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Hanabi

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description Hanabi Overview

Created by Antoine Bauza in 2010, Hanabi is a cooperative card game that won the prestigious Spiel des Jahres award. The game challenges players to collaboratively build a fireworks display by playing cards in the correct numerical order and color. To achieve this, players hold their cards facing away from themselves, meaning each participant can see the other players' hands but not their own. Participants must rely on strictly limited communication to share clues about the hidden cards.

help Hanabi FAQ

How does Hanabi work?

Hanabi is a cooperative card game in which players build fireworks in five colors by playing cards in ascending order from 1 to 5. Players cannot normally see their own cards, so teammates must give carefully limited clues.

How many people can play Hanabi?

The standard Hanabi game supports 2 to 5 players. The unusual hidden-hand rule means players must remember clues and infer what their own cards are without directly looking at them.

Who created Hanabi?

Hanabi was created by French game designer Antoine Bauza and first appeared in 2010. It later won the Spiel des Jahres award in 2013, bringing the cooperative card game broad recognition.

What happens if you play the wrong card in Hanabi?

A wrongly played card costs the team one fuse token and is discarded. The team loses when all fuse tokens are gone, while a successful game is completed by building the fireworks displays as fully as possible before the deck runs out.

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