Designer	(Uncredited)
Artist	Erich Schmitt Günther Schmitz Wilhelm Hartung
Publisher	(Public Domain) ASS (Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken) Berliner Spielkarten Bielefelder Spielkarten FX Schmid Heraclio Fournier Nürnberger Spielkarten Pelikan Piatnik VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg Show More »
Year Published	1810
# of Players	3
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 3, more than 3 players (13 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (5 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games Strategy Games (10 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Partnerships Trick-taking
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Family	Traditional Card Games
Primary Name	Skat
Alternate Names	Alt-Hamburger Skat-Blatt Altenburger Impressionen Skat Altenburger Trachten Skat Angler BBC Pocket-Skat Deutsche Skat Fussball Skat Hasper Skat Loriot Skat Lorum Luxus Skatkarten Otto's Ottifanten Skat Pillhuhn Pocket Skat Politiker-Skat Skat 24 Skat 602 Skat Joker Skat Set Skat-Karte Skat-Romme
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Traditional German card game played with a standard 32 card deck, roughly 200 years old.

A solo player (determined by a bidding process) plays against a coalition of the other two players. The solo player can choose between determining

suit of trump (suit and Jacks are trumps)
Grand (only Jacks are trump) and
Null (no trumps, no tricks wins the game).

The wide spread but inofficial variant Ramsch follows the rules for Grand, but highest score loses (no partnerships!).

Complex scoring (and bidding) dependent on type of game announced, combination of Jacks, margin of winning, (optional) declaration of margin of winning, (optional) open play of cards, (optional) play with the initial hand, (optional) doubling and re-doubling.

The game is based on Schafkopf, Ombre (bidding) and Tarock (remaining cards). The latest revision of rules as approved by both the Interntational Skat Players Association (ISPA) and the German Skat Association (DSkV) dates back to 1998.

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Skat

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VEB Deutsches Bild Edition

Publisher: VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg

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Year: 1998

Size: 3.50 x 2.25 x 0.50 inches

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Skat

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ASS Three Deck Set

Publisher: ASS (Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken)

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Year: 1989

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Politiker-Skat

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First Edition

Publisher: ASS (Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken)

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Year: 1985

Size: 3.50 x 2.25 x 0.50 inches

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BBC Pocket-Skat

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First Edition

Publisher: Bielefelder Spielkarten

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Year: 1985

Size: 3.50 x 2.25 x 0.50 inches

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Angler

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VEB Souvenir Edition

Publisher: VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb) Spielkartenfabrik Altenburg

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Year: 1981

Product Code: 00550

Size: 3.50 x 2.25 x 0.50 inches

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Excel file for Jacks / Bauern / Buben combinations and other useful terms

This is a quick reference to show all 16 different combinations (aka with / without or mit / ohne) to determine the bidding multiplier for the 4 suits. It also has trump rank order, various names of the suits and other useful information, much of it gleaned from the German wikipedia page for Skat. Enjoy.

David Ells

2008-07-15

Deutsche Skat.PDF

Deutsche Skat Rules

tonycrider

2007-06-23

SkatQuickReference1.0.xls

Quick reference summary of bid values, point values, card rank, and common terms.

Malachi

2005-07-29

Michigan-Standard-Skat.txt

This Skat version was imported to Michigan around 1979 by Royal Floyd Mengot

jmellby

2005-07-26

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Skat Page at Wikipedia (Includes Rules)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skat_%28card_game%29	2012-04-14
Bube, Dame, König, Ass: Die Skatstadt Altenburg	http://zuspieler.de/bube-dame-koenig-ass-die-skats...	2012-02-10
Cleveland Skat Club	http://www.meetup.com/ClevelandSkatClub	2011-01-16
International Skat Players Association	http://www.ispaworld.info/	2010-11-12
Homepage of the British Skat Association	http://www.weddslist.com/skat/	2010-02-09
Skat en http://www.labsk.net (in spanish)	http://www.labsk.net/index.php?topic=7025.0	2007-04-15
Introduction to Skat	http://www.pagat.com/schafk/skat.html	2003-07-03