Brisca and its cousins are widespread in many countries, especially in the Mediterranean and Latin American areas.

Its origin is probably found in Brusquembille, a French game whose rules were published in 1718.

This evolved into another game called Brisque that gave rise to Brisca, Bezique and the highly elaborate Briscan.

Another theory proposes an Italian origin of from the game of Bazzica, which is similar to Bezique.

The player who plays the highest card wins and takes the trick, bearing in mind that: After this, the player who has won the trick collects the cards and places them face down in front of him.

This can also be done when each player has two cards left if they have the two highest remaining trumps in the game.

If a player has the Ace or 1 of the trump suit he may say: "arrastro" ("drag" or "pull") and all the players who have not yet played to the trick must draw the best card from their hands starting with the trump suit in the order: 3, King, Knight, Jack, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 2.

In Italy, Briscola is one of the most popular card games in the country along with Scopa and Tressette.

Briscola to scoperte or "Brisca Ouverte"; the players cards are placed face up on the table.

Players now announce the score they think they can achieve, the minimum bid being 100 points.

When play is finished, the declarer counts his cards to see if he has achieved his bid.

The players who did not win the auction (the defenders) are not considered partners, so the so-called "boarding" strategy cannot be used (whereby if which one of the players does not have cards in his hand of the led suit, but his partner is heading the trick, he can throw any card away).

If the trump Three manages to escape death by the Ace then the points will be counted normally.