How to play

We walk through the rules of our games step by step, without retelling encyclopedias. We write the way we would explain it at the table to someone sitting down to play for the first time.

Durak: The Journey

Six guides, from the rules to tactics and a glossary.

Throw-in Durak rules

The deal, the trump, throwing in, "done" and "take". Plus the situations people argue about.

Passing Durak

How to pass the attack on, what the limits are and when it pays off.

Tactics: how to play stronger

Saving trumps, counting the discard pile, the last card of the deck and the endgame.

Beginner mistakes

Seven habits that most often cost a game, and what to do instead.

History of the game

Where Durak came from, why the deck has 36 cards and what we know about the name.

Glossary

Round, done, discard pile, passing, epaulettes. And which of them people often mix up.

Naval Battle: the Admiral's Chart

Everyone knows the rules of Battleship, so there are no separate guides yet. What we changed is described briefly on the game page: ship classes, weather, the campaign and matches against a real person.

Thousand: The Journey

Not everyone knows Thousand, a Russian trick-taking game, and it needs a guide more than the others. For now the rules live right inside the game; separate articles will appear here.