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Sheepshead is an American trick-taking card game derived from Bavaria's national card game, Schafkopf (lit. 'sheep's head'), hence it is sometimes called American Schafkopf. Sheepshead is most commonly played by five players, [1] but variants exist to allow for two to eight players. There are also many other variants to the game rules, and many ...
Traditional Schafkopf scoring system. There are various theories about the origin of the name Schafkopf, most of which come from traditional folklore.One suggestion is that Schafkopf acquired its name at a time when it was played for up to nine [8] [9] or twelve [10] points which were marked with a piece of chalk as lines on a board, gradually forming the stylized appearance of a sheep's head ...
German Schafkopf is a partnership card game, but unlike Bavarian Schafkopf or Doppelkopf partners are not announced during the course of the game, but are permanent as in Bridge: the players facing one another are automatically partners. The seating order is determined by the drawing of playing cards before the game begins: the players who have ...
The following games are played with German-suited packs of 32, 33 or 36 cards. Some are played with shortened packs e.g. Schnapsen. German-suited packs are common, not just in Germany, but in Austria and Eastern Europe.
Card games of the Schafkopf type are trick-taking games in which the card values are like those in Skat and the Jacks and/or Queens (Unters and/or Obers) of all suits are the highest trumps, regardless of trump suit.
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Officers' Schafkopf (German: Offiziersschafkopf) is a German point-trick card game for two players which is based on the rules of Schafkopf. The game is a good way to learn the trumps and suits for normal Schafkopf and to understand what cards one is allowed to play. [1] It is similar in concept to Officers' Skat.
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