Medium Standard
Durak
Attack, defend, or be the Fool.
Durak (Дурак, "Fool") is Russia's most beloved card game and a staple across Eastern Europe. The last player stuck with cards is the Durak — the fool of the round.
🎯 Objective
Get rid of all your cards. The last player holding cards is the Durak (Fool).
🃏 Setup
- Uses a 36-card deck (6 through Ace). Deal 6 cards each.
- Flip the bottom card of the remaining deck — its suit is Trump for this hand.
- Player with lowest trump attacks first.
▶ How to Play
- The attacker plays one or more same-rank cards face-up to the defender.
- Defender beats each with a higher card of the same suit OR any trump.
- Others may pile on cards of already-played ranks (up to 6 total or defender's hand count).
- Defender beats all: discard pile, play advances clockwise. Defender fails: takes all cards.
- After each bout, all players draw back up to 6 from the draw pile (attacker first, defender last).
📊 Scoring
Social/penalty game. The Durak shuffles and deals the next round.