Sheepshead

Derek Hoffmeister

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About this game

Play Sheepshead at any time. Sheepshead is a trick-taking card game. This is a single player version with computer controlled opponents.

Sheepshead is played with 7-8-9-10-J-Q-K-A in four suits, for a total of 32 cards

*** Game Features ***
* Supports five handed, four handed, and three handed play modes

* Tournaments: The player with the highest score will be delared the winner after
ten hands of Sheepshead have been played.

* Partner variants of:
- Called Ace partner (allows calling of unknown, 10's , or going alone)
- Jack of Diamonds
- Call up next Jack is enabled by default, this can be disabled in the options menu.
In three handed and four handed play the picker does not have a partner.

* Four scoring styles for when all players pass:
- Leasters: Play the hand as a leaster. Enable in options menu.
- Doublers: Play the next hand, with all points doubled. Enable in options menu.
- Showdowns: Winner determined by trump in hand, lowest score wins. Q=3,J=2,Others=1 point(s). Enable in options menu
- No selection: Dealer is forced to pick

* Scoring: Can either be 'Double on the bump' (default) or 'Single on the bump'.

* Knocking: Also called rapping or cracking. This can be enabled in the options menu.

* Statistics: Keeps track of your play statistics, such as games won, tricks taken, times picked, etc.

* Google Games integration:
- Leaderboards: 'High Score'
- Achievements based on game score and tricks taken
- To disable the automated sign in request for Google Games go to App Settings in the game menu and toggle the 'Google Games Enabled' option. It will then display 'Google Games disabled'.

* Large Print Cards, if those small cards are just too hard to see!

An overview of Sheepshead rules can be found in the support page or at http://goo.gl/CyHaZR

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Double tapping to play a card is supported (it must be enabled in the options menu). If enabled, tapping a card once will select it, and tapping it a second time will play it.

This will allow you to change selected cards if you accidentally select the wrong card! Simply tap the correct card, and the first card will be unselected. Tap the second card again to confirm playing it.
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I am just one independent developer working on this app whenever I can, without a big budget for testing on various devices. If you find a bug please contact me via the in-app 'Contact Support' option and I'll try to fix it in the next release. Thank you for your support.

Ratings and reviews

The AI is just challenging enough for a while, but could use a little boost. Graphics are basic, however it doesn't take away from the game. Many options to customize gameplay. This app is as good as the best as NeuralPlay, and I use them for most every card game I play. Great work. I'm willing to be part of any discussion on the evolution of the app.

The Program is NOT random. If you're leading in a Tournament, the other robot player partners will make plays that cause you to lose. Late in a game, the robots often times have no idea what to lead. Often times, the robot players purposefully throw away good trump tricks when they have smaller trump to toss. The Developer is either not a good Sheepshead player... or he/she doesn't know how to program quality strategy. And there appear to be other non-random variables at play.

It's about as good as sheepshead with AI can get. I would like one change, the AI partners *need* to have a rule to lead the queen of spades every time. Obviously there are lots of little mistakes they make because this game is complex, but that one is the easiest to fix and most obvious.

What's new

* Improves support for latest Android versions
* Three handed logic improvements
* Bug fixes