SKIP-BO(IPA: /skɪpˈ-boʊ/) is a popular car game. In 1967, Ms. Hazel Bowman of Brownfield, Texas began producing a boxed edition of the game under the name Skip-bo. International Games, Inc. purchased the game in 1980. The company was subsequently bought by Mattel. It is a commercial version of the card-game "Spite and Malice". It includes 144 playing cards that have numbers on them ranging from 1 to 12 and 18 SKIP-BO cards totaling 162 cards. Two to six people can play at a time, in pairs or individually. The winner is the first to get rid of all the cards in his stock pile.