Durak

The fool is played as an individual player.

Thirty-six cards, all suits, are used to play the game of fool.

The seniority of the cards is standard: from Ace (the strongest card) to six.

The first hand is played by a person freely determined by the game participants (subsequent hands are initiated by the loser).

The person dealing the cards gives each player six cards face down (clockwise, one to each player).

One card is then placed face up in the center of the table, and its suit determines trump. The remaining, face-down cards are placed on top of the trump card so that the color and value of this card are visible to everyone.

A proper game of fool consists of a series of attacks. The attacking player can act together with other players, the defending player always acts alone.

The attack is initiated by playing a card on the table in front of the defender.

In order to defend himself, he is obliged to beat this card and all other cards used in the attack.

A non-trump card can be beaten by a higher card of the same suit or by any trump card.

However, a card with an advantage can only be beaten with a higher advantage.

If the defender is unable (or unwilling) to capture the card that is attacking him, he is obliged to take it.

If the attack is repelled, the attacker has the opportunity to launch another attack.

The final repulsion of an attack occurs when neither attacker has any cards left to attack (or is no longer willing to use them), or the attack has been repelled for six consecutive cards.

Or a defender who has less than six cards has no cards left in his hand because they have all been used to defend.

When an attack is completed (repelled), the cards used for that attack no longer take part in the game - they are set aside. Then the roles are reversed - the current defender is the attacker, and the player sitting to the left of him defends.

In the game of fool, there is no winner, but a loser who is called the titular "fool".

The person who has the cards when the opponent no longer has them loses.