Monthly Archive:: March 2019

How to play Skat with a pot, baseline bets, or a per-point betting system. Skat is an extremely entertaining game. It’s been enjoyed by players of all ages throughout many countries of the world. As with all games, our competitive human nature is a strong motivation for winning. But it doesn’t have to be...

Reviewing the top Skat game app for iOS and Android devices. I have to admit, Skat isn’t a game I was super familiar with until just recently. I had dabbled with it in the past, but it wasn’t until I began writing this segment on Skat just a few weeks ago that I really...

Skat Tips & Hints: Bidding and game play considerations. Skat isn’t the type of game where you can lay out a straight-forward strategy and stick to your guns. It’s not like blackjack, where the numbers on each visible card determines every move you make. If it were, it would be so much easier! But...

Take your Skat game to a whole new level with these divergent rule variations. So far in our recent series on how to play Skat, we’ve covered a lot of ground. We started with the official rules of the game, as upheld by the German Skat Federation and International Skat Players Association (ISPA). We’ve...

Popular variations of Skat played in Canada and elsewhere. The rules of Skat are complicated enough without convolution. If you’ve just recently learn to play the game, I wouldn’t recommend throwing additional rules into the procedure. But for those who’ve been playing for years, it can be fun to mix things up a bit....

History of Skat from 19th century Germany to modern day Canada. Skat, like so many card games of our day, originated far across the ocean in Europe centuries ago. In that regard, it’s actually one of the younger card games to spread across the globe. Skat just recently celebrated its 200th birthday (although the...

Learn the traditional rules of the card game Skat, derived from Germany and popular throughout Canada. Skat is a card game that’s been around for just over two centuries now, dating back to Germany circa 1810. It’s a fun trick-catching card game for 3 players with unique scoring and interesting card ranking rules that...