Euchre it was introduced by French or American prisoners of war imprisoned in Dartmoor prison during the early 19th century. Ombre is an ancestral form of Euchre. In the United States the only teaching of the game, except a few paragraphs in the late American editions of "Hoyle's Games", and of "Bonn's New Hand-Book of Games", is contained in "The Game of Euchre"; with its Laws, 32mo., Philadelphia, 1850, pp. 32, attributed to a late learned jurist. The game has declined in popularity since the 19th century, when it was widely regarded as the national card game, but it retains a
German Skat Association system, that is divided into federal ("Bundesligen") and regional leagues ("Regionalligen"). There are also parallel competitions because the IPSA, in addition to its focus on the World and European Skat Championships is also the organiser of German championships for individuals and teams, and its own federal league. German Skat Association The German Skat Association () or DSkV is the umbrella organisation for German Skat clubs. It was founded on 12 March 1899 in Halle an der Saale and the headquarters of the club is the Skat town of Altenburg. From 1954 to 2001, Bielefeld was the location of the Association's