Edited by John McLeod. It is played on the Swedish island of Gotland. A 36 card pack is used, obtained from the ordinary 52 card pack by removing the ranks 2 - 5, but in Brus the cards are given a new ordering and in some cases new names. The sevens act as trick cards when led but are not called playable cards . There is no order of ranking among the sevens.
Sevens can neither beat other cards, nor can they be beaten.
Brus is a partnership game for either two teams of two with partners sitting opposite, or two teams of three with partners alternating. The dealer shuffles and the player to dealer's right cuts. Forehand leads first and play then proceeds clockwise. First if forehand has any sevens he lays them on the table. As sevens cannot be beaten, each seven led counts as a trick.