Minhwatu
Minhwatu is a 2-7 player (usually played with 2-4 players) game of Korean origin played using Hwatu or Hanafuda.
Unlike its popular sibling game Go-Stop, this game is usually played without jokers and does not include a game-stopping mechanic. It also uses a different scoring mechanism and different yakus.
Hwatu images by Marcus Richert and Hanafuda images by Louie Mantia Jr. are used under Free Art License 1.3, which is compatible with CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Hwatu sound effects by JICA (Jeonju) are used under Korea Open Government License Type 1.
Number of players: 2 - 7
Game duration: 9 mn
Complexity: 1 / 5
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Rules summary
Turn
On your turn, play a card, then flip a card blind from the deck, in both instances, the following is true:
If it matches the suit of 1 card in field, you capture the two cards
If it matches the suit of 2 card in field, you capture the one of the two cards it matches along with your card
If it matches the suit of 3 card in field, you capture all four cards
If it matches the suit of 0 card in field, you add your card to the field and capture nothing
A Suit is the Month or Flower of the card
Round End
The round ends when all cards are played from everyone's hand
You score the value of your cards
Plus Yaku multiplied by player count
Minus Opponent Yaku
Game End
After the number of rounds decided at the start of the game, the game ends and whoever has the highest cumulative score wins
Normal Scoring
Bright is 20
Animal is 10
Ribbon is 5
Chaff is 0
Yaku Scoring
Five Birds (option) 50
Poetry Ribbon 30
Blue Ribbon 30
Grass Ribbon 30
Four Irises 20
Four Maples 20
Four Willows 20
Four Paulownias (option) 20
