There are many card games in the world that people have played for centuries. High society has always preferred sophisticated and elegant games - poker, bridge and preference, while the common people played exclusively in the "fool". This game is still the most famous, simple and popular card game.
The story of the "fool"
For the first time a card game called "fool" arose in the 19th century on the territory of Russia and had a simple purpose - to entertain players without much thought about the meaning of the game. However, in the 20th century, it suddenly caught up with poker in popularity - people started to play the fool en masse, the main goal of which is to leave the opponent with cards.
Initially, the game was played according to fairly simple rules, where the winner was the one who had the most trump cards in his hands at the end of the game.
After some time, there were varieties of "fool" - translation and throw-in, which made the game even more popular. Subsequently, the "fool" acquired about eighty more varieties, which differed from the thrown and translated only in insignificant details. Many of these varieties have sprung up from unknown players who devised new rules for a popularly beloved game.
Also, this card game allows you to develop clear strategies with a large number of combinations, which are partly comparable to chess moves. To do this, you need to memorize the eliminated cards, use the theory of probability, have a keen observation and be able to use the advantage of paired cards.
The main types of card "fool"
The most common type of this card game is a throw-in "fool", in which you can make a move with any number of cards of the same type. The opponent can beat off the cards, or he can accept - while the first player can throw more cards to the opponent that are suitable for the previous ones. If there are more than two players in the game, the rest of the players can throw similar cards to the beater, which must either be repulsed or taken away.
At the same time, it is forbidden to throw more cards than the beating player has left, and the total number of cards for discarding cannot be more than six.
In the translated "fool", the rules are very similar, but with one caveat - if the defender has a card of the same value as the one that looked like him, he can transfer these two cards to the next player to cover them. If the next player has a similar card, he can transfer the cards again to the next opponent. After the cards are transferred to a player who cannot transfer them further, he will have to recapture them or pick them up. Except for this moment, the translated "fool" is played by the rules of a throw-in.
