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Durak
Attack and defend with trumps; the last player holding cards is the durak — the fool.
At a glance
- Players
- 2–6
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Time
- 20 min
- Ages
- 10+
- Deck
- 36 cards: a standard deck with 2s through 5s removed
- Style
- Shedding games
- Origin
- Russia
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- Players
- 2–7
- Deck
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- Level
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aka BS, I Doubt It
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- Players
- 3–10
- Deck
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- Level
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Shed cards by beating the previous play. Finishing order decides who's President and who's Scum next round.
- Players
- 4–8
- Deck
- Standard 52
- Level
- Easy