

The defender now becomes the new attacker, and the player to his or her left becomes the new defender and must beat all cards. To pass on the attack, he adds this card to the attacking cards. In this case, the defender may only pass on the attack if he has in his or her hand a card of the same rank as the attacking card or cards.

In the perevodnoy (переводной, "passing") variant, the defender may choose to either attempt defense or to pass the attack on clockwise around the table. In the basic podkidnoy (подкидной, "throw-in") variant, and in most other variants of durak, the defender has to immediately attempt defense in response to the initial attack. The player to the attacker's left is the defender. The attacker opens the turn by playing one card face up on the table as an attacking card. If the attack fails, the defender becomes the next attacker. If the attack succeeds (see below), the defender loses his or her turn and the attack passes to the player on the defender's left. The player to the attacker's left is always the defender. The starting player is the first attacker. If multiple games have been played, often the loser of the previous game shuffles and deals. A six-player game with one deck is not optimal, however, because it gives a considerable advantage to the player who attacks first, and a considerable disadvantage to the player who defends first. A deck of 36 cards limits the number of players to six, although some variants allow more than one deck to be used. The player with the lowest trump is the first attacker. However, the revealed card is actually a part of the deck, the last card to be drawn. The bottom (sometimes top) card on the remaining deck is made visible and placed at the bottom of the deck at a 90 degree angle (so that its denomination and suit are visible). The deck is shuffled, and each player receives six cards. The game is typically played with a deck of 36 cards (numerical cards 2 through 5 are removed from a standard 52 card deck prior to play) and is played with two to five people. At the end of the game, the last player with cards in their hand is the durak. The object of the game is to get rid of all one's cards. 1 - deck, 2 - first attacker, 3 - defender, 4 - next attacker.ĭurak (Russian: Дурак, "fool") is a Russian card game that is popular in post-Soviet states.
