Sheepshead, the App

Why can’t we blitz reds or blitz blacks to make the hand worth more points?

The structure of the game is here but the plays the computer makes is completely infuriating. Holding on to trump and screwing your partners…just ugh!!!

Black Queens are supposed to be partners. It’s odd that I am the highest looser. Too many coincidences that another player has a higher card.

Needs some tweaking. Many times partner leads the called suite in call an ace right in front of the picker after the called suite was just played. Fairly often when a partner is able to take the called ace trick they don’t and often even throws points on it. This makes no sense

This game can’t be more aggravating because computer players are more than just dumb but engaging in sabotage. For example I’m partner with 5 trump to the Q-diamonds, lead a 7-diamonds with picker on the end. Comes to picker with a diamond ace and J-hearts on the trick, and he plays the 10-diamonds under the jack to lose a 20+ point trick. Worse is the lead coming back is a heart 7, picker uses Q-spade to trump in, and plays a Q-clubs next. Computer intentionally lost 27 points to blow what would have been a no tricker. Don’t play this game, I’m going to find a different game

Best game but the goat needs some help and at times so does the moose. Geez! Live would be big fun with age groups and nationalities.

Recently- I’ve seen my ‘team’ when we aren’t the picker act dumb and sacrifice points when later the have trump in had. For example; Comp picker sets hearts as partner. I win a round and choose hearts to show the partner. One comp player who has the 10 of diamonds plays the 10 of clubs effectively giving the picker an extra 10 points. When they could have played 10 of trump(which they played later in their hand that still went to the computer picker. And, they choose when they don’t even have a single queen in their hand. And loose catastrophically. But if they pass I could have a regular win. Or a close one. Which make the game fun. It’s not fun when I’m playing with.. computer that are distracted. They aren’t doing a good job of giving p you points when you will obviously take the half and the partner has been revealed.

While playing Ace, I don’t know how many times my ‘Partners’ will use the call suit trick to clear out fail, then later have a useless trump. That is such a such a stupid play, I can’t play this version anymore. I also do not like the tendency to hold trump until the last trick or two, but that deviation is more stylistic than a logic flaw.

AI gameplay needs major improvements. Things I’ve noticed: 1. Partners will often not trump called suit trick. 2. Partners will often not smear where appropriate and in known smear situations. 3. VERY consistently poor hands. 4. Almost always lose when partner. 5. Ridiculous picks by the AI. 6. EVERY time I get back close to 0, the game makes sure I lose about 10x times in a row. 7. Had a situation where AI players went alone 5 times in a row, all producing 0 trick hands. It’s “sheepshead” in name only. Gameplay itself is reasonable about 20% of the time. I did notice a bug though where if you pick and click the discard pile the game crashes. That seems to temporarily reset the horrid play.

Being from Wisconsin, Sheephead is part of who we are. Really enjoy the 4-handed!