Scopa uses a 40-card Italian deck with 4 suits — Coins (Denari), Cups (Coppe), Swords (Spade), and Clubs (Bastoni). Each suit has cards numbered 1–10 (where 8=Fante/Jack, 9=Cavallo/Horse, 10=Re/King). Each player receives 3 cards, and 4 cards are placed face-up on the table.
On your turn, play one card from your hand. If it matches the value of a table card, you capture both. If it matches the sum of multiple table cards, you can capture the whole group. If no capture is possible, your card stays on the table. When both hands are empty, 3 more cards are dealt — until the deck runs out.
If your capture takes every card from the table, that's a Scopa — worth 1 bonus point! Sweeping the table is the game's signature move and one of the most satisfying plays in all card games.
After all cards are played, points are awarded for: Cards (most captured = 1pt), Coins (most coin-suit cards = 1pt), Settebello (7 of Coins = 1pt), Primiera (highest prime value across all 4 suits = 1pt), plus 1pt per Scopa. First to 11 points wins the match!
For Primiera scoring, each card has a special value: 7 = 21, 6 = 18, Ace = 16, 5 = 15, 4 = 14, 3 = 13, 2 = 12, face cards = 10. You need at least one card in each suit to compete for Primiera.
Scopa (Italian for "broom" — as in sweeping the table clean) is Italy's most popular card game, played in homes, cafés, and piazzas for over 500 years. It's a fishing game where you match cards by value to capture them from the table. Simple to learn but deeply strategic — every capture decision affects your scoring in four different categories.
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