What is Schieberamsch?
Schieberamsch is a Ramsch with one more step before the first card. It starts in the same way: when middlehand and rearhand pass without a bid, forehand may bid 18 or pass, and if forehand passes too the deal becomes a Schieberamsch.
The skat then goes round the table, forehand first, then middlehand, then rearhand. Each player in turn either picks up the two skat cards and passes two cards from their twelve on face down, or pushes the skat on without looking at it. Jacks may never be passed on. Every push doubles the score of the deal, so if all three push it is multiplied by eight. After rearhand the two cards lie face down as the skat, and they go to whoever takes the last trick.
The play and the scoring are those of Ramsch: only the Jacks are trumps, the player with the most card points loses that many points, a Jungfrau doubles the loss and a Durchmarsch wins 120 points, all multiplied by the pushes.
Rule changes
| Rule | Standard Skat | Schieberamsch |
|---|---|---|
| When it is played | Standard SkatNever: every deal has a declarer. | SchieberamschWhen all three players pass without a bid; forehand may still bid 18 first. |
| The skat | Standard SkatOnly the declarer may take it. | SchieberamschIt goes round the table, forehand first; each player may take it once. |
| Taking the skat | Standard SkatThe declarer takes both cards and lays away any two. | SchieberamschThe player takes both cards and passes any two others on face down, never a Jack. |
| Pushing | Standard SkatNot used. | SchieberamschA player may push the skat on without looking at it. Each push doubles the score of the deal. |
| Play | Standard SkatTrumps set by the declared game; the declarer against two defenders. | SchieberamschAs in Ramsch: everyone for themselves, only the Jacks are trumps, and the skat goes to the last trick. |
| Scoring | Standard SkatThe declarer wins or loses the game value. | SchieberamschMost card points lose them, a Jungfrau doubles the loss and a Durchmarsch wins 120, each multiplied by 2 for every push. |
| Other options | Standard SkatKontra and Re, Bock rounds, tournament scoring, the number of rounds and a four-player table can be chosen. | SchieberamschSchieberamsch works with all of them. In a Bock round the score doubles once more on top of the pushes. With tournament scoring, a Schieberamsch deal is scored the same as without it. |
History
Schieberamsch is a form of Ramsch in which, before play, forehand, middlehand and rearhand in turn pick up the skat and discard two cards face down for the next player, and a player who passes the skat on without looking at it doubles the score. Some players do not allow Jacks to be passed while others allow any card; other descriptions give the same name to passing the skat on with the score doubled and say that Jacks cannot be passed on.
Schieberamsch is also a common German house rule: a round of it can follow a Grand Hand, or be played in addition to a Bock round, which some tables call 3 Bock, 3 Ramsch. Here it is played on its own terms, whenever everyone passes, and Jacks may not be passed.