Bohemian Schneider

Bohemian Schneider, called Böhmischer Schneider in German, is a card game for two players that is played with a 32-card German-suited Skat pack, although a French or Piquet pack of the same size can be used instead. It is a simple trick-taking game with no trump suit and no obligation to follow suit or to win a trick, so it is often played by older children and is recommended for ages eight and up. Each player holds six cards, dealt in two packets of three, and after every trick both players draw a replacement from the talon. Scoring counts honours rather than card points: the aces or deuces, kings, obers, unters and tens, twenty cards in all, with eleven or more winning the hand and sixteen or more making the opponent Schneider for a double win. The game was probably developed in Bohemia and spread across southern Germany and Austria, and its rules were in print by 1860. It is also known as Bohemian Tailor, since Schneider is German for tailor.