What is "skip-bo"

SKIP-BO /skip-bo/ is a commercial version of the card game Spite and Malice. In 1967, Minnie Hazel "Skip" Bowman of Brownfield, Texas began producing a boxed edition of the game under the name Skip-bo. In 1980 the game was purchased by International Games, which was subsequently bought by Mattel in 1992. A mobile version of the game for iOS was released by Magmic in September, 2013. There is a new version called "Skip-Bo Mod" that comes in a blue and white case.