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Spanish National

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Catalonia and Aragon · Spain · 48 cardsWikipedia ↗

Single-ended Jacks, Knights and Kings in the four Spanish suits, for a game of two-player Brisca.

Games

Brisca

Start

Use trumps to capture valuable ones, Threes and courts. Play through forty cards and win more than half of the pack’s 120 points.

Rules

2 players · You against AI · Single deal

  1. Objective

    • Win a trick to collect its cards and their points. Once all cards are played, the higher score wins; 60–60 is a draw.

  2. Setup

    • Remove each suit's 8 and 9 from the 48-card Spanish pack. Deal three cards each, expose a trump card, and keep the rest as stock. Choose the opening player randomly.

  3. Playing a turn

    • Each player plays one card to form a trick. Any hand card is legal: you need not follow suit or play a trump.
    • The highest trump wins. If no trump is played, the highest card of the led suit wins. A card of another suit cannot beat the lead.
    • Rank order: 1 > 3 > Rey (12) > Caballo (11) > Sota (10) > 7 > 6 > 5 > 4 > 2.
    • The winner draws first, the other player draws next, and the winner leads again. Draw the face-up trump last. Once the stock is empty, play out the remaining hands.

  4. Scoring and ending

    • Card points: 1 = 11, 3 = 10, Rey = 4, Caballo = 3, Sota = 2, others = 0. Of 120 total points, the higher score wins. 60–60 is a draw.