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Post by siklegg on Feb 27, 2008 3:44:45 GMT -5
Hi,
By passing all the impression stuff. My friends and I are working on our personas. In doing so we're trying to learn the German card game SKAT. Played a lot by German soldiers during the war.
Does anyone know how to play or can give help in understanding how to play?
I googled it and got some good info and a "How to play" sight. But, it's a little aggressive to a non-card player.
Thanks,
-Heath
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Gerry
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Post by Gerry on Feb 27, 2008 9:00:07 GMT -5
This is a great question... Cyrus Lee at Soldat FHQ sells wartime Reichsmarks www.soldat.com/soldat_stuff.htmlYou can use these to play to totally top it off! I actually ordered some last week with a few other things, still waiting for 'em though. How about posting up some of the sites you did find? |
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Post by gryphon on Feb 27, 2008 9:35:24 GMT -5
Another good period card game is "Schafkopf" or Sheepshead, the simpler peasant predecessor of Skat. The old folks in my German-populated hometown used to sit around playing Schafkopf and swearing at each other auf Deutsch for hours and hours. Go to the library and find a copy of "Hoyle's Up-To-Date," which has the rules and some of the variants for Schafkopf and Skat.
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Post by jugendkrieger on Feb 27, 2008 15:40:04 GMT -5
Not to be a defeatest but i would totally bag the learning skat idea. at FIG a Luftwaffe Veteran was sitting with us in the stube attempting to teach us how to play skat. this went on for hours!  We never got it. another guy in my unit asked him if he used to play anyother card games during the war, He Told us that skat is an old game played by the nobles and the well to do's in Germany and all of the "ignorants" played a game called Schwimmen and it clicked. It took us roughly 5 minutes on how to play Schwimmen and it is as follows: The Dealer Deals everyone 3 cards and an extra hand that is placed face down in the middle. You are to try to get 31 in the same suit. Face cards are worth 10. Aces 11. Play: the first on to go can either Choose to switch his hand for the 3 cards in the middle or Pass. (only the first person to go has this option) after the first person goes you flip the three in the middle and continue play discarding or passing. You may only take one or three, never 2. It is quite simple The game ends when someone gets 31. or if you have 3 aces. Marc |
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Post by jugendkrieger on Feb 27, 2008 16:01:05 GMT -5
home.comcast.net/~ww2repro/free.html Free Printable reichmarks. Pretty awesome if you are good with a printer and you have some resume/linen paper. For the authenticity minded reenactor/douchebag(said in jest): Keep in mind that a loaf of bread cost no more than 60 Rpf.(Cents) and the Monthly pocket allowance for a Lowly landser on paygrade 16 is 13 Reichsmarks. So please stay away from the 50's and 100's. Also if you are doing an impression where you are outside of Germany Use the reichmarks that say WERHMACHT on them as they are military script and are valid in both Germany and occupied countries. Civillian script is invalid outside of Germanys borders. Marc
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Gerry
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Post by Gerry on Feb 27, 2008 22:52:44 GMT -5
great website! Thanks!
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Post by siklegg on Feb 27, 2008 23:56:07 GMT -5
Ausgezeichnet!
Thanks Marc. That sight will help kick the persona up a level.
You going to JTD in May?
Also, do you run with the 9th from Northern California?
Gerry- Thank you as well for your in put.
Gryphon- Thanks, I'll look into this game as well.
-Heath
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Post by jugendkrieger on Feb 28, 2008 0:40:17 GMT -5
hmm.... probably not. I wish I could. I roll with 3pgd and 9th SS in New England. im actually looking into my finances to see if i can get to jtd.
marc
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Gerry
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Post by Gerry on Feb 29, 2008 12:13:35 GMT -5
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We never got it. another guy in my unit asked him if he used to play anyother card games during the war, He Told us that skat is an old game played by the nobles and the well to do's in Germany and all of the "ignorants" played a game called Schwimmen and it clicked. It took us roughly 5 minutes on how to play Schwimmen and it is as follows: