Play escoba de 15
Add up to 15 with the table
- Tap one of your cards. If it can pick up, you choose which table cards add up to 15 with it.
- If you leave the table empty, it's an escoba: one point.
- Values: Ace 1 · Seven 7 · Jack 8 · Knight 9 · King 10; the rest, their number.
- At the end of each hand, cards, oros, siete de oros and setenta are counted (with the scale from the official rules).
The scale
7 = 21 · 6 = 18 · Ace = 16 · 5 = 15 · 4 = 14 · 3 = 13 · 2 = 12 · face cards = 10
Where it comes from
La SOTA valdrá ocho (8), el CABALLO nueve (9), y el REY diez (10).In English: The SOTA is worth eight (8), the CABALLO nine (9), and the REY ten (10).
Consiste en levantar todas las cartas de la mesa al sumar quince, con la carta que se tira.In English: It consists of picking up all the cards on the table when they add up to fifteen with the card you play.
Valdrá un tanto y se lo anotará el jugador o la pareja que tenga más.In English: It is worth one point, and it goes to the player or pair who has the most.
el que tenga como mínimo seis de ellos ganará y se anotará un tanto.In English: whoever has at least six of them wins and scores one point.
El que levante ésta carta, se anotará un tanto al final de la mano.In English: Whoever picks up this card scores one point at the end of the hand.
No es indispensable tener todos los sietes, siempre y cuando se cubran los cuatro palos de las barajasIn English: You don't need all the sevens, as long as all four suits of the deck are covered.
El siete vale: 21 puntosIn English: The seven is worth: 21 points
El seis vale: 18 puntos El as vale: 16 puntosIn English: The six is worth: 18 points The ace is worth: 16 points
El cinco vale: 15 puntos El cuatro vale: 14 puntos El tres vale: 13 puntosIn English: The five is worth: 15 points The four is worth: 14 points The three is worth: 13 points
El dos vale: 12 puntosIn English: The two is worth: 12 points
Las figuras valen: 10 puntosIn English: Face cards are worth: 10 points
El que pudiendo levantar quince con la carta jugada y no lo hace, faculta de hecho al adversario para recoger dicha baza.In English: A player who could pick up fifteen with the card played and does not do so, in effect allows the opponent to take that trick.
La escoba se jugará a treinta (30) tantos.In English: Escoba is played to thirty (30) points.
Juegos Bonaerenses 2026 - Specific official rules: Escoba de 15 (older adults) · juegos.gba.gob.ar · copy of 3 Nov 2026en el caso de la escoba española no parece haber un criterio unificadoIn English: in the case of Spanish escoba there doesn't seem to be a unified criterion
Ludoteka - Escoba: rules · ludoteka.com · copy of 3 Nov 2026