Briscola - rules

• The dealer deals out three cards to each player.
• One card is placed face up on the playing surface. This card is the Briscola (Brisca), and represents the trump suit for the game.

• The first player places a card on the table. Its suit will lead the turn
• Each player places a card on the table.
• After 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 (the scale is ace, 3, king, horse, queen, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2)
• if no briscola (trumps) have been played, the player who played the highest card of the lead suit wins
• Once the winner of a trick is determined, that player collects the played cards.
• After all cards have been played, players calculate the total point value of cards in their own piles.

The most common version of the point scale is:

• Ace (asso) = 11 points,
• Three (3) = 10 points,
• King (re) = 4 points,
• Jack (valete, cavallo) = 3 points,
• Queen (dame) = 2 points,

The game is played until one player has at least 61 points.