The Sheepshead Home Page

Welcome to the Sheepshead Home Page. My name is Jim Mihal . Sheepshead is an Americanized version of a card game of German origin (called Schafskopf, Schaffskopf, or Schafkopf) which we play in 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

Sheepshead Crib Sheet (for beginners)

Input from Readers

My silly picture of "Sheepshead playing Sheepshead"

A Scoring Spreadsheet

Take the Sheepshead IQ Test

My Sheepshead Friends

Sheepshead Glossary