Awesome video. Well done to explain a game well in less than 3 minutes. Love the visual comparison for someone who isn't too familiar with an Italian deck

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Thank's for the nice comment! Glad you enjoyed the video.

I spent almost an hour searching for rules video since it's been very long time last played it. THIS IS THE REAL SCOPA WE PLAY IN LIBYA. Thank you so much

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!

@squallleonhart3248

Жыл бұрын

la libia era una colonia italiana

@All_Knowing_89

Жыл бұрын

You guys play Scopa in Libya?

@dino9921

Жыл бұрын

@@All_Knowing_89 Libya has historical Italian influence

@ivansusak1367

7 ай бұрын

The moors lol

My father and I played this all the time with regular deck of cards. We called it Casino. I recently got a deck of Italian cards and can't wait to play Scopa!

@Play-In-Games

6 ай бұрын

That’s so nice. Yes Casino is certainly very similar but with 52 cards. Enjoy the Italian cards!

Perfect thank you so much. For many years I worked at a pizza shop and one year for Christmas. I asked for a deck of these cards and then after time went past I forgot how to play and I just found the cards again so now I will be teaching my children. thank you your video was very helpful.

@Play-In-Games

5 ай бұрын

Excellent, happy to help, especially for a former Pizzaiolo!

I love how the game itself is fairly simple... but then the scoring is just wtf 😅

@Play-In-Games

11 ай бұрын

Facts, it takes a few rounds to start to click in, but definitely worth it. Also use the simplified Premiera rule if that helps (meaning whom ever has the most seven's get the point). The game Rubbamazzo ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqJ6y5Kdfsi8hpc.html ) is a much more simplified version as well. Good luck!

I love these videos, especially now that I live it Italy - it's great that I don't need to ask people how to play. Thank you!

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, it's really appreciated! Don't forget Rule #1: don't win too many times against an Italian friend if you want to stay friends!

These videos are fantastic, bought a pack of italian cards a while back and your videos have helped my mom and I learn how to play scopa and briscolla so far and we have been loving it. its been nice to get back in touch more with our culture 🇮🇹🇮🇹 Thanks Chris!

@Play-In-Games

3 ай бұрын

Amazing so happy to hear this. Keep the games alive!

Ms. Clara brought me here! Your grandmother was such a lovely woman. ♥️

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more! Thanks for watching!

What I love about Scopa is that it's easy to pick up and hardest part of the game is scoring at the end of a round.

@Play-In-Games

3 ай бұрын

I'd say that is a very common thought about the game, even with frequent players. My suggestion would be to skip the official way of counting Primiera and do it in the Sicilian/Tunisian style: whoever has the most Sevens wins Primiera. If it's a tie it's whoever has the most 6's. If it's still a tie, no one gets the Primiera point that round. I've found this is the best way to play to keep the game moving.

Very detailed explanation wtih examples of strategy to help a beginner learn this age old game. Nice touch having your son assist and showing the ease of play!

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Do you happen to have a PDF of this? I know I could probably easily Google one, but I appreciate how you use different comparisons with a standard deck!

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Hello. Not yet, but I’m planing to have a complete Italian card game guide sometime in the future. Stay tuned!

Never have I ever been more enticed to like the video with such a corny non deserving joke like that and I love it

It seems that every country has a card game of this kind. Somebody in the comments mentioned American Casino. In Bosnia we play a game called "Žandari" (Žandari = Jacks). It's played with 52 card deck, 4 cards are placed on the table and each player is dealt 4 cards. A game is played by picking up cards as same as in Scopa. The difference is that you don't get extra points for sweeping the table but Jacks have a power of doing that. So regardless of the nubmer of cards on the table and their number, a Jack can take them all. Jacks, Queens and Kings do not have a number value. Points are given as follows: 1) One point for each club collected 2) One point for more cards collected 3) One point for a two of clubs ("little two") 4) One point for a ten of diamonds ("big ten")

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Wow this so interesting. Thanks for sharing Zandari, I hadn’t ever heard of it before. It reminds me of the scopa variation scopa d'assi aka asso pigliatutto (the ace takes all). The ace acts like the Jack in Zandari, in as far as it clears the pot. Thanks so much for keeping the knowledge alive!

it's called schobba in Tunisia and it plays the same except we have simpler scoring system, really cool game and it doesn't involve lots of prep also our cards look different

@Play-In-Games

10 ай бұрын

That's very interesting. My Great-Grandfather lived in Tunis like many Sicilians of his era. When he taught the game to my Nana, she learned it as "Scooba," which sounds like a combination of Scopa and Schobba. Mystery solved? Thanks for sharing your knowledge! - Also, where can you get Tunisian style cards?

Great two handed game.Like the 15 version better.

To the right!!!!!!!! I have always played to the left and so has my family for forever

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

It’s Italian, there’s never just one way to do anything!

best played with regional italian cards like those from sardinia, napoli and sicily

@Play-In-Games

3 ай бұрын

That’s right, except the order is Sicilian first!

The Italian flag upside down kills me everytime but great video

@Play-In-Games

6 ай бұрын

You just have to walk around to the other side to see it correctly 😂. Thanks for watching and keep playing!

Question - when players have exhausted the cards in their hands, and they are dealt 3 new cards each, if there are no cards on the floor are 4 more cards laid down by the dealer or does the first player to go throw a card down to the empty floor?

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Great question. The one and only time the dealer places face up cards in the middle is on the very first hand. If a new hand is started and there are no face up cards, the player to the right of the dealer must place one of their new cards face up in the middle, just as you mentioned. Thanks for watching!

So I was taught by a Sicilian so the differences might be down to that. Queen =8 jack=9 king =10. And she said that was because in ancient times sexisim was rampant and the king's man at arms (jack) was more highly esteemed than the queen. Also 1 point was given for most 7's.

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. The Sicilian deck is one of the few with Fante (Knaves/Jacks) who are female. That could be what your friend was referencing? In all likelihood the Sicilians had suited court cards before the rest of Europe since they were closer to the Arab world and had more access to their trade routes. They wouldn't have had the French court cards (J-Q-K) until later than the UK or USA since they kept the 40 card deck. But who really knows?! Thanks for checking out the videos!

Teach all my friends this game

If itza rule...

@Play-In-Games

2 жыл бұрын

Always follow the rules!

Looks more fun than Briscola. Has some play elements of Casino , as well as Xeri.

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

All great games, I’d say it Briscola and Scopa are about tied for the most loved Italian games. Thanks for watching!

In italy you can decide to reach 16 or 21 points to win and also there is another point counter that's called maratona: if u get The Ori/diamonds in order (at least 3) u get 3 points for the 1,2,3 of Ori and if u get more cards in order u get another point. This is normally used in Napoli

@Play-In-Games

6 ай бұрын

Excellent variations, thanks for sharing them!

@Teslav2_music

6 ай бұрын

@@Play-In-Games your welcome

How does someone organize a score sheet for the scopas, coins, cards, sette bello AND the separate calculation of the primiera? Is there a pdf available? Does the same person keep score, the dealer do this for each player on each hand or does each player calculate it for himself (and trust that he gets it correct)? What are the mechanics of keeping score?

@Play-In-Games

Күн бұрын

It’s typically done in your head when playing with Italians and they make sure to check and recheck one another’s score frequently 😂 Perhaps when the Play-in Games official rule book is released I’ll include some printable score sheets 😉

:34 the card shown as the Re is actually il fante di denari!

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

You’re absolutely correct. There was a mistake on the video export and I didn’t catch it on several of the videos. It’s the Fante I use for my end titles and it got slotted in over the king of denari. I cringe when I see it, but such is the case with KZread, you can’t revise the video. I hope it doesn’t take away too much of the content for you. Thanks for watching!

It's similar to the game Casino/Cassino.

0:55 of course a player can pick up as many cards as they can,,,,, is like that in every game, if i cant pick up as many card as i can, is because i cant pick them, the wording should change to something like, pick up as many as they want or something,

Why do the sixes score higher than Aces when scoring Primiera?

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

That is a great question. Scopa’s Primiera loosely follows the ancient game Primiera/Primiero’s rules, in which the 6 is more valuable than the Ace. If you’re curious, I made a video on Primiera awhile back: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKGlyppsid2qZ8o.html - Thanks for watching!

0:30 let me know the right cards deck exact name, please. The design is just amazing.

@Play-In-Games

9 ай бұрын

The Sicilian ones (Carte Siciliane), which are my favorite!

@nestromae

9 ай бұрын

​@@Play-In-GamesI was actually asking the name of other (regular) card desk😅. Your favorite one is too unusual for me🙂

@Play-In-Games

9 ай бұрын

@@nestromae ah! That is a Play-In Games original, based on some old decks and mostly on newer Bicycle ones. Only one copy exits, in my animation software. It's very exclusive 😂

@nestromae

9 ай бұрын

​@@Play-In-GamesOh no😮 I wish I could buy them😔

We called chkoba in tunisia and we play it with different cards

@Play-In-Games

2 ай бұрын

👍

We play it in Libya, we call it Shcoba, it the most popular card game here

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Amazing. Do you have any special rules/variations in Libya? My great-grandfathers family worked in Tunisia for years durning a Sicilian famine. I'm aware that they played versions of Scopa there. There has always been a wonderful exchange of ideas between North Africa and the Mediterranean and playing cards are certainly one of the best exchanges. Thanks for watching!

@3poli

Жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games Hi, there are a couple of differences , the game usually ends at 21 ( or any increment of 10 upwards) depends on how long you want to play . Jacks are 9s Queens are 8s. A scopa is counted on the value so anywhere between 10 and 1, so you play to leave the least scopa for your opponent. Primeria (we call it Bremila) is counted on who has the most 7s and 6s only, which i think was to simplify the count. player with most cards gets 1 point 7 of diamonds gets 1 point

@itsmevarnami

6 ай бұрын

That would be due to Italy colonising Libya in 1934

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The Italy flag is backwards, Green, White, Red but good video

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Oh great catch! It must have been a windy day 😂- Thanks for watching!

Primiera is confusing. I thought 7’s and 6’s were worth most

@Play-In-Games

2 ай бұрын

It really can be. Many people play the Sicilian/Tunisian version with the most 7s winning (6s if tied). This video shows the official way to count Primiera but you can play how you want! See the longer videos if you want some more context. Thanks for watching.

do you play tarot games?

@Play-In-Games

4 ай бұрын

I hope to cover them, but I know how obsessed I might get and one video would have to turn into a dozen, so I’m dragging my feet on doing it. Perhaps, perhaps.

its called shkoba ,neibor

@friday_bug

3 жыл бұрын

... no it's not 🤔

@albaraedkhil8119

2 жыл бұрын

@@friday_bug in Tunisia we call it Shkoba. Same game play same rules. The Italians introduced it to Tunisia centuries ago.

@friday_bug

2 жыл бұрын

@@albaraedkhil8119 ok thanks, now the previous commenti makes much more sense 😅

70% of the game's challenge is it's scoring system 😂

@Play-In-Games

10 күн бұрын

Possibly, unless your playing with your Italian family and 90% of the games challenge is avoiding an argument 😆

@user-qx5cn1si1q

10 күн бұрын

@@Play-In-Games 🤣

Anybody else confused asf 😅

im lost

this is not even 156 second

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

2mins 36secs = 156 seconds. Right?

I disliked it for good measure.

@Play-In-Games

8 ай бұрын

And I give you a like to right the balance👍

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