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Burraco, online and free
Beta Fully playable, still being polished.
Meld, add to melds, take the pozzetto and close with a burraco: take on the computer whenever you like, sit at a table in the lobby or play with friends, as two or in pairs.
Nothing to install: play on your computer or on your phone turned sideways, in English, Italian or Spanish.
Six screens from the game
The actual game, not a mock-up. Scroll sideways.
Three levels, and none of them cheats
No level ever looks at your cards: whoever plays better wins, just like at the table. Start from Easy and move up when you feel ready.
Easy
For learning the rules at your own pace.
Normal
An even match, for a relaxed game.
Strong
A different style every match: for real practice.
Draw, meld, discard: with your fingers
Tap the cards you want to meld and drag them onto the felt, or onto a meld already on the table to add to it. Sort your hand by suit or by rank, on one row or two, and the game shows whose turn it is without covering the cards.
The lobby, or a table with friends
In the lobby you sit at an open table or open your own, as two or in pairs, and the match counts for the rankings. With friends you open a table with a code and choose the rules: two hands or a target score, Italian or international Burraco, the time per turn.
The count, item by item
At the end of each hand the count shows where the points come from: melded cards, clean, semi-clean and dirty burracos, closing, the pozzetto and the cards left in hand.
Good to know before you sit down
How do you play Burraco?
It is played with two French decks and four jokers, 108 cards. You get 11 cards, and another 11 wait face down in your pozzetto. Each turn you draw from the stock or pick up the whole discard pile, lay melds (runs in the same suit or cards of the same rank, at least three) and add cards to the melds on the table, then discard a card.
What are wild cards and a burraco?
The wild cards are the jokers and the twos (the pinelle): they stand in for any card, one per meld. A burraco is a meld of at least seven cards: clean without wild cards (200 points), semi-clean (150) or dirty (100).
How do you close?
Whoever runs out of cards takes their pozzetto and carries on. You close, for 100 extra points, once you have taken the pozzetto, have at least one burraco and discard your last card, which must not be a wild card.
Can I play in pairs?
Yes, online: in the lobby and with friends, as two or in pairs. Your partner sits opposite, and the melds on the table belong to the pair.
Can I play against the computer?
Yes, at three levels: Easy, Normal and Strong. None of them sees your cards, and you can play as many matches as you like.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
It is free. Against the computer and with friends there is nothing to sign up for: open the page and play. For the lobby and the rankings you sign in with your Google or Apple account, or with your email, and pick a username; if you already have a Briscola or Scopa profile, it comes back.
Is the game in English?
Yes. The game speaks English, Italian and Spanish: it starts in your device’s language, and you can switch in the settings.
The same profile as Briscola and Scopa
Against the computer and with friends you play straight away. For the lobby, the rankings and the friends list you sign in with your Google or Apple account, or with your email, and pick a username: no password to make up. The same account brings your name and avatar to every game; your Burraco points and level are its own.