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Today: "Hanabi" - Japanese fireworks in the living room

Category: Card game

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Behind "Hanabi", which was named "Game of the Year" at the time, lies the not entirely new idea of a placement game. The players have to lay out rows of colors and numbers using cards. If things go well, the rows form a perfectly aesthetic Japanese firework at the end, a "Hanabi". If things go badly, Shinto deities put an abrupt end to people's bumbling with a thunderstorm.

As for the rows: so far, so "Uno". The difference and the kick, however, is that in "Hanabi" the - beautifully designed - cards are held by the players in such a way that everyone can see all the cards - except their own. Then it becomes a group dynamic: everyone helps everyone else to create the joint fireworks display, tips are given to each other so that all of each player's cards can be played flawlessly to create a complete work of art - "You have no blue cards", "There's a five on your left". This is much trickier than it sounds and is also really exciting, especially as the divine thunderstorm can be expected at any time, so the clock is always ticking against the pyrotechnician team.

"Hanabi", by AS - ABACUSSPIELE, for two to five players aged eight and over, duration per round approx. 30 minutes.