Briscola: card game

Brisca is one of the most popular card games. It is played with the 48 cards of the Spanish deck.

*** Game instructions ***

Before starting the game:

• On the board is the deck of cards face down.
• Under the deck, the card that designates the trump suit is placed face up.
• Each player receives three cards. Only the player can see his cards.

Instructions of the game:

• The game consists of 24 rounds. In each round each player rolls a card.
• The starting player rolls a discovered card.
• The other player rolls any card.
• The round is won by the player who played the highest card of the trump suit or the one who played the highest card of the starting suit.
• The player who wins a round accumulates the cards of the round.
• After finishing each round, each player receives a card from the deck.
• Before starting a round the starting player can change the win that is under the deck by 7 of the same suit. The 7 can be changed by the 2.

Game over:

• Each player gets the sum of the points obtained with the cards of the round won.
• The player who gets more than 60 points is the winner.

*** Value of the cards ***

The value of the cards in the brisca is the same for all clubs. The distribution of points is:

• Ace: 11 points
• 3: 10 points
• King: 4 points
• Horse: 3 points
• Sota: 2 points

The same score order of a card is the winning force of the card. The order of the cards of greatest strength to minor is: Ace, 3, King, Horse, Sota, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 2.

The total of the cards accumulate 120 points.