It is also possible to play with a standard international 52 card pack from which you need to remove the 10s 9s and 8s.
In North America, Italian cards in various regional patterns can be obtained from TaroBear's Lair. The cards in each suit are Re, Cavallo, Fante, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A. As in most Italian games, play is anticlockwise.Īn Italian 40 card pack is used, often the Neapolitan pattern with the Latin suits: swords (spade), clubs (bastoni), cups (coppe) and coins (denari). Scopone is played by four players, two against two in fixed partnerships you sit opposite your partner. The related game Cicera (played in Brescia) is described on its own page. Scopone is closely related to the popular game Scopa, of which there are several varieties. Scopone is an Italian game - the principles are fairly simple but to play it well requires skill and a good memory.
