Scopa
Sign in to save'''''' (; ) is an Italian card game, and one of the three major national card games in Italy, the others being and . It is also popular in Argentina and Brazil, brought in by Italian immigrants, mostly in the variation. is also played in former Italian colonies such as Libya and Somalia or some other countries like Tunisia and even Morocco, with changed appearance in the cards. It is played with a standard Italian 40-card deck, mostly between two players or four in two partnerships, but it can also be played by three or six players.
Key facts
- Card game.image_link
- Italian Playing Cards.jpg
- Card game.image_caption
- Italian playing cards from a deck of "" by Dal Negro
- Card game.type
- Fishing
- Card game.players
- 2, 3, 4, or 6
- Card game.num_cards
- 40-card
- Card game.deck
- Italian
- Card game.play
- Counter-clockwise
- Card game.card_rank
- R C F 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
- Card game.origin
- Italy
- Card game.related
- CassinoEscobaSkwitzZwickern
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Cards
- Rules
- Scoring
- Idioms
- Variants
- Playing with French-suited cards
- {{lang|it|Scopa d'Assi (Asso piglia tutto)}}
- Scopone
- Napola
- Additional points
- {{lang|it|Scopa a Quindici}}
- {{lang|it|Cirulla}}
- Capture
- Bonuses
- Scoring
- Libyan Scopa
- Scoring the prime
- Final score
- Computer versions
- See also
- References
- Literature
- External links
'''''' (; ) is an Italian card game, and one of the three major national card games in Italy, the others being and . It is also popular in Argentina and Brazil, brought in by Italian immigrants, mostly in the variation. is also played in former Italian colonies such as Libya and Somalia or some other countries like Tunisia and even Morocco, with changed appearance in the cards. It is played with a standard Italian 40-card deck, mostly between two players or four in two partnerships, but it can also be played by three or six players.
The name is an Italian noun meaning 'broom', since taking a means 'to sweep' all the cards from the table. Watching a game of can be a highly entertaining activity, since games traditionally involve lively, colorful, and somewhat strong-worded banter in between hands. However, skill and chance are more important for the outcome of the game.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scopa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.