You’re the best game instructor I’ve seen and I’ve seen plenty, including the Dutch, who are game kings imo. Greetings from Istria 🇭🇷!

@Play-In-Games

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Istria a beautiful region, you're very lucky!

Cool to see that someone outside of italy has an interest in these games, growing up our favourite pastime was playing tresette at the local hangout and betting a few euros or cigarettes. Great video, I wanted to share some differences with how I usually play the game: here in italy after dealing the first 10 cards we leave the other 20 on the table, after each hand the players will draw one card each (winner draws first) and show it to the opponent, this was both players have 10 cards until halfway trough the game, but I'll try your version next time I play, I like that it's less reliant on memory. Also you can play in 4 players, this is the most common version actually, 10 cards each and you play as two teams, sitting on opposite corners of the table. You can also play with 3 players, by removing one of the number 4 cards, dealing 10 cards to each player and leaving 9 on the table which will be drawn and shown as if there was only two players. Also there's two extra rules which are sometimes used in the 4 players variant: first off if any of the players has less than 1+1/3 points he can ask for the cards to be re-shuffled and dealt again. Then there is an odd extra mechanic, called the accuso, it's often left out because it rewards luck over skill: if a player has 3 aces, 2s or 3s he can tell everyone and claim an extra 3 points at the end of the round (this is called a buon gioco, usually you also have to say which cards make up this three of a kind), if a player has the 3 2 and ace of the same suit he can also say it and claim an extra 3 pints (this is called a "napoli").

@Play-In-Games

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great comment! I love these variations and hopefully I can do a video covering all of the many regional plays and special rules. I am familiar with the Napoli and buon gioco, but the other others are totally new to me and am so glad you shared them. The point of this channel is to keep these great games alive and let everyone share their experiences playing them. Thanks again!

@ribarimore8805

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly how we play it in Croatia too, I was confused by this video 😂

@mikemac803

5 ай бұрын

@@Play-In-Games Thank you for the tutorial, but my Italian mate next to me is saying there is no variation of the rules anywhere, every time you need to take and show a card each.

Nice work! I love Tresette, I've always played 2 player slightly different... After you played your card you replenish you hand by drawing another card from the deck The winner from the last hand draws first. You also show/tell the opponent what card you withdraw. Then when the deck is finished you play out your final cards. Also Buongioco is another part of the game. This is how we play in the south of Italy

@zaciorfida-costanzo706

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how I played it too

@eliadisousa

Жыл бұрын

I think he showed northern or Austrian variation of the game...

Thank you. Looks like I’d fun. Hope I can have time for it. And have friends to do it for.

Thanks Chris. I really liked your tutorials in the trio of popular Italian card games; Briscola, Scopa and Tressette. I have also looked at a few of your other tutorials. Fabulous stuff. Grazie mille. Rob PS Being a child of Italian migrants I was able to pronounce your surname with ease. Rm

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words, glad to hear you are keeping these games alive! All the best from this Cannucciari to you and your family.

Hey, when you have a Napola or napolitana (group of 1, 2, 3 of the same suit) you add 3 points, but there is also Buongioco which is 3 threes, 3 twos or 3 aces you also add 3 points. Another thing is that the remaining cards in case of playing 2 players when the 2 throw a card is dealt one to each player to continue to have 10 cards until the deck runs out but... you have to show the card you took from the deck to your opponent and he shows you his You can play 21, 31 or 41 points. This is the traditional way of playing it Have a good day!👍👍👍

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this excellent breakdown! I have heard many ways of playing two players since this was published and that sounds like great way to proceed. I learned the method presented in the video, which is by no means the ultimate way. My hope is that the game basics are picked up and kept alive through new players. I really like the idea of the Buongioco, I’ll definitely be adding that to my own game play. Thanks a million!

@juanmartinbuerbamorales921

Жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games Your welcome, it's a pleasure Viva l'italia ei suoi giocchi di carte!

@plrc4593

7 ай бұрын

Glad to read it. I played this versions via internet and I think its much more entertaining.

I'm from the Philippines and I know how to play Tresette because of my Grandma.

Hi Chris, I found an add for playing Tressette on my phone. In that version, after dealing ten cards to each player (two in this case), the rest of the deck --twenty cards-- is put aside but the players draw a card each turn to replace the card they just played. And they have to show that card to the opponent before they add it to their hand.

Im italian and i can say that tresette Is a game mostly played in south italy, on the other hand scopa and briscola are very popular also in the north

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment and for watching! In my travels I have seen Scopa, Briscola and Tressette played from coast to coast, it's fair to say that all three are universally loved. While living in Rome I was told by my Roman Italian friends that Tressette was a northerners game and they couldn't be convinced otherwise. That said I would just as easily believe your claim. Wouldn't it be great see a poll about which region prefers which game? I'm sure it would be surprising (@Rai, @mediasetinfinity, are you listening?). Maybe we could settle all regional disputes once and for all!? Thanks again for the comment!

@ZOMBIEVIOLENTO

2 жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-GamesIt also changes extremely locally, im from the North and every group of players got his favourite game to play. But there are strong territorial tendecies. I suggest you to check Wikipedia Pages about card games in italian, there are some information about its popularuty among regions

@giuseppesavaglio8136

Жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games Tressette was played by my family (adults only, as there was ahem, soldi involved) and we hail from Cosenza Calabria in Italy, so to say it's a northern game is a bit false. When my Nonno, his son, his cousin and Nonnos' nephew got playing it was cigarette smoke, yelling, screaming and cards hitting the table with full forsa you could hear it from blocks around. As a kid i watched them play once a month and every once in a while things got really heated, due to bad play, that no one talked to each other for weeks. Ah good memories from 40-50 years ago. We of course also played Briscola and Scopa as family games, sans soldi. Love from Australia.

My late great Zio came to Halifax Canada on the Saturnia. Best Italians are from Campobasso in the Molise region!

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

I love Campobasso, the best melted Scamorzza panino I ever had was deep in the heart of la regione che non esiste! Thanks!

An interesting thing about the ranking. Truco, a trick-taking and betting game the national card game of Argentina, and particular popular in Buenos Aires, uses the same ranking. Of non-_bravo_ cards (ace de spade, asso de basti, setto de spade, and setto bello are _bravos_), the ranking from strongest to weakest is 3,2,remaining 1s, rei, cavallo, fante, remaining 7s, 6, 5, and 4. The brazilian equivalents Truco Paulista and Truco Mineiro, from São Paolo and Minas Gerais (also big settlement areas of Italians) use the same ranking. I've had trouble finding video resources about truco in English, but the game is SUPER addictive!

@Play-In-Games

11 ай бұрын

I love the connection between the Italians and Spanish speaking card games. Perhaps I’ll give them a try after the summer. Thanks for the info!

So, your ancestries are from Sicily... You could show Tarocco Siciliano deck and how to play tarocchi... But I think the most played Tarocco deck in Italy is Piemontese. These are the regions of origin of Italian Tarocchi: Siciliano -> Sicily Minchiate -> Florence Bolognese -> Bologna Piemontese -> Piedmont

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll have to track down someone who knows how to play and get the rules down first, but I would love to try to make a video about it.

"You're a cheater. Leave the game. Nobody likes you." So many reasons why I'm lmao. You crack me up with your serious tone. 😂😂😂 I am a bit confused, though, so I will have to rewatch. One technical question: who goes first when there are 3 players? And 1 more question: you notice these games are like chess- lesser cards worth nothing (sacrificeable- a real word?) but with a hierarchy nonetheless? Like pawns and knights (I don't play chess, so I forget the piece names). Or is it just me?

@googleyeyes5122

2 жыл бұрын

@it's game time! Great (strategic) minds think alike. 😁

What if opponent plays for example 3 of spades and I dont have any spades to follow it, what I need to play then?

Is there a Trump version? Ps Reminds me a bit of Spoil 5 (which has an even more challenging card ranking). Hope you will do a future video on this classic Irish card game, since I have yet to find a good overview on KZread!

Very good video, I got a question though, if your opponent plays e.g. an ace of diamonds, and you don't have any diamonds, but you have a 2 or 3 of clubs, can you not play those and take out the ace? If otherwise you don't have a particular suit, you can play any card you like...?

@Play-In-Games

10 ай бұрын

Good question. In this example you won’t be able to win with anything other than a 2 or 3 of the lead suit (Diamonds). You’d definitely want to hold onto your cards of value until their suit is played. If you can’t play the lead suit you can use any card in whatever suit you’d like and it’s wise to play cards of no value when you can’t play in suit. I hope this helps!

It seems pretty likely that calling 1+2+3 a "Napolitano" comes from a straight run in scopa being called a "Napola". Now to find out where that comes from...

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

That’s an interesting thought 🤔. Back to the research!

I think you need to make another video about the game. 1. You completly omitted the most interesting version for 4 players (a version for 4 players is always most interesting). 2. To unknown reason you described the version without drawing cards from the talon. It's a much more entertaining and interesting version, especially if you show drawn cards what allows for devising a strategy. 3. It's extremly hard to design a sensible card game for 2 persons. I think tressete is the best card games for 2 players that exists. Hitherto I believed German 66 is the best cards game for 2 players. But there is only 6 cards in hand and stupid rule that you don't need to follow suit until the talon is not depleted. This cuases that there is almost no strategy in it. 66 is quite good game because trains you memory and ability to count quickly what is very important but very limited strategy in it is very dissapointing. 4. Since now I'm going to take an Italian deck with me when going into mountains and play it in evenings. I think this game is excellent for it. 5. I'm very surprised but it seems that the lack of trumps fits such games very, very well. I.e. games where is no bidding. Surprisingly it makes the game more tactical. 6. I think you should also describe Calabresella/Terziglio. I know the rules from the Pagat. From what I read it may be the best card game for 3 players I have encounted.

@Play-In-Games

7 ай бұрын

Yes you’re correct the best way to play is in teams. It’s also much harder to film! I hope to get around to making a video for it as well as the many other fun variants. Thanks for the excellent details!

All Italien are cool. But I know many German Sicilian! I'm from Germany. So Greetings

@Play-In-Games

3 жыл бұрын

Great point, Sicily is truly a melting pot of so many cultures. Are there some important German card games you would like to see? I love the German deck with the Acorns, Leaves, Hearts and Bells

@Yume2oo5

3 жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games I think in German we also often use the French deck. But the German card deck I saw when I was a children. With Arcons, leaves, bells and hearts. But I haven't any species knowing German card game I know 😅 Edit: Skat is popular German card game but I don't to play and a card game called 31. These rules are very easy

"North of Italy" *highlights entirety of germany and austria*

what about the Accuso and Napoli points??

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

If you play with them, count them! They sound like fun variations. I’m familiar with the Napoli, but what’s the Accuso point? Thanks for watching!

@juanmartinbuerbamorales921

Жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games Hey, when you have a Napola or napolitana (group of 1, 2, 3 of the same suit) you add 3 points, but there is also Buongioco which is 3 threes, 3 twos or 3 aces you also add 3 points, That is accusi points Another thing is that the remaining cards in case of playing 2 players when the 2 throw a card is dealt one to each player to continue to have 10 cards until the deck runs out but... you have to show the card you took from the deck to your opponent and he shows you his You can play 21, 31 or 41 points. This is the traditional way of playing it Have a good day!👍👍👍

Not understanding why other cards were set aside, in all app games I’ve played player draws a card after each turn

@Play-In-Games

11 ай бұрын

A totally valid way to play and I've heard from others that it's quite common. I'm teaching the way I was taught. The reasoning for this variation is that you don't know what's in the other deck so it's harder to count cards. That said, it's Italian, there's never just one way to do anything. If you prefer the machine version over my Nana's, stick with it! All that counts is that you are having fun and hopefully playing IRL with friends too. Thanks for watching!

@samfraulino

11 ай бұрын

@@Play-In-Games Good point! I thought maybe it had to do with being 2 players. I think this is much better with 4, sure all my Italian relatives will agree! LOL! You do a great job instructing these games, and make it so fun again to introduce these to my daughter. Thanks !

@Play-In-Games

11 ай бұрын

You’re 100% correct, it’s best played as a team game with 4 players. It’s too many cards card to fit on a screen and the logistics are tricky, so I abandoned the video back then. Perhaps I’ll get around to re trying it as a video at some point. Keep playing and thanks for the kind words!

@plrc4593

7 ай бұрын

I've also played it that way in internet and I think it's way more entertaining, especially with showing the drawn cards what allows for devising a strategy.

Vasto.

The best Italians come from sicly

Minori for sure

I SURE MISS CLARA. GOD BLESS

@Play-In-Games

3 жыл бұрын

Us too!

Sicilian !!!!!!!!

Is “sete e mezza” Sicilian?

@Play-In-Games

6 ай бұрын

It is certainly played there, but I haven’t been able to track down the exact origins unfortunately

The best Italians come from Ireland

@Play-In-Games

10 ай бұрын

lol, maybe but I grew up in an Irish American town and the pasta they made, woof! 🤢

not a big fan of fractions

Since when people from northern Italy knows how to play tressette my friend?

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

I learned it in the Italian Tyrol, that was pretty far north. Question, where does the North of Italy began and the South end? I love getting answers to this. I have no personal skin in the game, I just enjoy hearing everyones opinions. I love all regions of Italy for different reasons. Thanks for watching!

@andrearisi9118

2 жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games I'm pretty sure you learnd It from southern people moved in North time ago 😁

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrearisi9118 that’s fair 😂!

The best Italians are from Molise. Everyone knows that!

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Your move Abruzzo...

I wish you would’ve shown this with Italian cards not American. Doesn’t really make sense. If someone’s playing tresette they’ll have Italian cards.

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment. I too prefer to play Tressette with Italian Suited cards. I have also played many rounds of Tressette in Italy with the French Suited Poker style deck (definitely don't want to call it an American deck and insult the country of origin :) ). Many Italians own and play with the Poker style deck, but the traditional way is most certainly with the Italian Suited deck, which is the best way! In terms of teaching this game to new-comers, the clarity of the Poker style deck is a bit more useful. Another consideration I made while putting this together is that Tressette is a game played often in the North of Italy. You may be surprised to learn that in many northern regions their traditional cards are French poker style, although they omit 8,9,10's just like if you removed 8,9,10's as this video shows. Those decks can still be found and they are: Piemontesi, Lombarde, Genovesi, Toscane (Fiorentine). I highly recommend checking them out. So in a way it does make sense to show both styles. Like I say: "It's Italian, there's no one way of doing anything!" Keep playing and thank you!

Dude why do you use American cards to explain ? Use the Italian cards.

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there! Thanks for watching. It was a tough decision. Had to weigh doing it culturally perfect vs. onboarding first timers new to Italian games. As my Nana used to say "piano piano se va lontano" and she was never wrong. For those just learning they can learn with a French suited poker deck and then move into the Italian cards. I hope to put out a video just on how to use the Italian decks, but be warned some of them use the French suits! FWIW there aren't American cards, they're based on the French deck (check out my "Face Cards" video). The only American innovation in cards that I know of is the Exploding Kittens deck ;) Thanks again for the insightful comment, I'll definite keep it mind while making future videos and please keep watching!

Sicilian cards are gross. The only deck worth playing with is Piacentine. Totally beautiful cards. ❤️❤️❤️ Your rules are awful. You draw a card after every hand. What sorcery is this???

@plrc4593

7 ай бұрын

1. I agree that the version with drawing and showing the cards is much more entertaining. 2. Sicilian and Piacentine seem quite similar. Napolitane are ugly.

Oh boy that “north of Italy” is like 2/3 Austria and Switzerland and the south of Germany and maybe lussemburg, study better geography man

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

It's clearly a joke. Some Southern Italians consider Northern Italy an extension of those Germanic countries, which is absurd! Northern Italy is lovely and full of incredible history. No offense or bad-geography intended, just light hearted fun. Thanks for watching!

@alessandromascherin6827

2 жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games it’s mostly people from the north of Italy associating with German counties more than Italy