My first time playing sheepshead
in almost a year, I did pretty good. By which I mean I was 6th worst.
By which I mean, I was best of the night with 38 points up.
If you don't know, sheepshead is only the best cardgame ever invented or played. By Germans. In Wisconsin. Just read this already, and try it out on Yahoo games.
Mr. Pathetica invited me over to play. We played 5 handed, called ace, double-on-the-bump, dealer sits, doublers only. Which is just about as close to family rules as can be. I ended up talking them into alternating doublers with leasters, which the two new guys hadn't played before. One guy was a crazy mauer (skilled, tho), and the others were well skilled from college. Granted, Mr. Pathetica and I picked the most, so we might have been just picking before the mauer. By which I mean, the mauer might not have been one. Did I mention we are all from Cheeseville originally, but now live in Chicago-land?
I got to go alone and win a couple of times: once by the skin of my teeth, and like 3 times with all 4 queens. Having recently recovered from being a sick wreck (by recovered, I mean a dry nose, almost no cough, no fever, no sinus pressure, and no headache), this was amazing. I also managed to not follow suit once, to not know the unknown rules well enough to tell people what to bury, and to not count all the queens more than a few times. I'll attribute it to rusty and luck, since I walked away with the loot.
I washed my hands every time I coughed into them, did not stink up the bathroom, but did have to beg for food since I came straight from work. Thank you for cards, pizza, beer, pretzels, companionship, and a really nice night! And thanks to Cpu and Bpu for scheduling alternate events so I could attend.
Mr. Pathetica invited me over to play. We played 5 handed, called ace, double-on-the-bump, dealer sits, doublers only. Which is just about as close to family rules as can be. I ended up talking them into alternating doublers with leasters, which the two new guys hadn't played before. One guy was a crazy mauer (skilled, tho), and the others were well skilled from college. Granted, Mr. Pathetica and I picked the most, so we might have been just picking before the mauer. By which I mean, the mauer might not have been one. Did I mention we are all from Cheeseville originally, but now live in Chicago-land?
I got to go alone and win a couple of times: once by the skin of my teeth, and like 3 times with all 4 queens. Having recently recovered from being a sick wreck (by recovered, I mean a dry nose, almost no cough, no fever, no sinus pressure, and no headache), this was amazing. I also managed to not follow suit once, to not know the unknown rules well enough to tell people what to bury, and to not count all the queens more than a few times. I'll attribute it to rusty and luck, since I walked away with the loot.
I washed my hands every time I coughed into them, did not stink up the bathroom, but did have to beg for food since I came straight from work. Thank you for cards, pizza, beer, pretzels, companionship, and a really nice night! And thanks to Cpu and Bpu for scheduling alternate events so I could attend.
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