Hand game (cards)

A Skat hand. The soloist playing a hand game may not exchange any of these cards for the skat

The term hand game is used in a number of card games, and can refer to a game where a player draws no additional cards and plays only from the hand, a game where a player uses both his or her own hand and that of an opponent, or a move where a player is able to play the entire hand of cards in one turn.