Skat (card game) Upon determining the game, declarer may also state that he or she intends to Schneider or Schwarz for extra game points or penalties. Card points are the same as in German Skat: A=11, 10=10, K=4, Q=3. J=2 and all other cards have no value. The game points, however, are a bit different. Base value for the different games are as follows: As in German skat, game points in North American Skat are tallied by multiplying base game value by: Note that if "Schneider" or "Schwarz" are declared but not made, then the contract is not met and declarer loses the
History of Skat Altenburg suit bidding ("Altenburger Farbenreizen") and the point bidding system used today was that the suit bidding offered only the basic values of the games. Except in special cases, a player could not be overbid by an unfavourable Unter/Jack in the Skat, since the position of the Unters was not taken into account when bidding. "Matadors" ("Spitzen") were not taken into account until after the game. In addition, the game types differed from today's: Little is known about the early history and origins of point bidding. The first Skat Congress failed in its attempt to found an all-German Skat Association