Card game "Burkozel": rules

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Russian "Burkozel" is a card game, a variation of "Bura" or "Thirty-one". The main difference between the first and the second is the lack of great excitement and the great dependence of the winner on the case. In "Burkozl" you need to think more and calculate the next moves, the game is not designed for a quick win. We propose to consider in more detail the game "Burkozel", the rules and the winning strategy. And before you start the gameplay, we advise you to stock up on a pen and paper.

Number of players

The game "Burkozel" provides for the optimal number of players - two to four people. But it really depends on the size of the deck. Although the more players, the less the game will be interesting. Therefore, when they want to play Burkozel with a large company, it is recommended to divide into groups of optimal size. You can play a pair for a pair, then there will be two groups of tricks.

Cards."Burkozel"

Burkozel is usually played with one deck of thirty-six cards.

All cards except nine, eight, seven and six are awarded points.

So, an ace is worth eleven points, a ten is worth ten, a king is worth four, a queen is worth three, a jack is worth two.

Game "Burkozel": rules

The first card dealer is determined by lot. It could be a coin toss, a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors, or simply the largest card drawn at random from the deck. Subsequent times the deck is shuffled by the players in turn.

So how to play "Burkozel"? Game rules:

1. From the shuffled deck, a total of four cards are de alt (one at a time) to each player.
2. The first card from the remaining deck is a trump card. The dealer announces it and shows it to all players, then returns it to its place.
3. The first move is made by the player to the left of the dealer.
4. The move is made from any one card or from several, only one suit.
5. The other player must put exactly as many cards on the table as they were entered with.
6. The bribe is taken by the player whose cards of the same suit are higher, or who lays out a trump card. If the response card was not of the right suit, the player who made the move takes the bribe.
7. After the trick move, all players take cards again so that their number is four. First, the player who took the bribe takes, then the rest in a circle.
8. The next move is made by the player,who took a bribe before.
9. The game continues in the same vein until someone scores more than sixty-one points, or someone has four cards of the same suit as the trump card (Bura combination).

Notes on rules:

1. If one of the players has a combination of cards "Young", "Four ends" or "Moscow", the right to move is transferred to him.
2. The player who mistakenly reported that he had sixty-one points, but in fact he did not, is considered a loser. Like the one who took the fifth card.
3. If several Burkozl players have the same combinations (for example, two players have four trump cards - "Bura"), then the one with the higher cards wins or goes.
4. You can only announce that a player has scored sixty-one points before the end of the game during his turn.
5. It is possible to agree in advance to change the amount of points required to win. For example, instead of sixty-one, there could be one hundred or one hundred and fifty, and so on.

Combination of cards

Sometimes the names of card combinations that allow you to make a move out of turn may change. But their meaning remains the same.

The most common names of card combinations in the Russian game "Burkozel":

• "Bura" - four trump cards in one hand.
• "Molodka" - four cards of the same suit in one hand.
• "Moscow" - three aces along with a trump card.
• "Four ends" - the player has collected all four aces or four tens.

Scoring and determining the winner

In addition to the points that the player receives for the cards in his trick (the value of each card was discussed above), throughout the game "Burkozel" the rules provide for additional points:

1. The player who scored zero points for the whole game, that is, did not receive a single trick, or the trick was from cards from six to nine, receives six additional points.
2. Four additional points are earned by a player whose total points are between zero and thirty-one if there were two or four players in total, and between zero and twenty-one if there were three players.
3. Two points go to the player with more than thirty-one points.
4. The player with the most points in the entire game does not receive additional points.

These extra points are needed when several games are played before the main winner is determined.

Features of the game strategy

The goal of the game "Burkozel" is to score the most points (more than sixty-one) or the winning combination "Bura" (four cards of the trump suit).

Those who want to win must:

• try to get four trump cards, especially if you already have three;
• follow the cards of opponents;
• try to leadscoring cards in own tricks and tricks of the opponent.

Have a good game of Russian "Burkozel"!