Durak
BGG rank
BGG #7,839
BGG rating
6.4

Durak

Rules assistance for Durak

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 15 min
  • Complexity 1.5/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Durak

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Durak is a board game for 2–6 players and 15 minutes per game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Take That, and Single Loser Game.

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About the game

Durak is the most well known and popular card game in Russia and Ukraine. Durak, meaning fool, is the title given to the loser of the game - the last player to get rid of their cards. It is a game of skill and can be played by two to six players playing individually or with four people, playing in two teams of two. Durak uses the Russian deck of 36 cards or can be played with a standard deck of cards with the 2-5 inclusive removed. Popular variants of the game include Podkidnoy Durak (Throw-In Durak) and Perevodnoy Durak (Transfer Durak) where the key difference is that in Perevodnoy Durak a defender may pass the attack to the next player by playing a card that matches the rank of the attacking card.

Questions and answers

Durak supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.