It is important that the Jacks belong to the trump suit and not any more to their original suit. The trumps - ordered from highest to lowest are: The eight cards of the selected suit become trump supplemented by the three remaining Jacks. In a suit play one of the suits is proclaimed by 'The Player' to be trump. There are 3 different types of plays to play: This calculation is similar to that for the bidding, and it is therefore explained in a separate section below. So 60 is the magical number to beat.įinally, the points for the play have to be calculated that are rewarded to the winner/s. The values of the cards are:Īll 32 cards sum up to a value of 120. If it is equal or lower, his opponents win. If the sum of 'The Player' is is higher than that of the other two players together, he is the winner. Phase Four: CountingĮvery player counts the values of his cards. After the tenth trick, the playing phase of the game is over. Then he starts a new trick playing one of his remaining cards. Depending on the play, one of the players gets all three cards of the trick and puts them on his stock. If one or both of them do not have another card of that suit in their set, they can play a different suit. The first card played defines the suit that has to be followed by the other two players, if possible. The three cards played are called a trick. Then player B plays one of his cards, before finally the third player plays a card of his hand. Player A (sitting next to the dealer) starts playing a card of his hand. Phase Three: PlayingĪfter the proclamation of the play, the players usually rearrange their set of cards acoording to the play. If the other players stop the player meeting the bet, he loses. So he has to be careful, what play to proclaim and how to play. The player's aim is not simply to win, but to meet his bet (36 or higher). These two cards of the stock will count for the player in phase four. Then he chooses two cards to put back into the stock. If he wants to, he can pick up the stock to supplement his set of cards. The two cards of the stock are handed to 'The Player'. The meaning of the values of the bid, and how to calculate them, is explained in the section on calculation below. We will now look at the process of bidding. The other two, as a team, together try to defend his play or even beat him. The player with the highest bid at the end of the bidding becomes 'The Player'. Here is an example of the bidding process. After one of the two passes, Player C has the opportunity to bid higher, or he has to pass, too. Bidding is always between two players at a time working around the table.įirst, Player A (sitting next to the dealer) listens to the bidding of Player B sitting next to him. The three players consider their set of cards, calculating a maximum value to bid. If there are three players, one of players acts as dealer as well as playing. If there are four players, one person is the dealer. It is a game for three or four players, and uses a 32 card deck with only the cards seven to ten, and the Jack, Queen, King and Ace in all four suits. Skat is a card game frequently played in Germany.
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