Durak

PLAYERS
2-6
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
- A 36-card deck (6 through Ace in each suit)
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).