I’ve chosen to record the rules of this game for two reasons.
It’s a fun trick-catching card game for 3 players with unique scoring and interesting card ranking rules that make it more complex than most of its trump-based cousins. Skat is a card game that’s been around for just over two centuries now, dating back to Germany circa 1810. Learn the traditional rules of the card game Skat, derived from Germany and popular throughout Canada.