Escopa
Seven of Diamonds (Sete Belo or Guindis) | |
| Origin | Brazil |
|---|---|
| Alternative name | Escopa de 15 |
| Type | Fishing |
| Players | 2 - 4 |
| Cards | 40 |
| Deck | French, Italian or Spanish |
| Play | Counterclockwise |
| Card rank (highest first) | K Q J 7 6 5 4 3 2 A |
| Related games | |
| Escoba • Scopa di Quindici | |
Search Escopa on Amazon.
Escopa is the Brazilian variant of the Italian national card game of Scopa[1] that was brought to Brazil by Italian immigrants.[2] Escopa has elements of Spanish Escoba[3] and of of the Portuguese Escova.[4]. All these games are related to the variant of Italian Scopa called Scopa di Quindici [5]
Escopa is a fishing game where players aim to capture cards from the table in combination with a suitable hand card. It may be played by 2, 3 or 4 players; if 4 play, two teams of 2 are formed.[2]
Cards
A standard pack of 52 French-suited cards is used from which the 8s, 9s, 10s and any Jokers are removed to leave 40 cards for the game.[2] A Spanish or an Italian deck of 40 cards can also be used.
The card values during the game are as follows:
- King: 10;
- Queen: 9;
- Jack: 8;
- Seven to Ace: nominal value.
Objective
The objective of the game is to score points for various feats by capturing table cards whose values add up to 15 in combination with the hand card played.
Deal
Deal and play are anticlockwise, dealer going last. Dealer deals 3 cards each, in turn and face down, followed by 4 cards to the table, face up.[2]
Play
In turn, each player aims to capture as many table cards as possible by playing a hand card whose value, when combined with cards on the table, adds up to 15 or a multiple thereof. Captured cards are gathered and placed, face down next to the player, together with the hand card used to capture them. Lacking any suitable card, the player must trail a card, face up, to the table. When the first hand of 3 cards has been used, the deal rotates to the right and the next dealer deals 3 more each. This continues until the stock is exhausted.[2]
If a player, in capturing cards, sweeps all the table cards, this is an escopa and earns a bonus point. To record this, a card in the player's or team's pile is faced if the trick sums to 15 or faces two cards if the adds up to 30.[2]
Should the first four table cards of a game add up to 15 or 30, the dealer wins an escopa.[2][lower-alpha 1]
The game follows the same procedure as Scopa di Quindici, but in the last round, the cards on the table must add up 10, 25, 40 or 55 points, otherwise there has been an mistake and the players or pairs must review their captured cards.
The player or pair who made a mistake loses the game and their opponent(s) score 6 points plus any points for escopas.
If there are no mistakes in the match, each player or pair duly counts their points.
Scoring
Players or teams score game points as follows:[2]
- Most cards: capturing the most cards: 1 point; or 2 if the losers have < 10 cards.
- Most diamonds: capturing the most diamonds: 1 point.
- Seven of diamonds (sete belo or guindis): taking the ♦7: 1 point.
- All sevens: taking all 4 sevens: 1 point.
- All diamonds: taking all 10 diamonds: 3 points.
- Each escopa: 1 point.
Game may be 11, 21 or 31 points.[2]
Variations
- The player with the most 7s (but not all four) earns 1 point; taking all four 7s earns an extra point.
- The rule about adding the cards in the last round of a game to see if they sum to 10, 25, 40 or 55 points, may be dropped.
- Scoring for all sevens, all diamonds and the double for most cards if the losers have <10 may be dropped.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Presumably the cards are gathered up by the dealer and the player to the right trails a card, but the source is silent on this point.
References
- ↑ "ESCOPA - Saiba como jogar e as regras da Escopa!". copag.com.br (in português). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Como jogar Hex e Escopa at revistaensinosuperior.com.br. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ↑ "La Escoba". nhfournier.es (in español). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ↑ "REGRAS PARA O JOGO DE ESCOVAS" (PDF). aacrt.org.br (in português). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-06. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ↑ DOSSENA, Giampaolo (1988). Giochi di carte italiani. Milan (Italy): Mondorari. p. 123-124. ISBN 978-8804317340. Search this book on
This article "Escopa" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Escopa. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
|
This page exists already on Wikipedia. |
