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Durak variants
Other ways to play Durak, each one ready to play here. Read how a variant changes the rules, then start a game with it chosen in the table setup.
Transfer (Perevodnoy)
Before beating any card, the defender can pass the attack on to the next player by adding a card of the same rank.
Partnership (2 against 2)
Four players in two teams, partners sitting opposite: partners never attack each other, and the team still holding cards at the end loses.
24-card deck
Play with 24 cards, Nine to Ace, instead of 36: a shorter game for two to four players in which you can keep track of every card.
Five-card first bout
The first defender of the game can be attacked with at most five cards instead of six, easing the task of the first player to defend.