In Croatia, Triestine are pretty much as iconic as in trieste. In Dalmatia we always play with those cards. Around Split most played game is briscola, than tressette and scopa is popular around Dubrovnik. I have 30 years old Modiano cards and dal negro 100% plasticate special Hajduk edition. ( Hajduk is football club in split )

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information! That makes sense that the east Adriatic shares the Trieste cards. Split is an incredible place and I’m happy to hear that Briscola is favored there. Thanks for watching!

the best italian deck😁

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

👍

Here on the Slovenian coast, these are our main playing cards. I myself have several sets, one passed down from my grandparents, so god knows how old. However they are all made by Piatnik, a maker from Vienna, which i believe actually pre-dates Modiano at this. Ought to be kept in mind Trieste was not incorporated into Italy until 1919 - and was before that for centuries an Austrian port, so it does make sense.

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Thats really interesting, thanks for sharing the first hand knowledge! I don’t own any Piatnik decks yet, do you think I should invest? Are they significantly different? Thanks again!

@jimstorch6434

6 ай бұрын

FWIW, I have a few decks of French-suited Piatnik cards and enjoy them. I like the finish they use (not as slippery as Bicycle cards, but still easy to shuffle), and some of their decks have custom court cards. You can find them at the usual places online.

Really great explanation. Molto bravo 👏👏

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Grazie!

at 2:13 the venetian word "morbìn" in the proverb of the Ace of Cups means a noisy and unbridled liveliness, often typical of young people. In one sentence its use is as follows: 'Piero has the morbin'. If referred to an adult, it rather indicates a state of mild sexual arousal. Morbìn comes from the term mòrbio, meaning soft or cheerful. In Italian soft is spelled 'morbido' and means only soft.

Yeah those numbers can be a doozy. I was teaching scopa to my dad the other week using a regular Spanish style deck and the 10 11 and 12 on the court cards really tripped him up, only solvable by giving him a subtract rule on face cards to remember

the retro Modiano factory is very cool! They have a good company website and were involved (in earlier days) in lots of commercial lithography and graphic arts beyond playing cards. The Modiano face cards on what I'll call a standard American deck (bridge? poker? not sure of the industry lingo) all have emotional eyes that look as if they are about to start weeping - these people are not enjoying life as they ought to!

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Excellent details, I’ll have to check out their poker style deck too. I believe Modiano was also a producer of tobacco products, but i could be wrong. Thanks for watching!

We play these in Montenegro in Kotor

@Play-In-Games

5 ай бұрын

I did not know that. I visited Kotor many years ago, it was a beautiful place. Thanks for watching!

Yess finally the Triestine :D. Nice review.

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I love these aces, such a unique deck.

@RMS_Oceanic

Жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games I do love the aces when I catch a 3 with them aswell.

Hey Chris, these videos are awesome. I am currently also collecting them all and enjoy playing them. The Spanish numbering system for face cards is one quirk that I really despise and simply don't get. I had issues explaining it to friends as well.

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Nice to meet a fellow collector. Which have been your favorite?

@junker154

Жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games my reply is rather boring but I just love the piacentine ones. The art is beautiful and I like the slender cart size. I did not know the difference between the modiano and dal negro one. I usually play wuth modiano but order a dalnegro one.

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

@@junker154 Not boring at all! The Piacentine is a perfect blending of the North Italian style and and the Spanish suits.

@lunarfox6206

11 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who isn’t confused by the numbering? They took a poker deck and removed the 8s, 9s and 10s. This is probably because I have literally never played with an Italian card deck that isn’t a tressete one

Haha about the numbering. This is my regional deck; but we used to favor the trevisane without the numbering to avoid confusion. I think it’s to preserve the history of where the deck came from like the primera point in scopa.

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

I do understand why they left it, but I think they could sell it as a Classic/Retro version and pull the numbers for the the main deck… just an opinion 😇 I’m interested to hear that you prefer the Trevisane. That deck has really grown on me, fast becoming a favorite. Though I prefer the Triestine proverbs! Thanks for watching!

@thortheviking

Жыл бұрын

@@Play-In-Games I agree. Besides the historical story the numbers tell, it's pretty confusing. I've been playing the solitaire game you posted lately. Thanks for that, really fun.

The numbers on the court cards must have a bigger back story. I have a 48 card Spanish deck which includes 8s and 9s, then court cards numbered 10, 11, 12 just like these. Never made sense to me. It’s still only 48 cards, so it’s not like you can use it for standard card games, and traditional Spanish card games use the 40 card deck. Not sure where they are going with a 48 card deck.

@Play-In-Games

Жыл бұрын

Yes it’s very confusing. Vestiges from bigger decks, most likely. I suppose back in day it would have been very difficult and expensive to omit the numbers, but now it should be easy enough and I would highly recommend the card makers remove the numbers. It really makes otherwise great decks hard to use. Thanks for watching!