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Welcome to the Sheepshead Home Page. My name is Jim Mihal 42k Audio Clip (.AU). Sheepshead is an Americanized version of a card game of German origin (called Schafskopf, Schaffskopf, or Schafkopf) which we play in Southeastern Wisconsin (USA) and apparently, also in lots of other places. I learned the game from my father when I was only 10 (way back in 1961) and I continue playing it today.
Simply stated, each player is dealt cards. A trick is one round of cards...where each player lays a card on the table. The player who lays the most powerful card in the round, wins all the cards in that trick. There are points assigned to cards so when you win a trick, you also win the points associated with those cards. When all the tricks have been played, the person with the most points wins the game. Sound simple??? Read on.....
The Cards
The Basic Rules
Scoring Rules
Choosing a Partner
Strategy and Tips
Input from Readers
Other Sheepshead Links
My
silly picture of "Sheepshead playing Sheepshead"
Here
is an Excel spreadsheet for scoring
Take
the Sheepshead IQ Test
My Sheepshead Friends
Sheepshead Crib Sheet (for beginners)
The tunes are driving me crazy...get me out.
This page was first posted (originally on AOL) on May 12, 1996
We spent 10 years at Yahoo Geocities (which closed) and now are happy to be at
http://LimeDomains.com
Last revised on October 16, 2009
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mihalj (at) matc.edu