Skat European Championship in Spain, October 2008
North American Tournament Schedule 2008

Skat, the card game played by more than 20 million people worldwide, has now found a home on the World Wide Web. David Parlett's, Oxford Guide to Card Games calls it, "One of the world's great games" and "Undoubtedly the best game for three players." Find out why

For a good general discussion of many card games including more information about Skat, check out John McLeod's card games site.

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These pages are designed with you in mind and act as a clearinghouse for the latest information about Skat organizations, tournaments, software, and items of general interest to Skat "students" and enthusiasts. If something is missing here, please let us know!

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Software

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.

The all-new Skat 6.0 from Fa. Rasche is here! Mac Open calls it, "...a Must-Have" for all Skat enthusiasts and gives it their highest rating. The playing routines have been substantially improved, you can call up an analysis of your cards, and a card editor lets you set up hands and try different strategies. You can download a demo of Skat 3.0 directly from these pages.

Skat 3.0 continues a tradition of excellent Skat programs one of which has been named to MacWorld's Best list. In terms of playing strategy, these are the most advanced Skat computer programs available. They are patient teachers of the game, but they will beat you! You can download the Shareware for Macintosh computers from these pages. The commercial version is available in English or German. The shareware version is English only.

The full commercial versions or free Demos of these programs can be obtained from:

SKATMARKETING
223 Pearl St.
Wooster, Ohio 44691 USA
Ph.: (330)263-2383
or Uwe Rasche, the author of the program.

Windows users will want to take a look at the demo of the all-new Skat 2095 from CreaTeam that can be downloaded from these pages. This is a new and much-improved version of the popular program, Skat 2010. At the present time, it is German-language only. With 3-D graphics and excellentsounds, the result is impressive.

Michael Fischer's program,WinSkat, remains a popular choice for DOS or Windows users and the all new NetSkat now permits network play. WinSkat is available in German or English and Shareware versions of it can be found on these pages.

The full commercial versions of these programs can be obtained directly from the respective distributors at the following addresses:

Michael Fischer           CreaTeam-Software
Fruehlingstrasse 5a         Sünderup 8
83352 Altenmarkt            24943 Flensburg 
Germany                     Germany 
Tel.: ++49 8621-64344       Tel.: 0461-64808 
Fax: ++49 8621-64345        Fax:0461-64095 

Softshop GmbH Paul Ruecker-Strasse 22 47059 Duisburg Germany

Linux/Unix Software is also available. Details here.

Last Update: 17 December 2007
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