Skat (card game)
German three-player card game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the German card game. For the American game sometimes called Scat, see Thirty-one (card game).
Skat (German pronunciation: [ˈskaːt][lower-alpha 1]), historically Scat, is a three-player trick-taking card game of the ace–ten family, devised around 1810 in Altenburg in the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. It is the national game of Germany[1] and, along with Doppelkopf, it is the most popular card game in Germany and Silesia and one of the most popular in the rest of Poland. A variant of 19th-century Skat was once popular in the US. John McLeod considers it one of the best and most interesting card games for three players,[1][2] and Kelbet described it as "the king of German card games."[3] The German Skat Association assess that it is played by around 25 million Germans – more than play football.
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Origin | Germany |
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Type | Point-trick |
Players | 3 |
Skills | Hand evaluation, counting, cooperation, bidding intelligence |
Cards | 32 |
Deck | French, German or Tournament-suited "Skat" pack |
Rank (high→low) | (J) A 10 K Q 9 8 7 A K Q J 10 9 8 7 (only for Null-Games) |
Play | Clockwise |
Playing time | 3–5 minutes per hand played |
Chance | Low |
Related games | |
Schafkopf • Grosstarock |
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