1810 · Card Game

Skat

Three players bid to become the soloist who names the trump arrangement and then plays a round of trick-taking to win points. The game uses a shortened 32-card deck and features an initial auction, choice of game type (suit, grand, or null), and a range of modifiers — melds of Jacks, declared margins (schneider, schwarz), hand or open play, and Kontra/Re/… doublings — that affect scoring. If no one bids a solo, a Ramsch variant may be played where the highest trick total loses. Play emphasizes careful bidding, card counting, and tactical play to secure more than half the points in the tricks.

groupPlayers

3

schedulePlaying time

30 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

3.1 / 5