Although its name is Japanese, meaning "fireworks", Hanabi is the creation of a Frenchman in 2010. It is either a card or tile game, depending on which version you possess, that is themed upon the cooperation among its players, which can number from 2 to 5. Melissa introduced it to me as during her lunch breaks at work some of her colleagues have played it with her. The cards (or tiles), each of which depicts a specified number of fireworks from 1 to 5 in one of five different colors, are shuffled and then dealt out with each player holding five of them...but facing outward so that no player can view their own hand. Then, when it is a player's turn they can either inform one of the others about the nature of their hand or play one of their own cards to build each color of fireworks, starting from those with numbers 1 progressively onward to 5. The object is, through cooperation and intelligent questioning among the participants, to successfully complete all five colors of fireworks 1-5. It's a fun game in our household...you should try it for yourself if you're into board or card games. The above photo is of a tile version of Hanabi in progress with two players, namely Melissa and me...
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