

The deck is divided evenly among the players, giving each a down stack. The objective of the game is to win all of the cards. If the attack fails, the defender becomes the next attacker. If the attack succeeds, the defender loses his or her turn and the attack passes. Trump -attacking cards may only be beaten by higher trumps. Non-trump attacking cards may be beaten by either a) a higher card of the same suit or b) a trump. The defender attempts to beat the attacking cards by playing defending cards from their hand. The attacker opens the turn by playing one card face up on the table as an attacking card,

At the end of the game, the last player with cards in their hand is the durak. The object of the game is to get rid of all cards. Durak (Russian: Дурак "fool") is a Russian card game.
