BURA and BURKOZEL BURA, card game. Another name is thirty-one. The writer V. Shalamov, who spent 20 years in the camps, calls borax the most widespread card game of the thieves' world. A deck of 36 is used. Ace "T" is worth 11 points, ten "10" - at 10, king "K" - at 4, queen "Q" - at 3, jack "J" - 2 points. The rest of the cards have no value. 3 or 4 cards are dealt to each player depending on the type of game. A trump card is revealed. You can move with one card, with two or three cards of the same suit. If the opponent beats the turn cards, he takes the bribe for himself. If he cannot beat, discards any cards (according to the number of cards in the turn). After each trick, players draw cards from the deck, one card after each other, up to three cards in their hands. BURA The game is played until it reaches 21 (rubber) winning hands. The winner in the game is the one who first scores 31 points in tricks. A combination of three trump cards in hand is called a bura. The player with the borax wins the game, regardless of the number of points in tricks. Whoever has more games won is awarded first place and so on in descending order. The latter loses. BURKOZEL The party is calculated for the entire deck. Points are awarded based on the results of the game. 0 points, the one who took bribes has the most points 2 points for the one who took more than 31 points 4 points for the one who took more than 0 points, but less than 31 6 points for the one who did not take a single trick. The game is played in several parties until one or more players score 12 or more points. A player with 12 or more points is considered a loser. If the latter, loses. Good game!