The four aces of Treviso's Briscola (trump) cards
Each ace bears a motto that refers to luck and courage.
Briscola is one of Italy most popular games, together with Scopa and Tressette. A little-changed descendant of Brusquembille, the ancestor of briscan and bezique, Briscola is a Mediterranean trick-taking ace–ten card game for two to six players, played with a standard Italian 40-card deck.
The traditional Italian-suited pack used for briscola consists of forty cards, divided into four suits: coins (Italian: Denari), swords (Spade), cups (Coppe) and batons (Bastoni). The values on the cards range numerically from one through seven, plus three face cards in each suit: knave (fante), knight (cavallo), and king (re). The knaves depict a man standing. The knight is on horseback. The king wears a crown.
The four aces of Treviso's Briscola (trump) cards
Each ace bears a motto that refers to luck and courage.
Briscola is one of Italy most popular games, together with Scopa and Tressette. A little-changed descendant of Brusquembille, the ancestor of briscan and bezique, Briscola is a Mediterranean trick-taking ace–ten card game for two to six players, played with a standard Italian 40-card deck.
The traditional Italian-suited pack used for briscola consists of forty cards, divided into four suits: coins (Italian: Denari), swords (Spade), cups (Coppe) and batons (Bastoni). The values on the cards range numerically from one through seven, plus three face cards in each suit: knave (fante), knight (cavallo), and king (re). The knaves depict a man standing. The knight is on horseback. The king wears a crown.