Briscola is a trick taking game popular in Italy.  It uses the Italian 40 card deck. The object of the game is to take cards which give you or your team a high score.

Scopa is played by four players, two against two in fixed partnerships; you sit opposite your partner. As in most Italian games, play is anti-clockwise. An Italian 40-card pack is used.

Have you ever been to a picnic or social gathering and seen a group of men yelling and throwing fingers at each other? Did you ever wonder what exactly they were doing? Believe it or not they were enjoying a game of Morra, which just so happens to be a game that can be traced back to Roman times.

Throwing balls toward a target is the oldest game known to mankind. As early as 5000 B.C. the Egyptians played a form of Bocce with polished rocks.

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