Skitgubbe

Skitgubbe is a multi-genre card game that originated in Sweden. The game occurs in two phases. The first phase is a trick-taking game, where 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 (dirty old man, in Swedish). 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. As far as available information suggests, the main version of the game popular in the United States is due to Etan Savir, who learned the game from a Swedish man whilst visiting Greece in the late 1970s. It is not surprising that this version differs...