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Schafkopf

Trick-Taking Card Games

Schafkopf, also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick taking card game of the ace-ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Sport
Game Type (category)
Card Game 1
Game Type (category)
Trick-Taking Game 1
Classification
Player Count
Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
Wikipedia infobox (Schafkopf) players field: '4'
Game Type
Trick-taking card game 1
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Baśka, Games
Source Kop and Baśka (Pagat)
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1. Wikipedia, Schafkopf
  • Introduction
    Schafkopf (German: [ˈʃaːfkɔpf], lit. 'sheep's head'), also called Bavarian Schafkopf, is a popular German trick-taking card game of the ace-ten family for four players that evolved, towards the end of the 19th century, from German Schafkopf.
  • Infobox, players field
    4
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Wikidata: Schafkopf
Wikidata Q574653, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Kop and Baśka (Pagat)
Ancestor Of: Baśka, Kop introduction, Schafkopf-derived games
Quote, Ancestor Of: Baśka, Kop introduction, Schafkopf-derived games
these are examples of Schafkopf-derived games introduced to western Poland under German influence
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