Bisca (card game) Bisca (card game) Bisca (a Portuguese version of the Italian game Bríscola) is a card game based on the Italian (40 card) deck. The game is normally played by either 2 players, or 4 players playing either as individuals or in partner pairs. It is played with the common 52-card French deck, but with the 8, 9 and 10 of each suite removed, creating the 40 cards required to play. The main objective of the game is to accumulate more points than the opponent, based on the cards that are captured and forfeited. It uses the Ace with value of
Réunion (card game) Réunion (card game) Réunion, Reunion or Vereinigungsspiel is an historical German 10-card, Ace-Ten, point-trick game for three players using a 32-card French-suited piquet pack or 32-card Skat pack. Players who cannot follow suit must trump. Otherwise the game can be described as a simplified version of Skat, but is also reminiscent of Euchre. The game occurs in 19th century German game anthologies, where it was said to be popular in the western parts of Germany, and more specifically the area of the rivers Rhine, Main, Lahn and Neckar. Due to the Napoleonic Wars, this area was under a strong French