
Teams of two sit oposite each other at the table. If you have four players or six players, Durak can be played with teams. The last player player that has cards left if the loser and deals the next game. At this point, when someone runs out of cards, they are done with the game. When the deck runs out of cards, play continues without any more cards being drawn.

The main attacker draws first then any addtional attackers in table order and finally the defender.

The defender becomes the new attacker.Īt the end of each turn each player takes cards from the remaining deck till their hand has six cards. The turn ends, all cards on the table are discarded mace down to the discard pile. If the defender has beaten all attacking cards, and no other players are willing or able to add more, the defender has won the bout. The failed defender loses her or his turn to attack, and the player to the defender’s left attacks next. If a defender stops deffending the turns ends immediately. The defender may choose to stop defending at any point during the turn. If the defender can not beat or choses not to beat all the attacking cards, he or she must pick up all the attack and defending cards played during that bout and put them into his or her hand. They may however not talk about what cards they have to play on the attack. Other opponents of the defender may play an attack card if given permission by the original attacker. If the defender had fewer than six cards before the bout, the number of cards played by the attackers must not be more than the number of cards in the defender’s hand. The total number of cards played by the attackers during a bout six or less The new attack card is the same rank as some card already played as a attack card or a card played by the defender during that bout. If the defender beats this second attack card too, the attack can be continued with further cards if : If the defender beats the first attack card, the attacker can continue the attack by playing another card.
