ASS Altenburger 22570011 – Seniors Skat – German Picture Cornflower Card Game

Skat seniors – German picture playing cards for seniors are very special products: the cards are particularly easy to read thanks to larger card formats and extra large corner characters. The map image with cornflower back – especially used in Middle Germany. Skat is the most popular card game of the Germans for three or four players. The birth hour proposed over 200 years ago (1813) in Altenburg, Thuringia. Where playing cards have been made for over 500 years today, a new game was created at the evening meetings of well-known Altenburg honorators. The rules were borne from various old games for the first time mentioned on September 4, 1813. Here the boys are worth trump and more than the kings. With the backdrop of the political conditions of the early nineteenth century – Napoleon prevented over almost all of Europe – it is no wonder that the idea of skating game was spread rapidly. With the new game for three players, the Germans overcome French oppression, found unity and even survived dictatures and world wars. Even today, there are around 20 million skat players in the country, or better: 19 million players and a million players. The German reed, especially played in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, with the traditional cornflower back, was also developed in Altenburg and enjoys great popularity. The game is packed with 32 cards especially for seniors in the format 56 x 100 mm in a practical plastic case. Contents: 32 playing cards + cover sheet. Age: 10 years and over. Number of players: from 2. Playing time: from 5 minutes.
32 playing cards + cover sheet.