Sharing a Table is one of the finalists for the 2020 Trick Taking Party Awards. It is a six to eight-player trick-taking game using two standard decks of cards and one joker. Players will also need two tables. In an eight-player game, 13 cards are dealt to each player, and the remaining card is flipped face up. The suit of the revealed card will set the...
Described in passing in Edward Falkener's book 'Games Ancient And Oriental and how to play them' (1892, page 163), thus: "an Indian game of cards, ... in which after every deal, the winners take at chance [ie randomly, unseen] as many cards from the hand of the loser as they have won tricks, and give back to him in return as many of the worst cards they...
Sheepdogs is a trick-taking game in which the sheepdogs are trump and four types of sheep are the different suits. Players bid to predict the number of tricks they will take and must be exactly right to gain any points. However, the player who collects the most black sheep always gets a point. Mind the wolf and the penned sheep as these cards can derail...
Sheepshead is a trick-taking card game related to the Skat family of games. It is the Americanized version of a card game that originated in Central Europe in the late 18th century under the German name Schafkopf. Sheepshead is played with 7-8-9-10-J-Q-K-A in four suits, for a total of 32 cards. A sheepshead deck is made by removing all of the jokers...
This here is the story of the most famous leprechaun of all, Roy G. McBiv. McBiv lives in the rocky hills of Vibgyor and is infatuated with beautiful rainbows. In fact, he dreams of owning his own one day, and is in constant search for all the rainbow colors. McBiv is growing old though... he no longer has that snap to his stature or that whistle in his...
Sheng Xiao is a trick-taking game suitable for 3 to 5 players, where players compete for the positions of the 12 zodiac animals. Each turn, players can choose to play a combination of 1 to 4 cards, while the other players must respond by either countering with their own cards or choosing to pass. As the game progresses, each player must cleverly utilize...
In the trick-taking game シェリフ (Sheriff), designed for exactly 3 players, one player takes on the role of the Sheriff, another the Robber, and the last the Mayor. Each role will score points differently. The Sheriff scores 1 point for each King taken in a trick. The Robber scores 1 point for each 10 taken in a trick. The Mayor, who decides on the trump...
Shi**y Shark Movie, a game parody of shark movie and creature feature tropes (especially the bad ones), is a card and dice resource management game where players move their ships' pawns around a 5x5 constantly changing ocean layout of cards with varying backs representing swimmers, sharks, creatures, and open water items which could be almost...
Shifty Partners is a partnership trick-taking standard deck playing card game, with randomly-selected trumps. Partnerships change with each hand, and scoring is by individual. Trumps change with each hand, determined by a d6 die-roll. The object of the game is to have the most points at the end of the game. The game ends after each player has dealt one...
Shihou Dealer is a trick-taking card game with variable suit and rank distribution. The trick is won by the highest rank regardless of suit, and for each suit the lowest score card is stacked on top. The lowest number of each color is scored, but only the 1's digit is scored. A game that requires a unique way of thinking, as there are ranks divided by...