Skat (card game) has and play much more strategically. It is sometimes used to teach new players the principles of Skat. Another variant is Oma Skat where the dummy hand is known as "Oma" or "Grandma". "Officers' Skat" () is a variant for two players. Each player receives 16 cards on the table in front of him in two rows, 8 face down and 8 face up on top of them. Bidding is replaced by the non-dealer declaring a game type and trump. When a face-up card is played, the hidden card is turned over. Each deal results in a total of 16
History of Skat association was founded. The second Skat Congress also failed due to this issue. On 12 March 1899, in Halle (Saale) at the Third Skat Congress, the German Skat Association was founded.Those present could still not agree on a final set of rules. Although suit bidding was declared an official form of the game, point bidding was still allowed. The Congress chose Altenburg as the headquarters of the new association. A year earlier a comparable association had been founded in the United States: the "North American Skat League". Skat had been played in the USA since at least 1876. Up to