To attack again there must be a card of the same value on the table.The defender must respond with a higher card of the same suit or a trump suit card in order not to lose the defense.Īs many attacks can be made as the defender has cards up to a maximum of 6.The attacker plays a card face up on the table.The player on their left is the defender.The player who has the lowest trump card in their hand starts attacking.In each round there is a defender (indicated with a shield) and three attackers. If any player has all red, black or 5 cards of the same suit, cards must be dealt again. It is played with 36 cards of the English deck, from lowest to highest value:Īlthough the rules seem complex, once you start playing it's very simple.īefore starting a card is placed face up (crossed under the deck) that will indicate the “trump” suit.Įach player is dealt 6 cards. The objective is to play all your cards before your opponents in several rounds of attack and defense until there are no cards left in the deck. The last person with cards in their hand is the loser (the fool or “durak”). It is said that in this game there are no winners, only one loser. The game will play on, however, while the ads are showing so you will sometimes end the ad and find yourself in the middle of a hand.Durak is a Russian origin card game of attack and defense. There are ads (I would prefer to be able to buy the option to disable them) but they are not overly intrusive. Lots of options so that you can play various styles. Original review: Durak is possibly my favorite card game, and this is a very well implemented version. Will change rating once the game is playable. The developer has recommended resetting the game from the main menu, but this isn’t possible when the game won’t progress to a menu to begin with. This makes me wonder if it is either a problem connecting with the ad server or if there is something else that the app is trying to do with an internet connection when it starts up.Įarlier update: With the most recent update the game will not open, but freezes at the main screen. I believe I have discovered the root of the problem: if I am in airplane mode (or in an area where I have no internet connectivity) the game will open fine.

Ukranian card game durak