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Skat Deck Games

1. Bad Seven, 2 Skat decks, 1 redeal
   • Skill level: Mostly luck
   • Die boese Sieben
2. Boomerang, 2 Skat decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Balanced
3. Junction, 4 Skat decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
4. Russian Patience, 2 Skat decks, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
   • Die Russische
5. Sieben bis As, 1 Skat deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
   • Seven to Ace
6. Spoilt, 1 Skat deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly luck
7. Strata, 2 Skat decks, 2 redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
   • Persian Patience
8. Strata I, 2 Skat decks, 2 redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly skill
9. The Wish, 1 Skat deck, no redeals
   • Skill level: Mostly luck
10. The Wish (open), 1 Skat deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill
11. Thirty, 1 Skat deck, no redeals
    • Skill level: Mostly skill

These games are played with the 32 card Skat deck. The Skat deck consists of four suits of Ace, seven through ten and Jack, Queen and King. The game of Skat is usually played with a deck with the German suits of Hearts and Acorns in red and Leaves and Spheres in green.

Bad Seven:



Tableaux
8 Die Russische foundations, base rank 1
7 Alternate color rows, base rank any
Die Boese Sieben talon, 1 redeal

Rules
The foundations build up from Ace, the rows build down in alternate colors, sequences can be moved and any card or sequence to an empty row. The first round deals seven cards to each of the seven rows alternating one card face up and one face down. A click on the talon deals the remaining seven cards. On the second round, the cards are collected and all are dealt to the seven rows.

Boomerang:



Tableaux
4 Boomerang foundations, base rank 7
48 Union Square rows, base rank none
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Rules
The tableaux is 12 rows, the foundations accept sevens to start, build up to King then Ace then King and back to seven then Ace, no card will play on an Ace on the tableaux, empty rows are automatically filled from the waste only, row stacks build up or down in suit but once started can not be reversed, empty rows can not be filled when the talon is empty.

Junction:



Tableaux
16 Die Russische foundations, base rank 1
7 Alternate color rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Waste

Rules
The rows build down in alternate colors, the foundations build up in suit from Ace to King. Sequences can be moved and any card or sequence can be played to an empty row.

Russian Patience:



Tableaux
8 Die Russische foundations, base rank 1
7 Die Russische rows, base rank any
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
The rows build down in alternate colors, the foundations build up in suit from Ace to King. Sequences can be moved but only a King can be played to an empty row.

Sieben bis As:



Tableaux
4 Sieben Bis As foundations, base rank 7
2 reserves, base rank any
30 Sieben Bis As rows, base rank any
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
The game starts with the entire deck shuffled and dealt out in three rows and two extra reserves at the top. All Sevens from the rows are then dropped to the foundations thereby making initial free spaces. You may move to a space only the card that matches the neighbor in suit, and is one greater in rank than the left neighbor or one less in rank than the right neighbor. Aces are high, so no cards may be placed to their right (they create dead spaces). The foundations build up from Seven to King and then Ace. You may only move a card from the rows (and not from the reserves) to the foundations if it has an empty left neightbor this implies that you cannot drop a card from the leftmost column without moving it somewhere else first.

Spoilt:



Tableaux
1 Invisible internal
32 Spoilt rows, base rank any
Waste talon, no redeals
Spoilt waste

Object
Turn all cards face up on the tableaux.
Rules
The four rows will accept a card of any suit in rank position from seven at the left to Ace at the right. There are four row stacks at the right that are empty at game start, the rest are filled with randomly dealt face down cards. The remaining four cards are kept in the talon with one turned face up to the waste. The card on the waste will play to any row in its rank position and will be replaced with the face down card. When the sevens are played they are replaced with a card from the talon.

Strata:



Tableaux
8 Die Russische foundations, base rank 1
8 Alternate color rows, base rank any
Redeal talon, 2 redeals

Rules
The foundations build up in rank and suit, the rows build down in alternate colors. The cards are dealt face up eight each to the eight rows.

Strata I:



Tableaux
8 Die Russische foundations, base rank 1
8 Alternate color rows, base rank any
Redeal talon, 2 redeals

Rules
Like Strata except the Aces are dealt to the foundations at game start.

The Wish:



Tableaux
1 foundation, base rank any
8 Nestor rows, base rank none
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Object
Move all cards to the single foundation.
Rules
This is a pairing game, the cards are removed from the tableaux to the foundation in pairs by rank. The cards are dealt four each to the eight rows, the first three face down and the fourth face up.

The Wish (open):



Tableaux
1 foundation, base rank any
8 Nestor rows, base rank none
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Object
Move all cards to the single foundation.
Rules
Like The Wish except all cards are dealt face up.

Thirty:



Tableaux
4 Die Russische foundations, base rank 1
2 reserves, base rank any
6 Thirty rows, base rank any
Initial deal talon, no redeals

Rules
The foundations build up in suit, the rows build down in rank. A sequence can only be moved if it is in rank and suit. The cards are dealt five each to the six rows with the last two dealt to the two reserves in the upper left corner. Any card or rank and suit sequence can be played to an empty row.