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How to Play Durak
Attack, defend and avoid being last with cards.
DeckMates house rules. Local rules may differ.
Goal
Attack, defend and avoid being last with cards.
How to play
Use 36 cards, six through ace. Six cards each; the bottom stock card shows trump. The lowest trump holder attacks first. Beat attacks with higher cards of the same suit or with trump. Throw in matching ranks in clockwise attacker order. At most six attacks, limited by the defender’s starting hand. Take all table cards if you give up defending; attackers may add legal cards first. Refill to six, attacker first and defender last. After stock runs out, the last player with cards loses. No trump-six exchange or transfer variant.
Scoring
Scores are points, never money.
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