Sheepshead

sheepshead tricktaking card game relate skat family game americanized version card game originate central europe late th century german schafkopfsheepshead play jqka suit total card sheepshead deck remove joker sixe five four three two standard deckcard strengthcard strength sheepshead different game difficult thing beginner graspthere card trump suit queen jack diamond order strength great leastqclub qspade qhearts qdiamsjclubs jspades jhearts jdiamsadiams diams kdiam diam diam diamsalso quotfailquot suit totala k club spade heartsclub spade heart precedence fail suit unlike trump fail notice ace ten outrank king arguably confusing aspect card strength lead suit follow possible card play trump trick fail card play fail different suit call quotthrowe offquot way clear suit additionally throw point card call quotschmearingquotcard point valueseach card give separate point value followsace mdash pointsten mdash pointske mdash pointsqueen mdash pointsjack mdash point mdash pointsthe strong card queen jack worth point give sheepshead unusual characterthere point total deck goal game half case tie player pick blind lose player opponent win variant rule peculiar situation leasterthis traditional card game hidden partnerjack diamond random partner method picker receive partner need lead suit picker choose quotgo alonequot need declare hand begin