<P> Two to four people can play at a time as individuals , or , six or more players in teams ( no more than three partnerships ) . The object of the game is to be the first player or team to play out their entire stock pile ( s ) . The player with the middle age goes first . Each player is dealt 30 cards for their pile with only the top card visible , and a hand of five cards , and the remaining cards are placed face down to create a common draw pile . The shared play area allows up to four build piles , which must be started using either a `` 1 '' card or a Skip - Bo , and each player also has up to four personal discard piles . Each turn the active player draws until they have five cards in hand , though there are cases of not drawing more cards to equal five cards , instead doing a draw of a certain number of cards . They must play either the next card in sequential order or a wild Skip - Bo card , using either cards in hand , the top card of their stock pile , or the top card of any of their four discard piles . If the player can play all five cards from their hand , they draw five more and continue playing . When no more plays are available , the player discards one card to either an empty discard pile or on top of an existing one and play passes to the next player . When a build pile reaches 12 , it is removed from the board and that space becomes empty for another pile to be started ; play continues until one player has played their final start card . </P>
<P> Two to four people can play at a time as individuals , or , six or more players in teams ( no more than three partnerships ) . The object of the game is to be the first player or team to play out their entire stock pile ( s ) . The player with the middle age goes first . Each player is dealt 30 cards for their pile with only the top card visible , and a hand of five cards , and the remaining cards are placed face down to create a common draw pile . The shared play area allows up to four build piles , which must be started using either a `` 1 '' card or a Skip - Bo , and each player also has up to four personal discard piles . Each turn the active player draws until they have five cards in hand , though there are cases of not drawing more cards to equal five cards , instead doing a draw of a certain number of cards . They must play either the next card in sequential order or a wild Skip - Bo card , using either cards in hand , the top card of their stock pile , or the top card of any of their four discard piles . If the player can play all five cards from their hand , they draw five more and continue playing . When no more plays are available , the player discards one card to either an empty discard pile or on top of an existing one and play passes to the next player . When a build pile reaches 12 , it is removed from the board and that space becomes empty for another pile to be started ; play continues until one player has played their final start card . </P>
how many cards do you get in skip bo with 4 players
how many cards do you get in skip bo with 4 players
30
30