ayer's turn. It is possible that a player may capture as many as four cards per turn.

The player to the right takes the next turn. Play continues in this fashion until all the cards have been used in each player's hand. Points are then totaled.

Advanced play adds a wild card and also 'yaku' (bonus combinations) in special three-card combinations that are scored at the end of the game. Holding one or more yaku causes the other players to deduct points from their score, rather than adding points to the yaku-player's score.

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Hanafuda cards originated in beginning of 18th-century Japan.
Legend says stewards of Edo Shogunate created it from Portuguese playing cards.

A deck consists of forty-eight cards divided into twelve suits of four cards each. Each suit represents one of the twelve months of the year or individual plants (almost all flowers).

The cards are small (about 1 x 2 inches), made from stiff cardboard, and are beautifully illustrated.

Many different games can be played with a Hanafuda deck.

The standard game was Hachi-Hachi (Eighty-eight), which resembles the Western game Casino, but is more complicated and subtle. The standard game now is Koi-Koi.

Re-implemented by:

Go Stop, the game using Hwatu (화투, 花闘), Korean Hanafuda.

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