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Schafköpfchen

The Cult card game

In this children’s‘ version of the cult card game „Schafkopf“ there is one important fact to remember: “Tall beats small”!

Three meadow cards form a track, the card with shepherd and hut is the finish. The dealer gives eight cards to each player. In a round you play eight tricks, and a round consists of three phases: In Phase 1 - Dice - you determine the trump color; for a result of blue, green, red or yellow you should try to collect most flowers in your tricks; for white as a result the dealer determines the trump color. When black is rolled there is no trump color for the round and you win the round with the fewest flowers in your tricks. In Phase 2 you play your cards; first the dealer and then the winner of the latest trick leads and the others add a card. The cards showing “Lamb’s Head”, a giraffe or an elephant are always trump and are augmented by the cards in the current trump colors; when trump is lead you must play trump, if you can. When a color is lead you must answer this with a card in this color; if this is not possible you can play trump or any other card. If you played the highest-ranking card in a trick you win the trick. In Phase 3 you score the tricks: All count their flowers; depending on the goal of the round you win with the most of the fewest flowers and move your sheep one step along the track. The first at the finish wins.

Schafköpfchen not only is a fantastic introduction for children into the world of trick taking games, but also an ideal family game with enough allure for adults and and a high educational effect for children, nicely illustrated fun spanning generations.

Players: 2-4

Age: 8+

Time: 15+

Designer: Klaus Miltenberger, Kerstin Wallner

Art: Andrea Mangold

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: IQ-Spiele 2012

Web: www.iq-spiele.de

Genre: Card game

Users: For children

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Children’s version of Schafkopf

Educational emphasis on planning and implementation

Nice animal illustrations

Compares to:

All simple trick-taking games

Other editions:

Currently none

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