You must then turn one of your own face-down cards face up.
Draw blind, then reject it
Discard the card you drew. You must then turn one of your own face-down cards face up.
Rejecting does not end the turn by itself.
Two ways to start a turn. Taking the discard commits you to an exchange; drawing blind leaves you a choice.
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