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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 ...
The rules of the game were officially established by the Bavarian Schafkopf Club (Bayerischer Schafkopf-Verein e. V.) at the 1st Bavarian Schafkopf Congress on 17 December 1989 in Munich's Hofbräuhaus [5] These were updated by the School of Schafkopf (Schafkopfschule e. V.) in 2007 which has published a revised version on its website. [6]
In an East German book of game rules [27] there are the following variations of German Schafkopf which appear to reflect, in part, Hammer's variants: Classic Schafkopf: as described, Jacks/Wenzel are always trumps, the player with the so-called 'old man', the Jack of Clubs or the Unter of Acorns, must choose trumps if all pass or cannot bid ...
Kop is played in the province of Greater Poland, once part of Prussia as the Grand Duchy of Posen, hence the German influence on the game.Its name is derived from the German word Kopf, itself an abbreviation of Schafkopf, the ancestor of this family of games.
Eldest hand is the first player dealt a 3 as an upcard. If no player has 3 face up, then the first player to declare a 3 in hand starts. If no-one has a 3, then the game is started by the person dealt a 4, etc. Eldest leads off by playing a card or set of cards face up in the middle of the table to start a common wastepile.
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Ramsch, formerly also called Mike in East Germany, is a card game based on the contract of the same name in the popular German card games, Skat and Schafkopf.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. [1]
Whist rules of play apply i.e. players must follow suit if able; otherwise may play any card. The player with the highest trump takes the trick or the player with the highest card of the led suit if no trumps were played.