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Durak

Durak
PLAYERS
2-6
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Deal 6 cards to each player, with the remaining deck forming a draw pile and its bottom card flipped to reveal the trump suit.

2

The attacking player plays a card at the defender, who must beat it with a higher card of the same suit or any trump card.

3

If the defender can't or won't beat the card, they pick up all cards played in that attack and add them to their hand.

4

Successfully defended cards are set aside, and players draw back up to 6 cards from the pile before the next attack.

5

A player who empties their hand first is safely out; play continues until only one player is left holding cards, who becomes the "durak" (fool).