The rules
How it plays
- Use a 40-card deck and deal three cards to each player.
- Reveal the final deck card: its suit becomes briscola and the card stays visible until drawn.
- Players may play any card; following suit is not required.
- Trump wins a trick, otherwise the highest card of the led suit wins; rank is A, 3, K, Q, J, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2.
- Captured cards total 120 points; 61 points wins a standard deal.
