Take your Skat game to a whole new level with these divergent rule variations. So far in our recent series on how to play Skat, we’ve covered a lot of ground. We started with the official rules of the game, as upheld by the German Skat Federation and International Skat Players Association (ISPA). We’ve also … Read more
Popular variations of Skat played in Canada and elsewhere. The rules of Skat are complicated enough without convolution. If you’ve just recently learn to play the game, I wouldn’t recommend throwing additional rules into the procedure. But for those who’ve been playing for years, it can be fun to mix things up a bit. There … Read more
Learn the traditional rules of the card game Skat, derived from Germany and popular throughout Canada. Skat is a card game that’s been around for just over two centuries now, dating back to Germany circa 1810. It’s a fun trick-catching card game for 3 players with unique scoring and interesting card ranking rules that make … Read more
New card games born from variant rules of Canadian Scat. We recently covered the complete rules of Scat (aka 31 or Blitz), as well as the most common deviations from those rules. Today, as previously promised, we’ll be talking about a small group of games that are—or certainly seem to be—direct descendants of Scat. Based … Read more
More ways to play Scat (31) with 2-9 players. Scat, or 31 as it’s known in many parts of North America, is played by a lot of variant rules; slight deviations from the standard rules of play detailed here: How to Play Scat (31) As with so many popular card games, rule variations evolve from … Read more
Learn to play the card game Scat (aka 31 or Blitz), a fantastic draw-based game for up to 9 players. Today we’re going to veer from the beaten path in detailing an enormously popular card game known across most of Canada as Scat. In the US, it’s often known by the name 31, or Blitz. … Read more
Even more ways to play Hearts with alternate rules. In our previous edition of Heart rule variations, we addressed a number of common ways to mix up the rules, either a little or a lot. We talked about playing Hearts with a Kitty and the utilization of more unique passing cycles. We also covered how … Read more
Common Hearts rule variations in Canada and beyond. Being such an old, mass-marketed game, you might assume there’s just one way to play Hearts. However, since all you need to play is a deck of cards and a few willing players, there are many common variations to the rules. Some rule changes came about because … Read more
What is the best Cribbage hand, and just how rare is it? Everyone knows the best poker hand is the Royal Flush, the best blackjack hand a natural two-card 21 (A+10), and the best thing ever to come from SquareSoft labs was Final Fantasy X. [Okay, that last part might be a matter of (highly … Read more
If you think winning Cribbage is hard, try purposely losing! Cribbage is a fantastic game. Here in Canada, we almost always play Doubles Cribbage, with partnerships between four players. It not only makes the games more entertaining, it adds an additional element of linked strategy that creates a more interesting gaming atmosphere for the players. … Read more