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Briscola game

Play Briscola free online now. Mediterranean trick-taking card game for two players, played with a standard Italian 40-card deck. The player which... Read the game full description and instructions.

Briscola Online Game

Briscola Game Description

Mediterranean trick-taking card game for two players, played with a standard Italian 40-card deck.

The player which scores at least 61 points in a game wins.

The object of the game is to take cards which gives you a high score.

After the deck is shuffled, each player is dealt three cards. The next card is placed face up on the playing surface, and the remaining deck is placed face down, sometimes covering half of the up-turned card.

This card is the Briscola, and represents the trump suit for the game.

The player to the right of the dealer leads the first hand (or trick) by playing one card face up on the playing surface. Each player subsequently plays a card in turn, until all players have played one card.

The winner of that hand is determined as follows:
- if any briscola (trump) has been played, the player who played the highest valued trump wins

- if no briscole (trumps) have been played, the player who played the highest card of the lead suit wins

Card ranking, given from highest to lowest:
ace, three, king, cavallo, fante, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2.

Cards point value:
Ace: 11 points
Three: 10 points
King: 4 points
Cavallo (horse): 3 points
Fante (jack): 2 points