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Hanabi
Build a fireworks show while holding your cards backwards, so everyone can see your hand except you. Trust exercise with explosives.
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The facts
- Players
- 2–5
- Play time
- 30 minutes
- Age
- 8+
- Style
- Cooperative
- Publisher
- R&R Games
- First published
- 2010
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