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Sheepshead

Posted by Nicolae on June 28th, 2008 under Sheepshead, games
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Eichel (acorn)
Grün (green)
Rot (red)
Schellen (bells)

Club
Spade
Heart
Diamond

Sheepshead is a card game related to the Skat family of games, originating in Central Europe in the late 1700’s under the German name Schafkopf. Although Schafkopf literally means “sheepshead”, the term is actually derived from Middle High German and referred to playing cards on an overturned [...]