Skitgubbe

Skitgubbe
Origin Sweden
Alternative names Mjölnarmatte, Mas
Players 2-4
Cards 52
Deck Anglo-American
Play Clockwise
Card rank (highest to lowest) A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

Skitgubbe (translated by David Parlett as "dirty old man, in the sense of unwashed rather than obscene"[1]) is a multi-genre card game that originated in Sweden. The game occurs in two phases. The first phase is a multi-player version of War, in which players accumulate a hand. The second phase is a rummy game, where players attempt to discard the accumulated hand. The last player to go out is the skitgubbe. Sometimes, the skitgubbe must make a goat noise. There is no other scoring system.

The first phase is unusual for a trick-taking game, in that there is asynchronous sloughing of cards that match played cards, while play goes around the table. In a variation common in the United States, the second phase is unusual because sequences of cards are played, connected, and picked up during the rummy phase.

References

  1. Parlett, David (2000). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Card Games. p. 476.
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