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Retired Engineer Bob

(759 posts)
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:40 PM Jun 2021

Any sheepshead player here?

It’s a great card game. Involves quite a bit of strategy, and keeping track of who played what cards. It’s a game of skill, my grandfather was wickedly good, me not so much.

My brother and I were taught at an early age. Folks would get together to socialize and play. I remember my grandparents taking us over to the Kunde’s home. There would be a card table set up at each corner of the table where we played, each loaded with chips, snacks, chocolate, and other goodies.

At work a group of players would often get together and play over the lunch hour.

The last game I played was sometime in November 2019. My dad was in a memory care center. We were amazed and grateful he could still play. Someone had to shuffle and deal the cards for him, but other than that he was good to go.

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Any sheepshead player here? (Original Post) Retired Engineer Bob Jun 2021 OP
Nope but I love cribbage and just found out a close friend loves to play. Phoenix61 Jun 2021 #1
Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen... Retired Engineer Bob Jun 2021 #2
My favorite thing about it is it's fast and who's winning can change in a hand. nt Phoenix61 Jun 2021 #3
A good hand can scoot that peg quite far Retired Engineer Bob Jun 2021 #4
Fifteen two, a pair for four, and the rest don't score, LOL! WheelWalker Jun 2021 #5
Being from Milwaukee MOMFUDSKI Jun 2021 #6
Hello fellow Milwaukeean Retired Engineer Bob Jun 2021 #7

Phoenix61

(17,003 posts)
1. Nope but I love cribbage and just found out a close friend loves to play.
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:42 PM
Jun 2021

I keep a deck of cards and a cribbage board in my car. Best card game ever!

2. Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen...
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 08:46 PM
Jun 2021

Haven’t played cribbage in years. It’s also a great game. Sure beats people getting together and staring at their phones.

MOMFUDSKI

(5,516 posts)
6. Being from Milwaukee
Thu Jun 24, 2021, 10:18 PM
Jun 2021

of course I played sheepshead but it has been YEARS and you would have to refresh my memory of the game. Sure did enjoy it back in the day though.

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