Durak (Fool) limits the number of players to 6. The
deck of 36 cards is shuffled, and each player receives
6 cards. The top card on the remaining deck is made
visible and placed at the bottom of the deck across it
(so that its denomination is seen). This determines
the trump suit and the revealed card is actually part
of the deck, the last card to be drawn.
The player to the attacker's left is always the
defender. After each turn play proceeds clockwise. If
the attack succeeds the defender loses his or her turn
and the attack passes to the player on the defender's
left. If the attack fails, the defender becomes the
next attacker. Aces are high. Trumps are higher than
non-trump cards (e.g., a trump 6 always beats a
nontrump ace). Non-trump attacking cards may be beaten
by either a) a higher card of the same suit or b) a
trump. Trump attacking cards may only be beaten by
higher trumps.

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