Cassino
How to play Cassino
Cassino — often spelt Casino — is the classic English-language fishing card game, a relative of Italy's Scopa but played on a full 52-card deck with richer ways to capture. You play head-to-head against a bot, racing to 21 points — or play online against a friend: press Play online to be matched, or share a private link to play together.
Play Cassino online with a friend
Prefer a real opponent to the bot? Choose Play online to be matched with another player, or share a private invite link and play a two-player game right in your browser — no account, no app. The server deals every hand and enforces the rules, keeping both sides in sync.
The cards
The capture values are Ace = 1 and the number cards 2–10 at face value. The face cards (Jack, Queen, King) have no number — they can only capture by pairing. Four cards are dealt to each player and four face-up to the table; when both hands are empty, four more are dealt to each until the deck runs out.
Capturing
- By pairing — play a card to take every table card of the same rank (a 7 takes all 7s; a King takes all Kings).
- By summing — play a number card to take any sets of number cards that add up to its value (an 8 takes a 5 and a 3, or two 4s, or an 8).
- You may take a pair and several summing sets with a single card, all at once.
- Trail — if you can't or don't want to capture, lay your card on the table.
Clearing the entire table with a capture is a sweep, worth a bonus point. When the last card is played, the side that captured most recently takes any cards still on the table.
Scoring
At the end of a round the captured cards are scored: most cards 3, most spades 1, Big Cassino (the 10♦) 2, Little Cassino (the 2♠) 1, each Ace 1, and 1 per sweep. The first player to 21 wins.
Strategy
Chase the scoring cards — the aces, the 2♠ and especially the 10♦ — and the spades, since "most spades" and "most cards" swing whole points. Hold a card that matches the table so you can sweep when the table is light. Be careful trailing a high number card: you may hand your opponent an easy summing capture. Tap a card in your hand, then tap the table cards you want, and press Capture (or Trail). N starts a new game. (This streamlined version leaves out "builds", a future addition.)