Skull & Roses is the quintessence of bluffing, a game in which everything is played in the players' heads. Each player plays a face-down card. The goal is to have the most victories at the end of the game. To do this, each player must reveal a certain number of cards without revealing a skull. If he succeeds, he wins a victory card. If he reveals a skull, he loses one of his own flayed cards. The game consists of several rounds. Each round, players take turns placing cards face down on the table, either a flower or a skull. Once all players have placed their cards, they take turns betting on the number of flowers they think they can reveal without revealing a skull. The first player to bet 6 victory cards wins the game.