Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Skambil/Ooshli Oyin
Iskambil is a Turkish term for a playing card or the name of a card game. Dikranagerdtsis use the term skambel for playing cards, and the term Ooshli Oyin for the game others call skambil. Ooshli is a corruption of uchli, Turkish for trey or three-spot, which is the highest ranking card in the game. Billi is a corruption of birli, Turkish for the ace or one-spot, the second highest ranking card in the game. Ikili is Turkish for the deuce or two-spot, the third highest rank
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Thank you for posting the rules for this card game. My family used to play this years years ago but since we haven’t played in a long time, we forgot how to play. Thank you for posting this.
My cousin and I were trying to remember how to play this card game. We played with our grandparents growing up. Thank You for posting this. I think our grandparents had their own version.
We play professional BRIDGE and we are looking for a BRIDGE card players club in Yerevan.
If you know any professional clubs or members who play professional BRIDGE, I would be pleased if you could provide.
Thank you for posting this. I used to play this with my grandmother and mother. Such great memories. Unfortunately, I had forgotten the rules, thank you again for providing them.
Thank you for sharing this and preserving this game. My grandmother taught me how to play, and I had unfortunately forgotten the rules.