Skeleton Crew Edition — a leaner, faster cut of the full game. A two-player head-to-head card game — Sabacc meets Cribbage, played on a Dejarik holochess board. You and your droid adversary ID-10T take turns laying cards, racing to score combinations across two distinct phases each round. First to 24 points wins. Expect several rounds of play, each one ratcheting up the pressure as your pieces spiral toward the Inner Core.

Three suits — Coins (●), Flasks (■), Sabers (▲) — each running from +1 to +10 and −1 to −10. That's 60 suited cards, plus two Sylops (value zero). The Sylop is the deck's wild card: it matches any suit and can bridge a positive-to-negative run. A Sylop is worth 0 — playing it adds nothing to the running sum, the same as adding zero to anything. There are only two in the entire deck. If you draw one — you'll know.

Two peculiar six-sided dice are rolled once per round after hands are chosen, establishing the scoring targets for that entire round.

Number Die — faces: −10 · −5 · 0 · 0 · +5 · +10. Note the two zeroes — this is intentional, making zero a meaningfully higher-probability target. A zero roll changes the entire strategic calculus.

Suit Die — faces: Coins · Coins · Flasks · Flasks · Sabers · Sabers. Each suit appears twice, paired. The rolled suit determines which cards score Dice Match bonus points — live on the stack during Skirmish, and again in the Spoils count. Both dice are rolled once per round and hold steady until the round ends — keep them visible.

Each round has two phases played back to back. Both players are dealt 5 cards and keep 4 — the discard goes to a shared Hold, awarded after the Skirmish.

Phase 1 — Skirmish: Players alternate laying cards face-up, building a running sum. Score a point and play again when the sum hits zero (Sabacc), the dice target number, or exactly ±15 (Outer Rim). Outer Rim also captures all face-up cards and resets the board. The shared stack is also watched live for Runs, Dice Matches, and Sets — whoever lays the card that completes or extends one banks it immediately, no cap, bouncing between players as the stack grows.

Phase 2 — Spoils (The Count): Each player selects 4 cards from their captured pool, plus the shared Path card as a fifth. Score combinations: a card combo that sums to zero (Sabacc), Runs, Dice Matches, Sets, sum to dice target.

ID-10T is your droid opponent — and, in easier modes, your tutor. His commentary is dry, precise, and occasionally pained. He plays a full strategic game and will not let you win out of courtesy.

On launch: select a difficulty, tap Punch It, then tap New Game to deal the first round. ID-10T deals. The Path card sets your opening sum. The dice roll. Then it's your move. The hint button (on Easy and Average) will explain what's worth doing and why — ID-10T narrates it either way. A full game runs several rounds. 24 points wins. Good luck.