Scopa: cheat sheet

Capturing

• Values: Asso 1, 2–7 as numbered, Fante 8, Cavallo 9, Re 10.
• Take a table card of the same value, or a group adding up to your card (5 takes 3 + 2). A single match must be taken first.
• Nothing to take: your card stays on the table.
• Taking every card on the table is a scopa: 1 point (never on the last play).
• Cards left at the end go to whoever captured last.

Points each hand

• Carte: most cards (21+), 1
• Denari: most coins (6+), 1
• Settebello: the 7 di Denari, 1
• Primiera: best four cards, one of each suit, 1
• Each scopa, 1. First to 11 wins.

Primiera values

Add your best card in each suit. Higher total wins; no card in a suit, no primiera. Example: 7 + 6 + Asso + Re = 21 + 18 + 16 + 10 = 65.

Regular deck

Remove 8, 9, 10. Jack = 8, Queen = 9, King = 10. ♦ Denari (the settebello is the 7♦), ♥ Coppe, ♠ Spade, ♣ Bastoni.