Learn the cards
How to play
Discover the rules and prepare your first round.
About the game
Make your declared contract or defeat declarer as a defender.
Getting started
Skat for three uses 32 cards, seven through ace. Each player gets ten in batches of 3–4–3; two cards dealt between the first and second batches form the skat. Play is clockwise. Forehand, left of the dealer, leads the first trick even when not declarer.
How to play
- Bid a game value, hold or pass.
- Declarer chooses skat or Hand, then declares the game.
- Follow suit or trumps; overtaking is optional.