Unruly Reviews

Hanabi

Set collection
genre: Gather resources in matching sets.
Cooperative
genre: Work together with the other players to achieve a common goal.

Cooperative solitaire where the only cards you can't see are the ones you can play.

Get it for:

  • An interesting puzzle which requires a combination of logic, luck, and metagaming to overcome.
  • Properly cooperative gameplay. Every player is important, and free to make their own decisions without input from others.
  • Tense moments of acting on hunches and incomplete information, and sharing the celebration/commiserations of those moments with others.

Avoid if:

  • The outcome of the game being heavily influenced by chance isn't your cup of tea.
  • A largely silent game wouldn't suit your group.
  • An important memory-reliant subgame sounds too annoying.