As someone who plays briscola often, just a point i would like to give to make it simple -- the person who throws first controls the hand. The only way to take control of the hand is to throw a higher card in the same suit, or to throw a briscola. I think that may clear up some confusion. So when he was demonstrating -- the player opposite of him threw the donna (lady) of cups. He had an ace and a three in his hand -- but they were not cups. So even though they were worth more points, they were not in the same suit, so they could not take the hand. That is why he did not throw those. The only way to beat that lady of cups would be to throw a higher cup -- the horse, the king, the three, or the ace of cups, or a briscola -- in this game any soldi/denari would do. Hope that helps
My favourite card game, introduced by my Italian 🇮🇹 school friends when a was a teenager in Australia. 🇦🇺 The cards are beautifully designed too! 40 not 52 🃏
Love the video. In Madeira this game is called "Bisca" and is very popular. It's also the biggest cause of family arguments at Xmas time when family is together at the table... playing as a pair is particularly bad as something trivial like an itchy nose can lead to accusations of cheating.
My sister and I used to play this in Puerto Rico about 15 years back. I went to visit her and I saw a lady playing this on her ipad on the plane and it brought back memories
Great job explaining it thank you so much!! I could be wrong but what if you have a Re and Cavallo of any suit what are the rules on how to play those cards
Donna ? Maybe Fante... And the symbols of the 4 "types" / suites of cards are Spade, Ori, Bastoni and Coppe... All of them are "said" using the plural...
This along with Tressete is most popular card game in my town.I live in Kotor,Montenegro,but e play double briscola.....with four cards in hand and you drop 2 each "hand" :D
My Grandfather, who was from Sicily, played Briscola with me as a child. If I can remember right the ace was 11 pts., the 3 was 10 pts. , the king was 4 pts., the jack was 3 pts, and the queen was 2 pts. I asked him why in Briscola was the jack higher points than the queen. He told me that the queen was only 2 pts. because the female was never higher than the male. Was he bull shitting me? Reading the rules of Briscola, it says that the queen is higher than the jack. Which one is right? Another thing we did was take out the 8's, 9's and 10's in Briscola and didn't play with all 52 cards. Maybe my Grandfather was bull shitting me, so tell me if his version was a variant of Briscola. I would like to know for sure. My Grandfather and I were close when I was growing up, and he liked to play tricks on me. Can somebody clear this up for me?
If you were playing with a regular 52-card deck (ie the kind with diamonds hearts clubs spades) then yes, it is correct that he needed to remove the 8 9 and 10 of each suit. The reason why he did this was to bring the 52 card deck down to a 40 card deck, which is the number of cards in an Italian deck. Lots of Italians who came to North America chose to own a 52-card deck rather than a 40 card deck because that gave them the flexibility of playing card games from both countries. They didn`t want to have to buy a second deck of cards.
blazekilla555 most of the times I play it, but with different rules: the first one who plays a briscola card is left alone, and to win he must have 40+ points. The other two team up and try to win scoring 80+
blazekilla555 there's also 5 player briscola (also known as "called briscola). I suggest you that one, I think it's the most fun because you don't know who you're playing with at the beginning of the round.
What if all 3 of your cards are useless and none are the briscola card suit? Say the briscola suit is clubs but all of the players cards are valueless coins, swords and cups. What would you deal to the middle?
greenkitty82 pretty sure the person who controls/starts the hand would just take the stack but then again doesn’t matter who takes the points in that case because there are none
GUIDz SOMBRERo yeah that makes sense for the dealer to take the stack and then play starts again, thanks. I wasn't sure as to what would happen if everything was useless as nobody wins anything.
I used to play this with friends at school about 17 years ago, too bad a pack of Italian cards are $20 on eBay in my country or else I might have tried to take it up again.
As someone who plays briscola often, just a point i would like to give to make it simple -- the person who throws first controls the hand. The only way to take control of the hand is to throw a higher card in the same suit, or to throw a briscola. I think that may clear up some confusion. So when he was demonstrating -- the player opposite of him threw the donna (lady) of cups. He had an ace and a three in his hand -- but they were not cups. So even though they were worth more points, they were not in the same suit, so they could not take the hand. That is why he did not throw those. The only way to beat that lady of cups would be to throw a higher cup -- the horse, the king, the three, or the ace of cups, or a briscola -- in this game any soldi/denari would do. Hope that helps
My favourite card game, introduced by my Italian 🇮🇹 school friends when a was a teenager in Australia. 🇦🇺 The cards are beautifully designed too! 40 not 52 🃏
You know it's an authentic tutorial when this music plays
My grandparents who came from Italy taught me how to play Briscola. My mom and aunt can play too so we're all pretty good at it. Love playing it!
Me too!!!
Love the video. In Madeira this game is called "Bisca" and is very popular. It's also the biggest cause of family arguments at Xmas time when family is together at the table... playing as a pair is particularly bad as something trivial like an itchy nose can lead to accusations of cheating.
My sister and I used to play this in Puerto Rico about 15 years back. I went to visit her and I saw a lady playing this on her ipad on the plane and it brought back memories
If you are from Puerto Rico there is a 99% chance that you know how to play brisca. I used to play it during recess in the '70.
Im trying to teach her lol. Thanks for the walk through i think it helped!
Ho cominciato a giocare briscola da poco, grazie per questo video perché si spiega molto bene 👏
Great job explaining it thank you so much!! I could be wrong but what if you have a Re and Cavallo of any suit what are the rules on how to play those cards
Great Vid, what's the artist for the song?
Thanks for explaining this. It's very helpful seeing it being played and not just reading instructions.
That is onegreat way to suffle your cards.
Nice tutorial. I'll be back.
What happens when two players throw down cards of the same value , a 4 and 4,?
Donna ? Maybe Fante... And the symbols of the 4 "types" / suites of cards are Spade, Ori, Bastoni and Coppe... All of them are "said" using the plural...
This along with Tressete is most popular card game in my town.I live in Kotor,Montenegro,but e play double briscola.....with four cards in hand and you drop 2 each "hand" :D
What is the name of the background music track?
in Spain, traditional Brisca Game. (Oros, Espadas, Copas, Bastos)
Scopa is another awesome game as well as briscola
My Grandfather, who was from Sicily, played Briscola with me as a child. If I can remember right the ace was 11 pts., the 3 was 10 pts. , the king was 4 pts., the jack was 3 pts, and the queen was 2 pts. I asked him why in Briscola was the jack higher points than the queen. He told me that the queen was only 2 pts. because the female was never higher than the male. Was he bull shitting me? Reading the rules of Briscola, it says that the queen is higher than the jack. Which one is right? Another thing we did was take out the 8's, 9's and 10's in Briscola and didn't play with all 52 cards. Maybe my Grandfather was bull shitting me, so tell me if his version was a variant of Briscola. I would like to know for sure. My Grandfather and I were close when I was growing up, and he liked to play tricks on me. Can somebody clear this up for me?
If you were playing with a regular 52-card deck (ie the kind with diamonds hearts clubs spades) then yes, it is correct that he needed to remove the 8 9 and 10 of each suit. The reason why he did this was to bring the 52 card deck down to a 40 card deck, which is the number of cards in an Italian deck. Lots of Italians who came to North America chose to own a 52-card deck rather than a 40 card deck because that gave them the flexibility of playing card games from both countries. They didn`t want to have to buy a second deck of cards.
I used to know a Tony Talarico, his sister was a best friend in high school Mary Talarico.
Love to play "Briscas". Same rules in Spanish.
my uncle taught me 2 days ago
fun game
What happens when both cards are same amount of points or same number? Thanks for sharing.
I wondered that too
@@theresadoster9357 the player who played the card first wins :)
the player who played the card first wins :)
This game could be good if the card rank values just went in regular playing card order
No theres no point...
@@tafefe1230 other than being way easier to learn and making way more sense?
@@Makingnewnamesisdumb the way the points are assigned is derived from the medieval ages of Italy where the number 3 was considered holy
I also see that the video is very pixelled... Why ?
it's not the donna it is called fante
its different in each region of italy, these cards are from Naples so its the donna
Fante means infantry man. Infante in Piamonte
3 players as well, just take out one of the 2's
Thank for this video!
Is it true that you can play 3 player briscola? I heard you just take any of the 2's out of the deck?
+blazekilla555 Yes it is possible to play, though its not very common. Though its a great way to play if you are in a group of 3
blazekilla555 most of the times I play it, but with different rules: the first one who plays a briscola card is left alone, and to win he must have 40+ points. The other two team up and try to win scoring 80+
Luca Faccini This is actually a really interesting way to play, thanks.
blazekilla555 there's also 5 player briscola (also known as "called briscola). I suggest you that one, I think it's the most fun because you don't know who you're playing with at the beginning of the round.
Great video! Thanks!!
brisc! i used to know how to play but i forgot everything
What if all 3 of your cards are useless and none are the briscola card suit? Say the briscola suit is clubs but all of the players cards are valueless coins, swords and cups. What would you deal to the middle?
greenkitty82 pretty sure the person who controls/starts the hand would just take the stack but then again doesn’t matter who takes the points in that case because there are none
GUIDz SOMBRERo yeah that makes sense for the dealer to take the stack and then play starts again, thanks. I wasn't sure as to what would happen if everything was useless as nobody wins anything.
Awesome game !
ahhh, grazie, I appreciate this
what if the Briškola card is an Ace? Is that ok? so if any card in that suit would be the Briskola, correct?
Ah yes ten years ago
I prefer to play Scopa. :)
@Waltham11 no, WE don't lol, sempre chiamato fante
I got taught how to play briscola by a Ukrainian and I’m calabrese
do you know how to play briscola with 5 players? can u show it?
thanks i have a stag tonight so i need to know how 2 play
@@ivanmestrovic3812 we will never know
I know how to play and even I could not understand this
IT is not called donna but....FANTE...🙂
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I used to play this with friends at school about 17 years ago, too bad a pack of Italian cards are $20 on eBay in my country or else I might have tried to take it up again.
wins the first card...
Briscul
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