Those who run out of cards exit the game. If the draw pile runs out, the game continues without drawing. The main attacker always draws first, and draws as many cards as necessary to get to 6, and is followed by the rest of the attackers with the defender as the last to draw from the pile. At the end of each turn, even if the attack was unsuccessful, each player draws more cards until they have six, or until they deplete the draw pile. Remember, the attack always goes to the left. If the attack succeeds, the player to the left of the losing defender becomes the next player on the defense. If the attack fails, the defender becomes the next to attack. The person to the left of the attacker is always the defender.

The player with the lowest trump card that is the lowest card with the same suit as the card face up in the middle of the draw pile is the first to attack. This forms the draw pile and is called a prikup, or ‘talon,’ and the trump card is the last card drawn at the end of the match. This card determines the trump suit of the match, and the remaining cards are placed around the face-up card at a 90-degree angle. The ranking goes high-to-low: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6.Īfter the 36 remaining cards are shuffled, each player is handed 6 cards, and the bottom card from the remaining deck is placed face up on the table. Durak is played with 36 cards from a standard 52-card deck, with the numerical cards 2-5 removed. Durak is a strategy card game played with 2-5 people in which the aim of the game is for each player to get rid of all the cards in their hand by the time the deck runs out.

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