Officers' Skat barracks, but not at the skat table, so often there was no third man." As a result, a variation of skat for two players was derived. The name coachman's skat ("Kutscherskat") comes from the fact that coachmen were supposed to have whiled away their waiting time with this game, while their gentlemen went off to a social event, there being often 2 coachmen (including the postilion per coach. The cards were laid out between the coaches on the coach box. Officers' Skat Officers' Skat ("Offiziersskat"), is a trick-taking card game for two players which is based on the rules of
International Skat Court make a binding decision. International Skat Court The International Skat Court is the highest decision-making body in the sport of Skat. It oversees the observance of the International Skat Order (regulations for the game of Skat), the refereeing regulations and the rules for referees in Skat. The International Skat Court was founded on 1 December 2001 by a merger of the German Skat Court (" Deutsches Skatgericht"), founded in Altenburg in 1927, with the Rules Commission of the International Skat Players Association. (ISPA). It took over on 1 January 2002 and its seat is in the Hotel am Roßplan in