![]() It is also possible, for 3 or 2 people to play using the same rules. Traditionally, cards of the Genoese pattern, which have no indices, are used, but it is also possible to use a standard international pack from which the 10's, 9's, 8's and Jokers have been removed.įor the purpose of capturing the Ace counts as 1, the 2-7 face value, Jack as 8, Queen as 9 and King as 10.Ĭirulla is normally played by 4 players in partnerships, partners sitting opposite each other. Players and CardsĬirulla is played with a 40-card pack with French suits of hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades, and cards Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Jack, Queen, King in each suit. This page is based on information from Andrea Angiolino, Gabriele Boccone, Paolo Ronzoni and Jean Maillard, from Davide Manzi, who organises the weekly Cirulla tournaments at Giardini Luzzati in the city centre in Genoa, and from several books. The contrast with Scopone, a more intellectual Scopa variant requiring silence, concentration, accurate memory and calculation has led to Cirulla being characteristed as a kind of anti-Scopone. These extra rules result in a lively, noisy and unpredictable game with many sudden changes of fortune. It is a variation of the well known Italian game Scopa featuring additional ways of capturing cards and additional scores for combinations of cards in a player's hand. In Ligurian the name of the game is spelled Cirolla. Cirulla is much played in the Italian city of Genoa and throughout Liguria and neighbouring Lower Piedmont. ![]()
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