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How to play Skat: rules and scoring

  • 3–4 players
  • 32 cards
  • Game value

Goal: Win the auction, win your game, and have the most points at the end of the list.

Setup

  • 10 cards each, 2 in the middle (the skat).
  • With four, the dealer sits out.

How to play

  1. Bid in game values: 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 33, 35, 36, 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50…
  2. The winner of the bidding names the game.
  3. The other two play against the declarer.
  4. The declarer needs 61 card points. Losers with 30 or fewer are schneider; with no trick, schwarz.
  5. Schwarz announced includes schneider announced and hand; ouvert includes them all (the app ticks them).

Scoring

Diamonds / Hearts / Spades / Clubs9 / 10 / 11 / 12 × level
Grand24 × level
Null23 / 35 / 46 / 59
Lost game (overbid: lowest multiple covering the bid)−2 × value

Winning

  • After the agreed games, the most points wins.

Note

With Seeger-Fabian scoring a won game adds 50 and a lost one takes 50 off; when the declarer loses, each of the others gets 40 (30 at a table of four).

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