fool ("a fool») - a game that is very popular in the countries of the post-Soviet space. Every year, it is replaced by virtual entertainment, new and more modern entertainment appears. But for a long time, it was an activity without which you could not imagine a vacation, a train trip, a picnic or a banal meeting with friends.
History of the game Fool
It is difficult to tell exact information about the origin of this entertainment. She appeared quite a long time ago. She is mentioned in a book about gambling in 1790. It was played mainly by poor people, peasants. Among the aristocrats, others were common, for example, a preference or a screw.
Peter the First already knew about this entertainment and did not forbid it. Tsarina Anna Ioannivna considered this type of leisure to be illegal.
Empress Elizabeth divided gambling into prohibited and commercial games, and during social events and balls it was possible to "play" cards.
Kateryna Druga loved to play cards. When her grandson Oleksandr was born, she put a diamond on the line. It is not known whether she won or lost. But even during her time, gambling was prohibited and commercial games were allowed. The list of prohibited persons was approved by the Minister of Internal Affairs.
No one can say exactly why the game is called that. The word "fool" was one of the most popular expletives. At first, people followed simple rules. Then there were pop-up and transferable. This only increased the number of admirers. Later, about 80 types of "fool" were born, the date of creation of which is difficult to name.
The game became popular from about the 20s of the last century, when the number of workers increased. In short breaks between work, they rested by playing.
Interesting Facts
This type of game was especially common in Russian cities and villages. Even writers sometimes mentioned him in their works. For example, he appears in the novel "Eugene Onegin", in Mykola Gogol's story "The Lost Letter", in Marshak's fairy tale "The Cat's House".
He is played in many Soviet and Russian films.
Anatoliy Karpov, the world chess champion, said that it is a difficult and intelligent game, provided that you fight one on one. And two by two or three by three is entertainment and nonsense.
If you look closely at the famous painting "Zaporozhians writing a letter to the Turkish Sultan", you can see something interesting. It is that a deck of playing cards is visible under the left elbow of the Cossack, who is sitting and has a bare torso. That is why many people say that it was the Cossacks who taught the Slavs to play "fool". But the Zaporizhia were not the first to play the "fool". They knew about him at least a hundred years before the appearance of the Cossacks.
In Russia, maps were produced by the manufactory of the imperial court. Rich people bought them for 3 rubles, they were made of gilding, and the deck contained 52 pieces. Ordinary people could buy "atlas", the paper was rubbed with talc. There were also cards for 1 ruble and 60 kopecks, and for the poorest - a deck of 60 pieces for 30 kopecks.
Rules
This game can use decks of 24, 36, 52, 54 cards. And take part - from 2 to 6 players. If the deck has 52 and 54 cards, then up to 8 people will be participants.
Suit seniority is not defined in the game. Everyone gets 7 cards. If there are 36 pieces in the deck, then 6 units.
Preparation for the process
To begin with, everyone should decide which type they are most interested in. The deck must be shuffled. Then everyone is dealt one or two cards face up, starting with the player to the left of the player dealing clockwise until everyone has 6 or 7 cards. Players hide their cards from other members of the game. The log that remains is placed on the table with the "shirt" up. And the bottom of the cards must be placed "shirt" down. It will be a trump suit. If everything is dealt to the participants, then the trump card is the last card. When there was a change of players or several players came at once, the round starts over.
Game
It starts with the one who has the trump card of the lowest value. But it is possible to start the game in another way. For example, the first move is made by the player to the left of the one who lost (if there was already a game round before that). Or, on the contrary, the one who sits on the right hand of the one who lost can walk. Here you can agree among yourselves. During the game, the caller can put any card he has on the table for several cards of the same value. And the player fighting back must either beat her or take her. To "beat" a card, it is necessary to put on it a higher card of the same suit or a trump, if the trump is not a trump, from those in the hands. When a player has one card left, no one has the right to attack him.
Droppy
In this case, the entering player may discard or place one or more cards of any suit, the value of which matches the value of any cards that participated in the event. Participants can chat during the game. Usually you can throw one piece at a time. And then the right passes to the players according to the time arrow. If a participant threw up a card, he can take it back, but with certain rules.
If two people remain and they have an equal number of cards in their hands, then there will be no draw. The player who is the first to discard all the cards from his hand wins.
If the participant beat everything, then those cards that participated in this round are turned over and put into a separate pile, which is no longer involved in the game. After the round is played, all players draw cards from the remaining deck. There should be 6 of them. After there is nothing left, continue with what is, until all players have used their units. The person who will have cards in his hands is considered a fool.
Shift
Here the rules are the same as in the previous one, but the partner who is fighting can transfer his move (before the start of his fight) to the participant sitting on the left, with the help of a card of the same value that the move was made. In this case, the player becomes the one who fights back and must beat two cards, but in turn he can transfer the move to the next one, etc. If the card player to whom it was transferred hides, then he goes next, if he has covered all the cards.
If the last cards dealt by the winning dealer are one or more sixes that do not include a trump card, then they are placed on the fool's shoulder. This is the famous "fool with shoulder straps".
This game is one of the favorites for many people. But do not forget that there are rules that must not be neglected and always act honestly.