How many of you play? Do you have a regular game? What's your favorite Sheepshead lingo?
How many of you play? Do you have a regular game? What's your favorite Sheepshead lingo?
HOFer
Can't believe I lived in that state all those years and never learned to play sheepshead.
"Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
My college life was divided into two parts. There was the spend a few thousand dollars and get nothing but academic probation so you end up working in the paper mills anyway for two years part. That happened at UWM. Then there was the now that I realize how much fun it is to work in a paper mill I better go back and get straight A's and a degree part.
Second semester at UWM we played Sheepshead and Spades for rent. We kept a running tab and settled up at the end of every month. One of the interesting things about Sheepshead is how the dynamics of the game changes between four-handed and five handed.
[QUOTE=George Cumby] ...every draft (Ted) would pick a solid, dependable, smart, athletically limited linebacker...the guy who isn't doing drugs, going to strip bars, knocking around his girlfriend or making any plays of game changing significance.
Just played Sheepshead on Saturday.
Kept getting pissed at my sister 'cause she is such a mauer.
Getting burned on a good hand a few times in a row, makes anyone a mauer!! I play sheepshead and euchre. Euchre is much easier too play and it is more fun than playing four handed sheepshead.Originally Posted by FavreChild
Five handed, Jack of Diamonds partner or call an Ace.
Crack, recrack, double bump & blitzers
http://www.sheepshead.org/
Never even heard of sheepshead, but play uecker every chance I get.
Mauers are scum!! How much money are you playing for that you can't pick a little thin? She mauers when we're playing for NOTHING!
The Ten Commandments of Sheepshead:
1. Thou shalt lead trump when thou art the picker's partner.
2. Thou shalt lead long into the picker.
3. Thou shalt not send a boy to do a man's job.
4. Thou shalt not risk thy only schmear.
5. Thou shalt not recrack without points to bury.
6. Thou shalt not pick thin in the number-two position.
7. Thou shalt not take forever to decide whether to pick.
8. Thou shalt not table talk.
9. Thou shalt crack whenever possible.
10. Thou shalt not go alone when you could have called me as a partner.
Here is a link to a glossary of Sheepshead terms:
http://webpages.charter.net/clarkowski/glossary.html
We always make fun of my sister (the mauer) because she used to say that we got "schroeder" when she was little (instead of "schneider").
You Euchre players don't know what you're missing.
In this area you learn to play euchre before you learn your ABC's.
TRUE ENOUGH 007,
iT'S FUNNY HOW I BROUGHT A LIITLE BIT OF WISCONSIN TO NEW MEX.
GOT MY BUDDIES PLAYING EUCHRE AND GRILLING BRATS.
Everyone plays Texas Hold'em now.
Very first time I played I took my two brothers for $60 each.
They caught on to my sweet innocence second time around and it wasn't as pretty.
HOFer
Has anybody heard of a game called hand and foot? Played with two decks and two hands and you try to place like cards together?
"Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
Odd wording when you consider that usually means play your Queen - not your Jack.
I've got a crazy uncle that aways says (including in mixed company) - "are you gonna rub the tits off those Queens?" if you take a little too long.
Very first time I played I took my two brothers for $60 each.
They caught on to my sweet innocence second time around and it wasn't as pretty.
I see. Well then we better not play for money.
We always play double on the bump, and use leasters to try and keep people honest.
We always call an Ace.
I affectionately call the "BIG" Queen, the Old Lady, and the "mopsqueezer"
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