How to play Durak

A 36-card deck: 6 through Ace in all four suits. One card is flipped face-up at the bottom of the draw pile; its suit is trump for the round, and trumps beat any non-trump.

Each player is dealt 6 cards. The player with the lowest trump leads first; they become the attacker.

1. The attacker plays a card face-up on the table.
2. The defender (next player clockwise) must beat it by playing a higher card of the same suit, or any trump (a higher trump if the attack itself is a trump).
3. The attacker may keep adding cards, but only of ranks already on the table. Each new attack must also be beaten.
4. If the defender beats every attack, all cards are discarded ("beaten off") and the defender becomes the next attacker.
5. If the defender can't (or won't) beat a card, they pick up everything on the table and lose their turn to attack. The next player attacks.
6. After the turn, every player draws back up to 6 cards from the draw pile (attacker first), as long as cards remain.

Once the draw pile is empty, players play out their hands. Any player who runs out of cards is safe. The last player holding cards is the durak.

• Maximum 6 attack cards per turn.
• Throw-ins (other players adding cards to an attack) are off by default; the host can enable them.
• Ranked rooms award ELO based on finish order.