Japanese flower cards: 12 monthly suits, 48 cards. The Hanafuda deck (48 cards, 12 monthly suits) supports 4 games: Koi-Koi, Hana-Awase, Go-Stop, and Oicho-Kabu. All involve matching and collecting cards by suit or type.
Every rule of Flower 48 below is frontmatter in the rules corpus. The board beside each is the game itself, live.
Korean hanafuda variant played with the Hwatu deck. The most popular card game in South Korea. Match cards from hand to field by month; collect scoring combinations. Core mechanic: after reaching the threshold, declare 'Stop' to collect winnings or 'Go' to press on for bigger rewards at the risk of penalty if another player stops first.
engine:
topology:
type: tableau
layout: radial
players: [player1, player2]
plugins:
flower-48:
game: fishing
scoring: go-stop
cardsEach:
2: 10
3: 7
field:
2: 8
3: 6
goThreshold:
2: 7
3: 3
chips:
start: 100
rounds: 6
options:
rounds:
label: Hands
values: [3, 6, 12]Go-Stop
The base Hanafuda matching game. No yaku — card values only. Simplest entry point to the deck.
engine:
topology:
type: tableau
layout: radial
players: [player1, player2, player3]
plugins:
flower-48:
game: fishing
scoring: points
cardsEach:
2: 8
3: 7
4: 5
field:
2: 8
3: 6
4: 8
cardValues:
hikari: 20
tane: 10
tanzaku: 5
kasu: 1
partnerships:
- [player1, player3]
- [player2, player4]
rounds: 1Hana-Awase
Every Flower 48 variant is playable against the AI or another player.