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The British Skat AssociationThe British Skat Association exists to promote the playing of skat in Britain. |
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What is Skat? |
Skat is a card game for three or four players. Its rules are given (in English)
at www.pagat.com, which
describes four forms of skat:
David Parlett's Germany's national card game is an excellent account of skat. The official rules of German skat are governed by the Deutsche Skat-Gericht which has codified them in the Internationale Skatordnung. This site provides an English-language version of the skatordnung, translated from German by David Parlett. |  |
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About the British
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The British Skat Association was founded early in 2001. It hopes to affiliate to the
International Skat Players Association.
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How to Join | It is free to join the British Skat Association: just send an email to Mike Tobias at MikeTob@aol.com, giving your name and contact details. You may also choose to join its mailing list. This map shows where most people connected with the British Skat Association live. |  |
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Formal Events |
The past results of these events are listed. | |
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Social meetings |
From February 2009, we have been holding evenings of social Skat once a month. The first of these was on Tuesday 3rd Feb at the Rising Sun, Cloth Fair, Faringdon. But in future they will be in the Young Chelsea, 32 Barkston Gardens, London SW5 0EN. They will start at 19:00 (though there is no problem if you arrive later), on the first Wednesday of every month, from March 4th 2009. There is a charge of £3.50 each. This is just a regular place to meet and play Skat, completely informal, just turn up and play, with whatever variations each table agrees on. Don't worry if you can't be there for 7 o'clock, arrive when you can. The bar at the Young Chelsea serves good beer and light meals. |
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Skat servers |
Some skat servers, allowing you to play skat on the internet,
are listed here.
The British Skat Association runs informal weekly skat sessions on the Kurnik skat server. |
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Ratings | The British Skat Association calculates ratings for its players, from the results of the Synchron Skat events that it runs. See a description of how the rating system works, graph of current ratings, and an Excel spreadsheet which drew the graphs. Updated 2009-06-14 | |
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Mailing List | The British Skat Association has a mailing list for discussion of topics related to skat in Britain. This requires you to register with the list administrator. It has an archive, so if you register you will be able to see past postings. | |
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Skat cards | A small selection of skat packs is available for purchase from the British Skat Association treasurer. Another page shows some of the sets of suit symbols used on skat packs. | |
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Web site | If you have any comments on this web site, please contact the British Skat Association treasurer. | |
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