Italian playing cards from a deck of "Bergamasche" by Dal Negro
Origin
Italy
Type
Fishing
Players
2, 3, 4, or 6
Cards
40-card
Deck
Italian
Rank (high→low)
R C F 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Play
counter-clockwise
Related games
Cassino • Escoba • Skwitz • Zwickern
Scopa (Italian:[ˈskoːpa]; lit.'broom') is an Italian card game, and one of the three major national card games in Italy, the others being Briscola and Tresette.[1] It is also popular in Argentina and Brazil, brought in by Italian immigrants, mostly in the Scopa a Quindici variation.[2]Scopa 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 scopa is an Italian noun meaning 'broom', since taking a scopa means 'to sweep' all the cards from the table. Watching a game of scopa can be a highly entertaining activity, since games traditionally involve lively, colorful, and somewhat strong-worded banter in between hands.[3] However, skill and chance are more important for the outcome of the game.
^Parlett, David (1992). Oxford Dictionary of Card Games. Oxford University Press. p. 251. ISBN 0-19-869173-4.
^"Escopa". Jogos de Cartas (in Portuguese). 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^"Scopa: A Traditional Italian Card Game". Life in Italy. 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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