Alcalde is a variation of the card game Brisca
for 3 players, played with the forty card
Spanish deck.
One player is designated as the Alcalde or mayor
and the other two play as partners. The 2 players facing the Alcalde may look at
each others cards.
In each game the object is to defeat the Alcalde. Every time the Alcalde wins, he deals and plays the Alcalde again in
the next game. When the Alcalde loses, the player on his right becomes the Alcalde
for the next game.
The Alcalde deals three cards to each of the other players, and 6 to
himself, one at a time in order to his right (counter-clockwise), and 2 at
a time to himself.