Card Games: Durak

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In this variation, known in Russian as Perevodnoy durak s proyezdnym (transfer fool with a pass card), if the defender holds a trump of equal rank to the first attack card, the attack can be transferred to the next player by simply showing the trump. The trump does not have to be played: the defender keeps it.

Referencing norms: ProyezdnoyIsSeparateVariant/TransferByShowingRequiresVariant, assert-hac78f408999921f19db8cba1aec447d09068dfbd079aba3f5815dc1fb9539526

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The only difference is that in Perevodnoy Durak the defender has an additional possibility. If the defender has a card of the same rank as the first attack card, the attack can be transferred. The defender plays this equal card and becomes the attacker, attacking the next player in turn with the two equal cards. The new defender in turn can add another equal card and transfer the attack (now of three cards) to the next player, who in turn could add the fourth card and transfer the attack again.

Referencing norms: TransferPermitted

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The player who begins the attack is the principal attacker, but after the defender has beaten the attacker's first card other opponents of the defender can join in the attack if they have suitable cards to attack with. The principal attacker always has priority - the others can only join in with permission. For instance, the principal attacker can say "Wait, I am playing" or "Go ahead", or even ask the others questions such as whether they have a trump to attack with, and if not continue the attack himself. In the individual game with four players, the second attacker is the player to the left of the defender, and this player also has priority over the third attacker, who is the player opposite the defender. However, scope for dialogue here is limited in that the second attacker can stop the third attacker from playing, but is not allowed to ask him about what cards he has or what card he should play.

Referencing norms: CardLimitNotReached, assert-hb228425b2925aaf02ce3317bb7522561a010a5a3752db937160cb79defaf943b

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Note that the game can only end at the end of an bout. If after the final attack has been beaten off, no one has any cards left, the game is a draw. This can happen when one team attacks with all their remaining cards, and all of the defender's cards are used to beat off the attack. If at this point no one has any more cards and the talon is exhausted, the game is a draw, and the loser of the previous hand deals again - hence the saying: "Staryy durak khuzhe novykh dvukh" ("An old fool is worse than two new ones").

Referencing norms: DrawIsPossibleReading/DrawWhenBothHandsEmpty, assert-h9c5ab1850252f1bef06fd77748c84ccf550ab2f1f9d8e3107bf24140d8a46348

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If at any stage, the defender is unable to or does not wish to beat one of the attack cards, the defender must pick up all the cards played during the bout - both the attacking cards and the cards used to beat them. All these cards become part of the defender's hand. In addition, the players who were entitled to take part in the attack can give to the defender (face up) any further cards which they could legally have played if the attack had continued. These extra cards must also be added to the defender's hand. The bout is then over. Since the attack has succeeded, the defender does not get a turn to attack. The next attacker is the player to the left of the unsuccessful defender, and the new defender is the player to the left of the new attacker as usual.

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After a bout is complete, all players who have fewer than six cards must if possible replenish their hands to six by drawing sufficient cards from the top of the talon. The attacker replenishes first, then the other players who joined in the attack, in clockwise order, and finally the defender.