Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Vivaldi is a restoration of the traditional Italian game "Briscola Chiamata", or five-men briscola. It is a trick-taking game, starting with an auction that decides the strong set of each match.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Auction/Bidding
Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Hidden Roles
Players conceal team, loyalty, or identity information from one another.
Trick-taking
Play one card each and award the trick according to suit and rank rules.
Team-Based Game
Players compete in fixed teams and coordinate toward a shared team result.
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Vivaldi is a restoration of the traditional Italian game "Briscola Chiamata", or five-men briscola. It is a trick-taking game, starting with an auction that decides the strong set of each match. The winner of the auction will play allied with a hidden friend against the other three players. Vivaldi takes the old ruleset and adapts it into a good-looking new set of cards. It also converts into a more intuitive points system that also deepens the math and strategy.