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Learn how to play Durak card game in Garden Durak: attack, defend and escape with an empty hand. Play a complete 36-card match against the CPU, or practice 20 prepared open-hand endgames. Both modes run free in your browser with no ads or download.

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How to play Garden Durak online

  1. Start a full CPU match or choose an unlocked open study. Tap a card to inspect it, then use Play card.
  2. Defend with a higher card of the same suit, or use trump against a non-trump. Choose Pick up if you cannot or do not want to defend.
  3. Add a card whose rank appears on the table, or End bout. The limit is six attacks or the defender’s starting hand size, whichever is smaller.
  4. Empty your hand at a completed bout after the stock runs out. In studies, preserve a guaranteed winning route against every reply.

Controls

Tap a card to enlarge it, then Play card. Arrow keys select; Enter or Space plays; T picks up; E ends a bout; H previews a hint; U or Ctrl+Z undoes the whole player-and-CPU transaction. Help and Pause block play. Tap a table card or a visible study CPU card to enlarge it in the read-only inspector; full-match CPU backs stay hidden.

A tip before you start

A defense card adds its rank to the table too. Compare both open hands before throwing in: a pickup may preserve your trumps, while a careless extra attack can surrender a forced escape.

A complete 36-card match

This two-player Podkidnoy version uses four suits from 6 through Ace, dealing six cards each. The exposed bottom stock card sets trump and is drawn last. The lowest dealt trump starts; if neither player has a trump, the lower dealt rank starts, with a tie assigned to you. The CPU sees only its own hand and public information. It follows a modest fixed policy, not an optimal-play claim.

Attacking, defending and picking up

Attacks arrive one at a time. Beat a card with a higher card in its suit, or a trump if the attack is not trump. Only a higher trump beats a trump. Further attacks must match a rank on any attack or defense card. Choosing Pick up commits the defender to collecting the table, but the attacker may still add matching cards within the original bout limit. This version has no transfer, trump-six exchange or first-bout five-card limit.

The end of a bout

A successful defense sends the table to the discard pile; a pickup sends it to the defender. The old attacker refills to six first, then the defender. The successful defender attacks next; after a pickup the old attacker attacks again. With no stock remaining, an empty hand wins only after the bout settles. Both hands empty together is a draw.

Twenty open-hand endgames

Each study is reached through legal play from a complete 36-card deal. The stock is empty, both hands are visible, and previously played cards remain accounted for in the discard pile. The studies train final-bout decisions; stock refilling belongs to the full match. Remaining active cards grow from 4 to 10. Later positions require planning several choices ahead, preserving useful defense cards and weighing when another attack would help your opponent.

What the study target means

Every starting study has a winning strategy against all legal replies, including voluntary pickups and subsequent attacks. The study CPU selects exact strongest replies. If your move loses that guarantee, the attempt stops with Study target lost so you can Undo. This is an exercise condition, not a new losing rule for ordinary Durak. Full matches continue under normal end-of-bout rules.

Hints, Undo and saved progress

Hint previews a verified study continuation; Play hint applies it. Each study attempt allows one to four hints, with fewer in later levels. Undo restores your decision and every following CPU action without refunding hints or changing the deck. Restart asks before repeating the initial position; New deal changes the full-match shuffle. Only study wins unlock levels. Where local storage is available, unlocks, best scores and sound survive a reload; the board restarts at study 1.

Frequently asked questions

When can I throw in another card?

After a defense or a declared pickup, add a rank already present on an attack or defense card. The bout cannot exceed six attacks or the defender’s hand size when it began.

Who draws first after a bout?

The old attacker draws to six before the defender. The exposed trump card is at the bottom of the stock and is drawn last.

Can I choose to pick up even if I can defend?

Yes. Pick up is legal whenever you are defending. It commits you to taking the table; the attacker can still add matching ranks within the original attack limit.

Are these full matches or fixed puzzles?

Full CPU is an ordinary random 36-card match with hidden opponent cards. The 20 open studies are clearly marked stock-empty endgames with all-reply winning proofs. Full-match wins do not unlock the studies.

Can I play another person online?

This release is a solo game against the CPU on your device. It does not offer remote multiplayer or a second human seat.

What happens when a study target is lost?

Your move no longer guarantees escape against every legal reply. The exercise pauses as failed and allows Undo or Restart. It does not claim the ordinary Durak match has already ended.

About Garden Durak

Learn how to play Durak card game in Garden Durak: attack, defend and escape with an empty hand. Play a complete 36-card match against the CPU, or practice 20 prepared open-hand endgames. Both modes run free in your browser with no ads or download.

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