Schafkopf
Game Night
S
PLAYERS
4
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
- A German-suited or standard 32-card deck
- paper for scoring
HOW TO PLAY
1
Deal the cards evenly among four players, with a fixed set of high cards always ranked as trumps regardless of the hand dealt.
2
Players declare whether they will play alone against the other three or call a partner using a specific card.
3
The player to the dealer's left leads the first trick, and the others must follow suit if able, with trumps beating all plain-suit cards.
4
The trick's winner leads the next trick, and this continues until all cards have been played.
5
Points from captured cards are tallied at the end, and the declaring side must reach a set threshold to win the hand.