Skitgubbe, (pronounced "hoo-eet goo-beh") and also called Mas, Mjölis, Mjölnarmatte, or Flurst (in the United States), is a popular Swedish card game that is rated as one of the best for three players. It has two phases: in the first, players accumulate cards; in the second players aim to discard the accumulated hand. The last player to go out is the skitgubbe. Sometimes, the skitgubbe must make a goat noise. 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. History Skitgubbe's predecessor is probably the Finnish game of Myllymatti, which is first mentioned in 1808. The Finnish word is a combination of mylly, which means mill, and Matti , which is the Finnish form of the name Mats. The miller Mylly Matti is part of Finnish folklore and is described by Zacharias Topelius as a good-hearted, easily deceived fellow who often walks around with a sack. The Finnish name of the game was translated to Mjölnarmatte in Swedish and was first mentioned under this name in 1875. Mjölnarmatte was soon simplified to Mjölis (known since 1890) and mas (known since 1905). Mas can be understood both as a lazy and tardy person and as a transformation of the name Mats. The name Skitgubbe for the game has been known since 1953, but did not begin to be used in gaming literature until the 1980s. The first Swedish rules were published in Kortoxen in 1949 under the name Mas. Today the game is usually called Skitgubbe or Mas. The name Mas occurs especially in parts of the country where Skitgubbe is used for the game of Vändtia. According to the games expert Dan Glimne, today's Skitgubbe is one of the most played card games in Sweden. In Finland the game is now called Koira, which means dog, and in Norway a similar game is played called Mattis . It is unclear how the rules of the game have evolved over time. Closely related games were formerly played in German-speaking circles in the Baltics under the name Müller Matz (a direct translation of Myllymatti into German) and in Russia under the name Melniki ("miller"). The rules of the Russian game are very similar to a variant described in Kortoxen and called Mas with upturned trump. It is possible that this corresponds to an original