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await you on:Traditionally, biker gangs chose their leaders through a merciless contestcalled “Back on the Pavement”, which consisted of seeing who could lastthe longest while being dragged behind a heavy cylinder...without spilling his beer.to look for a cheaper alternative, however. 8 TRADITIONAL VOCABULARY IN SKULL & ROSES:A bet consisting of revealing all cards at the table is called attempting a “burn out”.The second player to speak when a challenge is issued is said to be “under the gun”.The last one to speak before the highest bidder is “the cop”.A player with only one remaining card is “stoned”. Each player secretly face of the cards kept in their hand, thenThe first player can play a second card face-down on top of the first one played.The player to their left can do the same, in this way, clockwise, until a playercomes to play a card, a player can decide not to play an extra card and can challenge backs, consisting of 3 Roses cards Each player takes a game mat whichup, and chooses a pack of 4 cardsinthat player's hand, keeping the cardfaces hidden from the other players.A first player is chosen.game which requires nervesfor subtle strategy.Each player begins3 Roses cardsa player must manage Make the Then flip over the corresponding Too safe and another player will outbidyour bet to try and steal victory awayfrom you.Too risky and you'll run the chance of being defeated by revealing one 23 EXAMPLEThe 6 players have placed a card.Panthers(who is first player) and the next two players have added a second card.Snakes, the fourth player, would rather issue a challenge.on the mat. 2 3 1 1 2 3 On the mats, the cards are revealed in order, to reveal placed on the mats of other players.The cards are revealed Pantherswill attempt to make his bet.He starts by flipping over his own cards: 2 Roses, he hasn't bluffed.Then he flips Werewolves'card:it's a Rose. Good show!Now Himself's card: it's also a Rose.Good guess!There's only one Rosecard missing to winhis bet. The suspense is terrible...Pantherschooses to flip Eagles'first card (Eagleshad placed 2) and falls into a trap! It was a Skull!How sad... the bet is lost!4 4 Clarifications:No player can place cardson their mats anymore.A challenge can be issuedby offering to flip over justa single card.The value of the followingbids is open, and doesn'tA player who passes cannotbid again. The player who issues the challenge over from among all those placed on the play matsof all the players.the stakes by increasing We continue until all the players have passed except one, called the “challenger”. 5Turn 1: “pass”Turn 1: “pass”Turn 1: “pass”Turn 1: 54 If the challenger reveals a Skull,they have failed and stops flippingThe players each if it was a Skull or Roses. Panthershas lost his bet: He revealed aSkull from Eagles.So it's Eagleswho'll choose the card to be discarded.Panthersshuffles his cardsand places themface-downon the table.Eagleschooses one of them.Pantherssecretly checks which card it isand places it face-down in the middle of the table. of cards called and reveals game mat so that the Roses side As soon as a player , that player 76 rgle US ESP.qxp 25/01/2011 15:00 Page 6