Games Are Magic, at 53 pages, is the official printed manual for Stelle Scopa deck of cards.
From the zine’s table of contents:
Introduction
(Re)Birth of Counting to Infinity
Stone and Water: Il Bango e l Mia Chiesa
Games are Magic
An Age-Old Shape-shifter: The Many Faces of Scopa
Stelle Scopa: Anatomy of a Stardusted, Feminist Scopa Deck
How to Play Stelle Scopa (Set the space, Dealing, Turns, Scoring)
Divine and Close your Game
The zine includes a bit of history on Italian playing cards and Tarot, a short essay about my experience of playing Scopa and reading cards, concepts behind the Counting to Infinity project, and original instructions for playing
Stelle Scopa!
