“SCIAFETA”
“Little Slap”
Italian team
"TREVISO" PLAYING CARDS
To play “Sciafeta” in Italy we use a type of cards from the city of
Treviso: the "Trevigiane" playing cards.
These cards have four symbols: swords, sticks, money and cups.
The cards are numbered from 1 to 10. The card which has the score
1 is called ”Asso”. On these cards there are phrases in ancient Italian:
these are ancient Italians proverbs.
From 2 to 7 there are cards that for name have the number that they rapresent.
The card number 8 has a man called “Fante”, that is “foot soldier”.
The card number 9 is called “Cavallo” (that is “Horse”) because there is a man on
top of a horse.
The last card, the card number 10, is called “Re”, that is “King”.
HOW TO PLAY:
What do you need:
-a deck of cards
-more than 2 people
Proceeding:
- Divide the deck of cards between the players in equal parts.
-You must hold your cards with the back side towards you.
-Someone starts and takes the first card in the top of the deck.
-The person who launches the first card must say “One”, the second says “Two”
and so on until “Ten”.
-If the number that you say is the same of the number on the card, you have to beat
with your hand the table or the floor where you are playing.
-The last that beats the hand must take all the cards launched until that moment and
add them to his deck.
-If you beat the hand but the number isn’t right, you take the card on the
table and you must add them to your deck.
-The game continues until the person who finished the cards first is also the
first to beat his hand and wins.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
Elena-Deborah-Catia-Aroa