Skat/Bibliography

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There is extensive literature about Skat in German, but much less in English.

General information

• Parlett, David (1990), The Oxford guide to card games: a historical survey, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-214165-1.

  The history of Skat is discussed on pages 271–279.

• Parlett, David (1991), The history of card games, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-282905-4.

  Paperback edition of Parlett 1990.

International Skat

• Internationale Skatordnung [German]. – Original version of the International Skat Order, with additional explanations. Including minor amendments for clarification that were made in 2006.
• Sammlung von Skatgerichtsentscheidungen [German]. – Collection of decisions by the German Skat Court w.r.t. the International Skat Order. With an appendix consisting of decisions relating to tournaments and to popular rule variants.
• Ehmann, Holger, Ich lerne Skat. Begleitheft für einen Skatlehrgang [German].
• Ehmann, Holger, Aprendo Scat. Guia para principiantes apuntes de clase [Spanish].

Local and historical Skat

• Allgemeine Deutsche Skatordnung. Bearbeitet von K. Buhle und angenommen vom Ersten Deutschen Skat-Congreß in Altenburg, Leipzig, 1886.

  First national German ruleset for Skat. Prescribes the conservative method of bidding by contract type and suit, although number bidding was more popular. Describes two ways of treating null contracts in the bidding phase.

• Hertefeld, A. (1883), Illustrirtes Skatbuch. Theorie und Praxis des Skatspiels, Breslau. [German]
• Lemcke, Ernst Eduard (1887), An illustrated grammar of skat, New York.
• Hertefeld, A. (1893), The game of skat in theory and practice, London.

  English translation of Hertefeld (1883).

• Foster, R. F. (1906), Foster's skat manual, New York.

  Contains "The American Laws of Skat", which are similar to the German 1886 rules but prescribe bidding by number.

• Petersen, Reinar (1998), Lærebog i kortspillet Skat [Danish].

  Describes a Danish variant of Skat. Base value of grand is 20.