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Skat Shareware

Want to learn Skat or having trouble finding partners? This page discusses shareware products. If you're new to Skat, first download the Macintosh tutorial,Skat for Beginners or read the online version. (Deutscher Text ist hier zu sehen.) But, don't get bogged down too much in the details. Give one of the programs a try!

Note: Information on Software is provided as information only. It is not a solicitation of any kind and no orders can be placed through these pages. Contact the author of the respective software product to obtain additional information.

Skat Shareware for the MAC

The highest-quality Skat shareware is the Fa. Rasche Macintosh product that can be downloaded from these pages, from the InfoMac Archives or from the ftp site nearest you. The complete Skat shareware bundle consists of the program, Skat 1.1.2, a program handbook, and the tutorial, Skat for Beginners, all of which can be downloaded here.

These are large files and may take some time to download over the Web. Please be patient. The three items, uncompressed, take up about 1.7Mb of disk space. You may copy the Stuffit archives and distribute them freely to your friends. All three files should be distributed together so that recipients have a complete package. Only unregistered copies of Skat 1.1 may be distributed. The German version of MacWorld says, "[Der] Abkömmling einer kommerziellen Variante ... ist für Anfänger und Gelegenheitsspieler mehr als ausreichend." [The offspring of a commercial version is more than sufficient for beginners and occasional players.]

The commercial versions, Skat 3.0 and Skat 2.0, add sounds, new games such as "Pub Skat" and "Bock" Rounds, and even allows you to play an entire tournament over a network (network license separate). Up to 48 real or simulated players can participate at one time and the computer handles all of the details, including the scoring. A demo version of Skat 3.0 (English or Deutsch) is also available on these pages.

Contact the program's author for more information.

DOS/Windows Shareware
(Deutsch)

DOS users now have a shareware product to call their own. Michael Fischer's DosSkat is a product in German language only. It's a nice program that plays well and offers a variety of options including ramsch and patrouillen. If you're a PC user, download the pkzipped archive and give it a try! This is a large file (140K) and may take some time to download over the Web. Please be patient. (Weil die Datei 184K groß ist, kann das Runterladen dauern. Bitte haben Sie etwas Geduld.)

Contact Michael Fischer to obtain more information.

Tommy's Skat offers an english version of Skat playable under DOS or Windows.

Windows users will want to check out the new Windows demo programs available in English or Deutsch.

The latest shareware for these systems (current version is 4.0a) can be downloaded from this site. The new version includes:

> - German cards and nicer images
> - New official rules:
> - Lost Hand games count double
> - Grand Ouvert multiplier is 24
> - Telnet bug patch or workaround (see README.IRC)
> - Language and card suit interactively changeable
> - Shortcut configurable
> - Improved computer players

Available in German or English, this program is freeware! Thanks to Gunter Gerhardt for the recommendation.

Last updated 24 October 2003

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