Hanafuda Games: Hanami Edition

by Jason Johnson, Antonietta Fazio-Johnson

Overview

Learn how to play hanafuda!

An in-depth collection of 37 great games, including popular games such as Koi-Koi, Go-Stop, and Hachi-Hachi.

Organized into categories by type and difficulty, this step-by-step rulebook includes intuitive scoring samples, visual references, numerous variants, gameplay samples, and quick reference charts.

This book features the art of the Hanami hanafuda deck series!

Rulebook Includes the following games:

Capture Games are the most popular hanafuda games. Capture games involve capturing cards from a field and creating yaku (special combinations of cards) to score points.

• Simplified Game for Beginners (Absolute Beginner, 2-4 players)
• Matching Flowers (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Hana-Awase 1 (Beginner, 3-4 players)
• Hana-Awase 2 (Beginner, 3 players)
• Mushi (Beginner, 2 players)
• Six Hundred (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Hachi-juu Hana (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Min-Hwatu (Intermediate, 2-3 players)
• Koi-Koi (Intermediate, 2 players)
• Oni Koi-Koi (Intermediate, 2 players)
• Higo-Bana (Intermediate, 2-7 players)
• Tensho, simplified (Intermediate, 2 players)
• Go-Stop (Expert, 2-7 players)
• Hachi-Hachi (Expert, 2-7 players)
• Sudaoshi (Expert, 3 players)
• Hachi, simplified (Expert, 2 players)
• Hachi (Expert, 2 players)
• Tensho (Expert, 2 players)

Sequence Games involve playing cards from your hand in sequential order with the objective to empty your hand. Sequence games are a great way to learn hanafuda month order.

• Poka (Beginner, 2 players)
• Hiyoko, simplified (Beginner, 2-4 players)
• Isuri, simplified (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Kage (Beginner, 2 players)
• Hiyoko (Intermediate, 2-4 players)
• Isuri (Intermediate, 2-3 players)

Luck Games are simple, fast-paced, gambling-oriented games. Many of the games in this section were traditionally played with Kabufuda decks.

• Sutda, simplified (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Hiki-Kabu (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Oicho-Kabu (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Kyo-Kabu (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Kingo (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Sota (Intermediate, 2-6 players)
• Sutda (Intermediate, 2-10 players)

Fusion Games are a collection of Western-inspired games that we reinterpreted and designed for gameplay with a hanafuda deck. These games provide a familiar platform for Western players to become more comfortable with the hanafuda deck.

• Seasons (Beginner, 1-4 players)
• Pyramid (Beginner, 1 players)
• Solitaire (Intermediate, 1 players)
• Eight Off (Intermediate, 1 players)
• Hana-Rumi (Intermediate, 2-4 players)
• Hana-Gin (Intermediate, 2-4 players)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999280201
Publisher:	IndianWolf Studios LLC
Publication date:	12/14/2017
Pages:	236
Sales rank:	473,467
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.64(d)

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

What is Hanafuda?

The Deck

Section I: Capture Games

• Before You Begin
• Simplified Game for Beginners (Absolute Beginner, 2-4 players)
• Matching Flowers (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Hana-Awase 1 (Beginner, 3-4 players)
• Hana-Awase 2 (Beginner, 3 players)
• Mushi (Beginner, 2 players)
• Six Hundred (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Hachi-juu Hana (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Min-Hwatu (Intermediate, 2-3 players)
• Koi-Koi (Intermediate, 2 players)
• Oni Koi-Koi (Intermediate, 2 players)
• Higo-Bana (Intermediate, 2-7 players)
• Tensho, simplified (Intermediate, 2 players)
• Go-Stop (Expert, 2-7 players)
• Hachi-Hachi (Expert, 2-7 players)
• Sudaoshi (Expert, 3 players)
• Hachi, simplified (Expert, 2 players)
• Hachi (Expert, 2 players)
• Tensho (Expert, 2 players)

Section II: Sequence Games

• Poka (Beginner, 2 players)
• Hiyoko, simplified (Beginner, 2-4 players)
• Isuri, simplified (Beginner, 2-3 players)
• Kage (Beginner, 2 players)
• Hiyoko (Intermediate, 2-4 players)
• Isuri (Intermediate, 2-3 players)

Section III: Luck Games

• Sutda, simplified (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Hiki-Kabu (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Oicho-Kabu (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Kyo-Kabu (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Kingo (Beginner, 2-10 players)
• Sota (Intermediate, 2-6 players)
• Sutda (Intermediate, 2-10 players)

Section IV: Fusion Games

• Seasons (Beginner, 1-4 players)
• Pyramid (Beginner, 1 players)
• Solitaire (Intermediate, 1 players)
• Eight Off (Intermediate, 1 players)
• Hana-Rumi (Intermediate, 2-4 players)
• Hana-Gin (Intermediate, 2-4 players)

Section V: Quick Reference Charts

• Matching Flowers Quick Chart
• Hana-Awase 1 Quick Chart
• Hana-Awase 2 Quick Chart
• Mushi Quick Chart
• Six Hundred Quick Chart
• Hachi-juu Hana Quick Chart
• Min-Hwatu Quick Chart
• Koi-Koi Quick Chart
• Oni Koi-Koi Quick Chart
• Higo-Bana Quick Chart
• Tensho, simplified Quick Chart
• Go-Stop Quick Chart
• Hachi-Hachi Quick Chart
• Sudaoshi Quick Chart
• Hachi, simplified Quick Chart
• Hachi Quick Chart
• Tensho Quick Chart
• Poka Quick Chart
• Hiyoko, simplified Quick Chart
• Isuri, simplified Quick Chart
• Kage Quick Chart
• Hiyoko Quick Chart
• Isuri Quick Chart
• Sutda, simplified Quick Chart
• Sota Quick Chart
• Sutda Quick Chart
• Hana-Rumi Quick Chart
• Hana-Gin Quick Chart