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.
• 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 rules

• Lemcke, Ernst Eduard (1887), An illustrated grammar of skat, New York
• 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 Describes a Danish variant of Skat. Base value of grand is 20.