It means "broom" and is one of the most famous traditionnal card games from Italy, like Briscola.
It is also played in many other countries, and while nobody really knows where the rules came from, it is usually played with a Napoletane card deck.
We do not often release such classic games, but this one is so popular that we wanted to shout about it. 😉
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All players arrange themselves around the playing surface. If playing in teams, team members should be opposite each other. One player is chosen to be the dealer.
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Each player receives three cards. The dealer deals them out one card at a time, in a counter-clockwise direction, beginning with the player to their right. During this deal, the dealer will also place four cards face up on the table. A table card may be dealt before the deal begins, immediately after dealing a card to themselves but before dealing to the next player, or after dealing all players all three cards.
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As it is impossible to sweep in a game where the initial table cards include three or four kings, such a deal is considered invalid. The cards are re-shuffled, and the dealer deals again.
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The player to the dealer's right begins play. This player has two options: Either place a card on the table or play a card to capture one or more cards. A capture is made by matching a card in the player's hand to a card of the same value on the table, or if that is not possible, by matching a card in the player's hand to the sum of the values of two or more cards on the table. In both cases, both the card from the player's hand and the captured card(s) are removed and placed face down in a pile in front of the player. These cards are now out of play until scores are calculated at the end of the round. If by capturing all cards were removed from the table, it is called a scopa, and an additional point is awarded at the end of the round (unless this happened with the final card played by the last player of the last hand of a round, in which case cards are still captured but no additional point is awarded).
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After all players have played all three cards, the dealer deals out three more cards to each player, again beginning with the player to their right. That player then begins play again. No additional cards are dealt to the table. This process is repeated until no cards remain in the deck.
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After the dealer has played the final card of the final hand of the round, the player who most recently captured is awarded any remaining cards on the table, and points are calculated for each player or team. If no team has yet won the game, the deal moves to the right. The new dealer shuffles and deals the cards as described above.
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You can discover this game by clicking here:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=scopa
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This classic game from the public domain has been developed by PiratJack and we invite you to send him your thanks!
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That's it for today, but don't forget that Wednesday is time for another release!
Keep safe and play well!
SCOPA Cabana!
Det betyder "kost" og er et af de mest berømte traditionelle kortspil fra Italien, som Briscola.
Det spilles også i mange andre lande, og selvom ingen rigtig ved, hvor reglerne kom fra, spilles det normalt med et Napoletane-kortspil.
Vi udgiver ikke ofte sådanne klassiske spil, men dette er så populært, at vi gerne ville råbe op om det.
Vil du have flere detaljer om det?
Alle spillere arrangerer sig omkring spillefladen.
Hvis man spiller i hold, skal holdmedlemmerne være over for hinanden.
En spiller vælges til at være dealeren.
Hver spiller modtager tre kort.
Dealeren giver dem et kort ad gangen mod uret, begyndende med spilleren til højre for dem.
Under denne uddeling vil dealeren også placere fire kort med billedsiden opad på bordet.
Et bordkort kan deles ud, før uddelingen begynder, umiddelbart efter at have givet et kort til sig selv, men før de gives til den næste spiller, eller efter at alle spillere har givet alle tre kort.
Da det er umuligt at feje i et spil, hvor de indledende bordkort omfatter tre eller fire konger, betragtes en sådan aftale som ugyldig.
Kortene blandes igen, og dealeren deler igen.
Spilleren til højre for dealeren begynder at spille.
Denne spiller har to muligheder: Enten læg et kort på bordet eller spil et kort for at erobre et eller flere kort.
En capture foretages ved at matche et kort i spillerens hånd med et kort med samme værdi på bordet, eller hvis det ikke er muligt, ved at matche et kort på spillerens hånd til summen af værdierne af to eller flere kort på bordet.
I begge tilfælde fjernes både kortet fra spillerens hånd og det eller de erobrede kort og lægges med forsiden nedad i en bunke foran spilleren.
Disse kort er nu ude af spil, indtil scores er beregnet i slutningen af runden.
Hvis alle kort blev fjernet fra bordet ved at erobre, kaldes det en scopa, og et ekstra point tildeles i slutningen af runden (medmindre dette skete med det sidste kort, der blev spillet af den sidste spiller i den sidste hånd i en runde, i hvilket tilfælde kortene stadig erobres, men der tildeles ikke yderligere point).
Når alle spillere har spillet alle tre kort, giver dealeren tre kort mere til hver spiller, igen begyndende med spilleren til højre for dem.
Den spiller begynder derefter at spille igen.
Der bliver ikke givet yderligere kort til bordet.
Denne proces gentages, indtil der ikke er nogen kort tilbage i bunken.
Efter at dealeren har spillet det sidste kort i rundens sidste hånd, tildeles den spiller, der senest erobrede, eventuelle resterende kort på bordet, og point udregnes for hver spiller eller hold.
Hvis intet hold endnu har vundet spillet, flyttes aftalen til højre.
Den nye dealer blander og deler kortene ud som beskrevet ovenfor.
Du kan opdage dette spil ved at klikke her:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=scopa
Dette klassiske spil fra det offentlige domæne er udviklet af PiratJack, og vi inviterer dig til at sende ham din tak!
Det var det for i dag, men glem ikke, at onsdag er tid til endnu en udgivelse!
Hold dig sikker og spil godt!
