The other half, which is used in the first round, has the top card flipped over and placed underneath the deck. One half is set aside for the second round. To start the game, this deck is shuffled, each player is dealt a hand of 5 cards, and then the remainder is split approximately into two halves. The playing card deck here is 60 cards, three suits (red, blue and yellow), each with 2 copies of numbers 1 to 9 and a un-numbered Firebird card. There will be enough scoring cards for everyone except for one player to gain one in each round. Blaze is played in two rounds – each round has a set of scoring cards which are laid out at the start of the game. Initially a social pastime of uneducated peasants and industrial workers, after the October Revolution Durak has spread to numerous social levels by mid-20th century to soon become the most popular Soviet card game.”īlaze adds on a scoring system and a bit more structure to the game. The game is attributed to have appeared in late 18th century Russian Empire and was popularized by Imperial Army conscripts during the 1812 Russo-French war. At the end of the game, the last player with cards in their hand is the durak or ‘fool’. The objective of the game is to shed all one’s cards when there are no more cards left in the deck. It has since become known in other parts of the world. It is Russia’s most popular card game, having displaced Preferans. Played with advance copy provided by publisher as well as online during their online conventionīlaze is a modified version of Durak – which according to Wikipedia is: “is a traditional Russian card game that is popular in many post-Soviet states.
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