Deck is shuffled at the beginning of a game.
Cards are shuffled randomly and their order doesn't change during the game.
Difficulty level does not affect shuffling.

And why would it do that? :)
No, nobody is cheating. Game is not rigged.

Deck is shuffled at the beginning of a game.
Cards are shuffled randomly and their order doesn't change during the game.
Difficulty level does not affect shuffling.

You probably unintentionally triggered the 'Loosing Mode' rule.

Please go to 'Rules' section and tap on the 'Loosing mode' option on the bottom.
When this option is on 'yes', then the goal of the game is to score as little as possible: you'll win if your opponent reaches the target score first.

...some people like to play it this way: it can be fun ;)

Please check in the "cards" section, you'll find a button at the bottom named "auto-clean". When active, this feature will automatically re-arrange the cards on the table. If you want the cards on the table never overlapping, activate this feature. If you don't want the cards moving around, disable it.

The game supports both portrait (vertical) and landscape (horizontal) screen orientation.

Rotate the device and the game screen will rotate accordingly.
This option is only available on Android devices and iPad. On iPhone the orientation is fixed to vertical.

Scopa is an Italian trick-taking card game played with a standard Italian 40-card deck.

The name is the Italian verb meaning 'to sweep': you make a 'scopa' point when you 'sweep' all cards from the table.

The Deck
You play with a deck of 40 cards divided into four suits - depending on the regional drawings:

- Coppe (Cups), Ori or Denari (Golds or Coins), Spade (Swords) and Bastoni (Clubs)
- Cuori (Hearts), Quadri (Diamonds), Fiori (Flowers) and Picche (Spades).

The values on the cards range numerically from one through seven, plus three face cards in each suit: Knave (a lone male figure standing, usually worth 8), Knight (riding a horse) or Queen (female figure, usually worth 9), and King (a male figure wearing a crown, worth 10).

The Game
At the beginning one player is randomly chosen to be the dealer. The dealer deals out three cards to each player and four cards face up on the table.
The player who is not the dealer plays first. This player has two options: either place a card on the table, or play a card to take a trick.

A trick is taken by matching a card in the player's hand to a card of the same value on the table, or if that is not possible, by matching a card in the player's hand to the sum of the values of two or more cards on the table. In both cases, both the card from the player's hand and the matching card(s) are removed and placed face down in front of the player (hereafter also "player's deck").
If the played card may capture either a single or multiple cards, the player is forced to capture the single card only.

After all players have played all three cards, the dealer deals out three more cards to each player. No additional cards are dealt to the table.
This process is repeated until no cards remain in the deck.

After the dealer has played the final card of the final hand of the round, the player who most recently took a trick is awarded any remaining cards on the table.
After the last card of the round has been played, points are calculated for each player. Dealer changes at the next round.

The Score
The Classic follows these rules:
- one point to the player collecting most of the cards
- one point to the player collecting most of the golden cards
- one point to the player making the prime (see below for details)
- one point to the player collecting the SetteBello (golden 7)
- one point for each "scopa"

The Prime:
The "prime" for each player is calculated by summing the "values" of the best card in each of the four suit. Values of the cards (for calculating the "prime") are:

Seven (7) = 21
Six (6) = 18
Ace (1) = 16
Five (5) = 15
Four (4) = 14
Three (3) = 13
Two (2) = 12
King (10) = 10
Queen (9) = 10
Knave (8) = 10

Long story short: collect as many 7's and 6's as possible.

The briscola is one of the most popular Italian trick-taking card games, played with a standard Italian 40-card deck.

The Deck
You play with a deck of 40 cards divided into four suits which - depending on the regional drawings - can be:

- Coppe (Cups), Ori or Denari (Golds or Coins), Spade (Swords) and Bastoni (Clubs)
- Cuori (Hearts), Quadri (Diamonds), Fiori (Flowers) and Picche (Spades).

Cards rank (from highest to lowest):
Ace (or 1), 3, King (or 10), Queen/Knight (or 9), Knave/Jack (or 8), 7, 6, 5, 4 and 2.

Cards score:

Ace = 11
3 = 10
King (10) = 4
Queen/Knight (9) = 3
Knave/Jack (8) = 2
7, 6, 5, 4 and 2 = 0

The Game
At the beginning one player is randomly chosen to be the dealer. The dealer deals out three cards to each player and leaves one card uncovered on the table (underneath the deck). The latter will be the "briscola".

Each player chooses a card from his/her hand and puts it on the table. The first card played defines the "dominant seed".

The two cards on the table are collected by:
- the player playing the card with seed of briscola and higher value;
- OR, the player playing the card with higher value (if the cards have the same seed);
- OR the first player if the opponent plays a card with different seed.

At the beginning of the next turn each player draws a new card. Players always have three cards in their hands. First to draw is the player who won the previous turn.

The player collecting the higher score wins. The score is calculated by summing the values of the cards as indicated above.

Yes, we neither!

Unfortunately, we could not find a better way to support development and maintenance of the free versions. We keep working on it and always like to hear from our Players any suggestion or comment.

In the meantime, we usually provide paid (Ad's free) versions of our Apps:
AppStore/iScopa
AppStore/iBriscola

This can happen after an update.

The App Store or Google Play Store doesn't sync the purchase status until you 'force' it: please tap on 'No Ads' and proceed as if you wanted to purchase this option again. The Store will recognise that you have already purchased it, the app will show a notice, and the Ads will be removed.

Make sure to stop before confirming any payment! If you don't see any message up to that point, please contact us: info@doclouisjones.com

Also, for this to work you need to be logged in to the Store with the same account you used when you first purchased this option.

That would be cool.
Please send an email to info@doclouisjones.com with subject "BetaTester" ....or anything similar.

In the email please specify your gmail address (the one that is linked to your Google Play account and that you use to download Apps from the store) and/or your Apple ID (the one you use to download Apps from the AppStore).

YOU DON'T NEED TO SEND ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION.
CERTAINLY DO NOT SEND YOUR PASSWORD.

Please write to info@doclouisjones.com
and we'll be happy to answer any question.