Skat bidding table

In the bidding you may only name values a game can actually be worth. This table shows them all: one multiplier per row, one game per column. Look it up here, or print it and keep it next to the table.

Bid values by multiplier and game

Multiplier	Diamonds ♦	Hearts ♥	Spades ♠	Clubs ♣	Grand
Base value	9	10	11	12	24
2	18	20	22	24	48
3	27	30	33	36	72
4	36	40	44	48	96
5	45	50	55	60	120
6	54	60	66	72	144
7	63	70	77	84	168
8	72	80	88	96	192
9	81	90	99	108	216
10	90	100	110	120	240
11	99	110	121	132	264
12	108	120	132	144	–
13	117	130	143	156	–
14	126	140	154	168	–
15	135	150	165	180	–
16	144	160	176	192	–
17	153	170	187	204	–
18	162	180	198	216	–

Null: fixed values

Null	23
Null Hand	35
Null Ouvert	46
Null Ouvert Hand	59

Every value you can bid, from the lowest up

The lowest bid is 18. Bids are called in this order:

18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 33, 35, 36, 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 54, 55, 59, 60, 63, 66, 70, 72, 77, 80, 81, 84, 88, 90, 96, 99, 100, 108, 110, 117, 120, 121, 126, 130, 132, 135, 140, 143, 144, 150, 153, 154, 156, 160, 162, 165, 168, 170, 176, 180, 187, 192, 198, 204, 216, 240, 264

How to work out your bid

For suit games and Grand: bid value = base value × multiplier. The multiplier counts your matadors ("with" or "without" so many), plus 1 for "game" and 1 each for Hand, Schneider, Schneider announced, Schwarz, Schwarz announced and Ouvert. That takes a suit game to a multiplier of at most 18, and Grand to 11. Null is not multiplied; it has fixed values.

Spades ♠ with 2: 2 matadors + 1 for game = multiplier 3. 11 × 3 = 33.
Grand Hand without 2: 2 matadors + 1 for game + 1 for Hand = multiplier 4. 24 × 4 = 96.