Memories of my childhood consist of large Christmas and Easter family get-togethers with constant eating, a ton of food, lots of loud talking and gestures, and then BRISCOLA games till the wee hours of the morning.
Briscola is a traditional Italian trick taking game for 2 to 6 players. It uses the Italian 40-card deck. Each player is dealt 3 cards with one turned up as the trump suit. Play does not need to follow suit and the winner of each trick replenishes their hand first. The total points in each game are 120 and whoever has the higher scoring wins a manche of the game.
The cards were a work of art in themselves.
Play with 3-6 players just takes a few minor adjustments to the rules or cards and the versions for 4-6 are played with partnerships.
We often played for quarters. I remember that no matter who won the kitty, we were genuinely thrilled for them and often went out of our way to help another family member win.
As we children grew up and married and had children of our own, we don't all get together like this anymore. But these wonderful memories of my childhood will always stay with me.
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