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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 |
We hold evenings of social Skat once a month, in the Young Chelsea, 32 Barkston Gardens, London SW5 0EN. They 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 £4.00 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 beer and light meals. |
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Skat servers |
Some skat servers, allowing you to play skat on the internet.
The British Skat Association runs informal weekly skat sessions on the "play OK" games server (formerly "Kurnik"). |
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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 2013-03-05 | |
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Mailing List |
The British Skat Association has a
mailing list,
for sending announcements to all members.
It also now (since July 2012) has a discussion forum for discussion of topics related to skat in Britain. It supersedes our old mailing list. You can read public postings to the forum without registering. To post your own contributions, you will need to register with the list administrator. | |
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Skat cards | We no longer sell Skat packs. The increased cost of postage (mailing) makes it uneconomic. | |
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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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