 However, thanks to its interesting mode of play it has since developed into an independent game in its own right which is only loosely based on Skat or Schafkopf.It should not be confused with another game of the same name, also known as Ramscheln, which is a five-card game of the Rams group for 3–5 players traditionally played with German-suited cards.Ramsch is not part of the official rules of Schafkopf or Skat and, as a result, there are no hard and fast rules.