The player to the dealer’s left begins and play passes clockwise. Discards piles are kept ‘squared up,’ so that the top card is visible and free to be taken. Then only the top card of the deck is flipped over, this will start the discard pile. After the cards are shuffled, starting with their left, the dealer passes each player cards one at a time until everyone has three cards.Īfter each player has a full hand the remaining undealt cards become the draw pile. It is also the German national card game! THE PLAY Dealingĭealers may be chosen however players wish and pass clockwise with each hand. Scat, also known as 31 or Blitz, shares names with other games and is not to be confused with: NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-9 players NUMBER OF CARDS: standard 52-card TYPE OF GAME: Draw and Discard game AUDIENCE: All Ages OBJECTIVE OF SCAT: Collect cards of a single suit totaling 31(or as close to 31 as possible).
