Rules of Briscola

The Briscola is a card game played in Italy and Spain, each country with its own deck of cards.

Other games with similar rules: Tute, Belote, Guiñote

Aim of the game

4 players play in pairs with a spanish deck of 40 cards (8 and 9 not included).

The main goal of the game is to win 3 rounds before the opponents.

Score points with the most valuable cards to win the round.

Value of the cards

Image	Card	Value
	Ace	11 points
	Three	10 points
	King	4 points
	Knight	3 points
	Jack	2 points
	Seven, six, five, four, two	0 points

How to play Briscola

In 4-player games, everyone starts with 3 cards.

After dealing, a card that marks the Trump suit is placed on the table. The trump suit beats any other suit and is the key to win the game. The remaining cards are left on the table to be drawn.

The hand player starts the game with a card. The following players must play any card from their hand.

The player who has played the following cards wins:

1. The highest trump card.
2. The highest card of the same suit.

This player wins all the cards on the table (the “trick”) and starts playing in the next hand.

All the players draw a card and the round continues until all cards have been played.

Change of trump

When a player wins a trick, he may trade the “trump” (the card under the deck) for a card of the same suit according to the following rules:

Count up points

The player or the team with more points wins the round, depending on the cards they have collected.

In case of a tie, the winner of the last trick wins.

Experience points and ranking