<p>Not sure what the international name for the game is but we've always called it "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shithead_(card_game)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Shithead</a>", a fun game the face down cards keep the end game close and stops a runaway winner.</p>

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Andrew
<p>We call this game "Lucky". The 2 resets the pile to a low number and a 10 makes the pile go away. I haven't heard about the version using a 7 card for something. But I have heard a version where and 8 card triggers a reverse turn order, and that is good for a four player game so you are not always following the same person (makes things more interesting).</p>

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NaniBly
<p>A friend of mine introduced a card game to me she only knows by the name "Schweinemauzen" (we're in Germany, literally maybe "pig's meow"). Surprisingly, googling this word doesn't yield a single result. Maybe someone can help me in identifying the game if I give some basic rules:</p>

<ul>
<li>Deck: usually standard 52-card deck, but can be played with 36 cards.</li>
<li>2-5 or even more players. First with no cards left wins.</li>
<li>Dealing cards:

<ul>
<li>3 rounds of 1 card, face down, per player; they are arranged side-by-side,</li>
<li>3 rounds of 1 card, face up, per player, each laid on top of one dealt before,</li>
<li>finally, 3 rounds of 1 card, face down, per player, which the players pick up.</li>
<li>The rest is kept as a stack.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Gameplay:

<ul>
<li>Some similarities to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durak" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Durak</a>.</li>
<li>A player plays one or more cards of the same rank.</li>
<li>The next player has to play one or more cards of the same or a higher rank.</li>
<li>If someone cannot play, they have to pick up all cards which were played before.</li>
<li>Ranks 2, 7, and 10 are special, they can be used to match an Ace and/or remove all cards on the "played" stack from the game, so that the next player who can't play doesn't have to pick those up.</li>
<li>Each player immediately redraws from the stack after they played so that they have 3 cards.</li>
<li>When the stack is empty, and no cards are left on the hand of a player, they use their face-up cards to play.</li>
<li>When those are empty, the face-down cards are used to play, at which point the game becomes quite random.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Here you see the stack, the played cards stack next to it, and face-down/face-up cards for two players:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/GlRx4.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/GlRx4.jpg" alt="Schweinemauzen"></a></p>

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What card game is this? 3 cards per player; always redraw from stack until end
Felix Dombek
# What card game is this? 3 cards per player; always redraw from stack until end

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-07)

A friend of mine introduced a card game to me she only knows by the name "Schweinemauzen" (we're in Germany, literally maybe "pig's meow"). Surprisingly, googling this word doesn't yield a single result. Maybe someone can help me in identifying the game if I give some basic rules:

* Deck: usually standard 52-card deck, but can be played with 36 cards.
* 2-5 or even more players. First with no cards left wins.
* Dealing cards:
  + 3 rounds of 1 card, face down, per player; they are arranged side-by-side,
  + 3 rounds of 1 card, face up, per player, each laid on top of one dealt before,
  + finally, 3 rounds of 1 card, face down, per player, which the players pick up.
  + The rest is kept as a stack.
* Gameplay:
  + Some similarities to [Durak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durak).
  + A player plays one or more cards of the same rank.
  + The next player has to play one or more cards of the same or a higher rank.
  + If someone cannot play, they have to pick up all cards which were played before.
  + Ranks 2, 7, and 10 are special, they can be used to match an Ace and/or remove all cards on the "played" stack from the game, so that the next player who can't play doesn't have to pick those up.
  + Each player immediately redraws from the stack after they played so that they have 3 cards.
  + When the stack is empty, and no cards are left on the hand of a player, they use their face-up cards to play.
  + When those are empty, the face-down cards are used to play, at which point the game becomes quite random.

Here you see the stack, the played cards stack next to it, and face-down/face-up cards for two players:

[![Schweinemauzen](https://i.sstatic.net/GlRx4.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/GlRx4.jpg)

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-07. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Not sure what the international name for the game is but we've always called it "[Shithead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shithead_(card_game))", a fun game the face down cards keep the end game close and stops a runaway winner.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-06-14. Score: 1

We call this game "Lucky". The 2 resets the pile to a low number and a 10 makes the pile go away. I haven't heard about the version using a 7 card for something. But I have heard a version where and 8 card triggers a reverse turn order, and that is good for a four player game so you are not always following the same person (makes things more interesting).


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