The Spanish Deck
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Spanish Culture [A1] Arenas
THE SPANISH DECK
The so-called Spanish deck has 48 cards with four
poles and numbered from 1 to 12 (in the 40 cards, missing
the eights and the nines). The figures of the Spanish deck
corresponding to the numbers 10, 11, and 12, and they are called
"sota", "caballo" y "rey".
The four suits are:
Bastos Cups Swords Oros
CARD GAMES WITH THE SPANISH DECK
The Broom of 15
The Broom or Broom of 15 is a card game for many players. The game of the broom is
based on making sums of 15 points with the numbers on the cards.
Shall we play the broom of 15?
2-. The Seven and a Half
The game of seven and a half is based on adding up to 7.5 points with the numbers on the cards.
Except for the jack, the knight, and the king, which are worth half a point (0.5). Many players can play.
One of the cards must always be face up, it can be the first card or the other cards.
Shall we play seven and a half?
The Cinquillo
All the cards are dealt and the player who has the five of coins starts.
You can only put fives or any cards that follow the 5 (4 or 6, then 3 or 7…).
always the same stick.
If a player cannot play a card, they skip (Skip!), and it's the next player's turn.
The first player who has no cards is the winner.
Shall we play cinquillo?
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4-. The Round
It is a game for four players. Three cards are dealt to each player. Four cards are placed.
on the table (all the cards must be different). If there are two cards with the same
number, one must be replaced by another different one and the dealer has to give a
letter to the other players.
The game begins
Once the players have three cards, they say aloud if they have a round (two cards)
equal) among those they have in their hands.
If a player has a round, the other players must give a card to the player with the round.
If there are more than two players with a round, bet.1cards. The player with the highest round wins.
(the largest number).
To get cards, the player must take from the table the card with the same number as the card that
he/she has in his/her hands.
If the player does not have a card with a number equal to a card on the table, they place a new card on the
table of the cards that she has in her hands.
When the players play their three cards, three new cards are dealt.
Drop: when a player puts a card on the table and the next player has a card with the
same number, it is called 'fall!', and the first player gives a card to the other player.
Relapse: when the next player also has a card with the same number, it is said
Relapse! The second player must give three cards to the third player.
The winner is the player who wins the most cards when the game ends.
Shall we play the round?
The Liar
All the cards are dealt. Many players can play.
The first player can put one or two cards on the table, as long as they are of the same suit.
number. The next player may believe that:
It's false and look at the letter: If it's false, the first player loses.
It is true: If it is true, the second player loses.
All players continue this way until a player has no more cards, and they are the winner.
Shall we play liar?
5-. The Donkey
Many players can play.
As many numbers are chosen as there are players.
The four cards with the same number are taken. For example, if we choose the number 6, the four are taken.
6 of coins, of cups, of swords, and of clubs. When we have all the cards, they are shuffled and
four cards are dealt to each player. In a circle, the players pass a card until
that one of the players manages to collect the four cards with the same number. Then he shouts.
Donkey! and puts his hand in the center of the table. The other players must put their hands.
also, and the last player to put their hand down is the loser.
Do we play the donkey?
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To bet.
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The Village Fool
Many players can play.
All the cards are dealt. The cards have a value.
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The player seated to the right of the dealer starts:
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You can put one card or two cards on the table (if there are two cards, always of the
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same number). The rest of the players have to play the same number of cards.
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but with a value always greater. The card with the number 1 eliminates the pile and
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start again.
Mayor
The player who finishes first wins, that is, he has no more cards.
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Value
Shall we play the Village Fool?
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7-. Police and Thief a
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Many players can play. 5
We need as many cards as the number of players. But we always have to play with the
number 1 of any suit and the King (12) of any suit.
Number 1 is the thief (burglar / bank robber).
The King (number 12) is the policeman.
The other letters (any number) are the citizens (citizen).
The thief (number 1) kills the citizens: winks (to wink at somebody) and the citizen at
that wink, dies.
The police officer (number 2) must catchr2to the thief before all the citizens die.
Do we play Cops and Robbers?
ACTIVITIES
What game did you like the most?
Do you know any other games with the Spanish deck?
To catch.
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