Skat

Skat is a game that can be played by three or more people. The individual games are undertaken by a Soloist and two opponents. Skat was invented in Altenburg, Germany, at the beginning of the 19th century and came out of earlier card games. In its current form, it has developed into the most popular and widespread German card game. It is played today all over the world. Bridge players will find it a new challenge. Players of simpler games will enjoy the step up. The Computer simulates up to two players who choose between Suit, Grand, and Null Games or Ramsch. You can play under the official rules or allow other popular non-official options such as doubling and redoubling, Pub Skat, and Bock Rounds. League games and even a whole tournament can be played with multiple players over a network! Options include: - 6 male and female voices for your opponents - Manual deal of the cards and analysis of the cards in your hand. - individual game statistics and analysis of your play against master players. - 14 different game types - new user interface - and much more. Skat 3.2CD includes the following additions since version 3.1: - You can display a large round card table as your playing surface. - Support for new international Skat rules (1/1/99). You can choose to play under the new or the old rules. New rules include: Lost games played "Hand" also count double loss; Grand Ouvert now has a base value of 24 with an extra multiplier for open play, ... - Additional options for Ramsch play: -- "Shoot the Moon" also with 0-point trick. -- Points taken are subtracted for all players. - Support for Mac OS 8.5 (New Open and Save Dialogs) - Faster play with PowerPC native code. - Allows installation on Macs with no disk drive (e.g., iMac). Skatdisk 1 is no longer required. - many additional improvements. For example, you can now play a card with a single mouse click.