To determine the face value of any numeric card, simply count the number of suit icons on the card. The King is a male figure wearing a crown. The Knight is a male figure riding a horse the Queen is a female figure.
The values on the cards range numerically from one through seven, plus three face cards in each suit: Knave (worth a value of 8), Knight in the Neapolitan-type decks, Queen in the Milanese-type decks (worth 9), and King (worth 10). Neapolitan, Piacentine, Triestine, and Sicilian cards are divided into Coppe (Cups), Ori or Denari (Golds or Coins), Spade (Swords) and Bastoni (Clubs), while Piemontesi, Milanesi and Toscane cards use the 'French' suits, that is Cuori (Hearts), Quadri (Diamonds, literally "Squares"), Fiori (Flowers) and Picche (Spades, literally "Pikes"). The rows depict the suits Denari, Coppe, Bastoni, and Spade.Ī deck of Italian cards consist of 40 cards, divided into four suits. However, skill and chance are more important for the outcome of the game.Ī set of 40 "Napoletane" cards. 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. The name scopa is an Italian noun meaning "broom", since taking a scopa means "to sweep" all the cards from the table. 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 3 or 6 players. 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 also popular in Argentina and Brazil, brought in by Italian immigrants, mostly in the Scopa a Quindici variation. Scopa ( Italian pronunciation: literally "broom") is an Italian card game, and one of the three major national card games in Italy, the others being Briscola and Tresette.
ISBN 978-88-08-19349-0.Italian playing cards from a deck of "Bergamasche" by Dal Negro
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