Editing Skat (card game) (section)

===== Suit game =====
In a suit game ({{langx|de|Farbspiel}}), one of the four suits is the trump suit.

Each suit has a base value ({{langx|de|Grundwert}}), as follows:

:{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!style="text-align:center"| suit (French pack)
!style="text-align:center"| suit (German pack)
!style="text-align:center"| base value
|-
| Clubs (''German:'' Kreuz) (<span style="font-size:larger;">♣</span>)
| Acorns (''German:'' Eichel) ([[file:Bay eichel.png|10px|]])
|style="text-align:center"| 12
|-
| Spades (''German:'' Pik) (<span style="font-size:larger;color:green;">♠</span>)
| Leaves (''German:'' Blatt / Grün) ([[file:Bay gras.png|10px|]])
|style="text-align:center"| 11
|-
| Hearts (''German:'' Herz) (<span style="font-size:larger;color:red;">♥</span>)
| Hearts (''German:'' Herz / Rot) ([[file:Bay herz.png|10px|]])
|style="text-align:center"| 10
|-
| Diamonds (''German:'' Karo) (<span style="font-size:larger;color:orange;">♦</span>)
| Bells (''German:'' Schellen) ([[file:Bay schelle.png|10px|]])
|style="text-align:center"| 9
|}

This base value is then multiplied by the multiplier game level ({{langx|de|Spielstufe}} or {{lang|de|Gewinngrad}}) to determine the game value, so:

:game value = base value × game level.

A game level of 1 for becoming declarer is always assumed. It is then increased by one for each of the following:

# For every [[matador (cards)|matador]] i.e. trump (German: ''Spitzen'') in unbroken sequence counting from the {{cards|Jc}} downwards. Example: 
#* Having all the jacks and the ace but not the 10 of the suit counts as "with 5"
# For every missing matador, if the {{cards|Jc}} is not held, in unbroken sequence from the top. Example:
#* Having the {{cards|Jd}} but no higher jack counts as "without 3"
# Playing a ''Hand'' game, i.e. without picking up the ''skat''
# Winning ''[[Schneider (cards)|schneider]]'', i.e. taking 90 or more card points
# Winning [[Schwarz (cards)|''schwarz'']], i.e. taking all tricks.

In case of a ''Hand'' game, the following special cases are allowed. Each one increases the game level by another point:

# ''Schneider'' is announced by declarer after the bidding
# ''Schwarz'' is announced by declarer after the bidding 
# ''Ouvert'', where the declarer plays with open cards and takes all tricks; that is ''Schwarz'' has to be announced in order to declare ''Ouvert'' in a suit game

To summarize in tabular form:

:{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! !!Ordinary Skat game!!Hand game
|-
| Matador's jack straight (with or without)||1 each||1 each 
|-
| Game (for becoming declarer)||1||1 
|-
| Hand (the Skat is not picked up)||{{n/a}}||1 
|-
| Schneider (win with 90 or more points)||1||1
|-
| Schneider announced||{{n/a}}||1
|-
| Schwarz (win all tricks)||1||1
|-
| Schwarz announced||{{n/a}}||1 
|-
| Ouvert (declarer plays with open hand)||{{n/a}}||1 
|}

Cards in the trump suit are ordered as follows (this is important to know when counting the length of the matador's jack straight):

# Jack of clubs, {{cards|Jc}} or {{cards|Bc}} or {{color|black|'''U'''}}{{acorns}} (''German pack:'' Unter of acorns/Acorn Unter)
# Jack of spades, {{cards|Js}} or {{cards|Bs|spades_color=green}} or {{color|green|'''U'''}}{{leaves}} (''German pack:'' Unter of leaves/Green Unter)
# Jack of hearts, {{cards|Jh}} or {{cards|Bh}} or {{color|red|'''U'''}}{{german Hearts}} (''German pack:'' Unter of hearts/Red Unter)
# Jack of diamonds, {{cards|Jd}} or {{cards|Bd|diamonds_color=orange}} or {{color|orange|'''U'''}}{{bell}} (''German pack:'' Unter of bells/Bell Unter)
# Ace of trumps
# 10 of trumps
# King of trumps
# Queen of trumps (''German pack:'' Ober)
# 9 of trumps
# 8 of trumps
# 7 of trumps

{{cards|Jc}} is the highest-ranking card in a suit game and is called in German ''der Alte'' ("the old man").

The non-trump suit cards are ranked A-10-K-Q-9-8-7 (or A-10-K-O-9-8-7 for the German pack respectively).

As mentioned above, the cards in the ''Skat'' are to be included when determining the multiplier game level (also in case of the ''Hand'' game, where the ''Skat'' is unknown until after the deal has been played out). During bidding, each player therefore has incomplete information regarding the true game value. The final game value is calculated by multiplying the base value for the suit by the multiplier game level: