- in turn to bid. In four-hand games,
middlehand is the
player after forehand so the
order is: forehand,
middlehand, rearhand, dealer.
Rearhand the player...
- as such. Skat is a game for
three players, who are
known as forehand,
middlehand and rearhand,
rearhand also
being the
dealer (see picture). At the beginning...
-
stack as
their hand.
Forehand (Vorhand) sits to the
right of the dealer,
middlehand (Mittelhand) to his
right and
rearhand (Hinterhand) is to the left of...
- as they
would like from the talon. If
there are
still cards remaining,
middlehand, the
player to the dealer's right, is then able to swap with the talon...
- Example:
Acorns are trumps.
Peter is
forehand and
plays the 8 of Bells,
middlehand trumps with a 10 of Acorns; Anna is
rearhand and has no Bells, but does...
-
Forehand may
respond by
equalling middlehand's bid with "me too" or "hold" (Selber or ich halte).
Forehand and
middlehand continue to bid
until one gives...
- p****es (pushes or schiebt) any two
cards face down to
middlehand. If they are the two lords,
middlehand has the same choice. This
continues until the third...
- on the left of the
dealer in Skat and who is
first to be
dealt cards.
Middlehand: the
person left of
forehand and
right of
rearhand and who is the second...
-
leads by p****ing a card of his
choice to the
player on his left –
middlehand.
Middlehand then p****es a card to
rearhand and so on in
clockwise order. Play...
-
Dealer shuffles the deck; then the
player to the
right of the dealer,
middlehand, cuts at
least once from the
shuffled deck or 'knocks' on the deck to...
