The British Skat Association (BSA) was founded in 2001 to "promote the playing of Skat in Britain." Skat is Germany's national card game , but is played internationally under the auspices of the International Skat Players Association and has been described as one of the best and most interesting card games for three players, and "the king of German card games."
4-629: The BSA was launched in 2001 at a Skat tournament held in Oxford and organised by David Parlett , John McLeod and Nick Wedd. The BSA holds several tournaments each year and plans eventually to affiliate to the International Skat Players Association and participate internationally. There are several forms of Skat played in different countries; the BSA plays the standard German game and the website offers an English version of
8-482: Is married to Barbara and they have a son and a daughter. His published works include many popular books on games such as Penguin Book of Card Games , as well as the more academic volumes The Oxford Guide to Card Games and The Oxford History of Board Games , both now out of print. Parlett has also invented many card games and board games. The most successful of these is Hare and Tortoise (1974). Its German edition
12-573: The rules translated by Parlett. Present office holders of the BSA are: This card game –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . David Parlett David Parlett (born 18 May 1939 in London) is a games scholar, historian, and translator from South London, who has studied both card games and board games . He is the president of the British Skat Association . David Sidney Parlett
16-812: Was born in London on 18 May 1939 to Sidney Thomas Parlett and Eleanor May Parlett, née Nunan. He is one of three brothers. During the Second World War , Parlett lived in Barry, Glamorgan . Parlett was educated at Battersea Grammar School and the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth . He has a BA in Modern Languages. Parlett was a technical writer with PR companies and later a freelance writer for Games & Puzzles magazine. He
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