Talk:Briscola

What is the etymology of the English-language term? -Fsotrain09 21:10, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This entry describes one kind of deck used in Italy to play this game, however it's perfectly possible to play it using an international deck, by simply removing the 8, 9, 10 and Jolly Joker cards. In the north-west of Italy French style decks are commonly used, while the deck described is used mostly in southern Italy. Mikelima (talk) 09:00, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Face Cards (Knave/Jack vs. lady)

I was under the belief that the term for the face card of the woman was called the lady, or the donna, rather than the Knave, or the fante. Can someone please clarify this for me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.3.99 (talk) 05:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relative ranks of ace and three

An anonymous user reversed the order of ace and three, saying that the three ranks higher than the ace. That's possible, but all sources I could find say otherwise. If the anonymous user was right, we would need a source that gets it right. Or is it a regional variation? --Hans Adler (talk) 11:38, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

FOURS REMOVED NOT TWOS

The article states that when three or six players are involved the ccards with the number two are removed. Another, I believe more common, practice is to remove the fours, since the fours don't rank high in tresette. Briscola and Tresette are commonly played together (tresette till 21, then briscola till 3 and finally Bella, wich is tresette till 41).