Card Games Archive

What playing family card games when growing up taught me about gambling today. If I told you I learned how to properly manage a gambling bankroll by the time I was 10, you’d probably think I was crazy. Or that my parents were irresponsible. Or at the least that I was a miscreant underage...

Compilation of Canadian Bridge Clubs from BC to PEI. Who loves playing Bridge in Canada? A better question might be, “Who doesn’t?” Okay, that probably sounds like something your grandmother might say. But Bridge, (aka Contract Bridge, Rubber Bridge, or the popuQBlar tournament variety, Duplicate Bridge) isn’t just a game for seniors. It’s a card game that’s...

List of Lower Mainland B.C. Canada Euchre clubs. Euchre is one of those card games that’s spent centuries being handed down from generation to generation. It’s incredibly popular in Great Britain, where it originated, but also commands a strong following throughout much of Canada. Here in British Columbia, there are several concentrations of Euchre...

US and Canadian tournament schedule for Skat players. Each year, American and Canadian Skat leagues make their way across the continent to compete in a series of major tournaments, including the 5th US Open Championship that wrapped up in Florida last month. Congratulations to Texas native and ISPA USA Vice President Jim Leissner for...

Learn how and where to join a local Canadian Skat club. Before I began researching and authoring a complete Skat section for the website a few weeks ago, I honestly had no idea just how popular this card game was in Canada. I’d played it before. I knew it was a German favorite. But...

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....