Hanafuda (Koi Koi) Help!

[Mischa Tolstoyevski]

A friend and I are trying to play this game but, for the life of us, cannot figure out the rules! If someone could explain this to us it would be greatly appreciated! heart  

[Sailor Blue Rose]

Do a Google search. You have have to try a few. But I remember one time I was curious and I found them.  

[Illegitimate Princess]

Everything I know about it is from Summer Wars lol  

[Tantooden]

Will depend of which style you are playing.

http://hanafudahawaii.com/ginstructions.html

But in general goes like this:

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Objective
The object of virtually all Hanafuda games is to get more points than the other players. To do this players must capture and accumulate cards of the same suit or of a special combination by matching them based on their flower, or month.
Game Setup
It is customary to play Hanafuda games on a large cushion, but in other countries the classic card table is the surface of choice. To determine each player's position, at the start of a new game each player takes a card. The player with the earliest month becomes the dealer, and the remaining players arrange themselves counterclockwise to the dealer according to who has the next earliest month.
Dealing Cards
At the beginning of each hand, the biki shuffles the deck, the doni cuts it, and then the dealer distributes the cards. In games with only two players, the biki performs the doni's duties. Moving counterclockwise, the dealer gives each player (including themselves) their cards, deals several cards face up to the board, and then places the remainder of the deck (called “the stock”) at the center of the table. The number of cards dealt to each player and to the board will vary depending on the game being played and the number of people playing it. If more than three players are participating, then the dealer asks each in turn if they would like to play or drop out. Once three players have committed to play the hand, then the remaining players must drop out.
Playing
Starting from the dealer, each player gets to match cards from their hand to the cards on the table based on the flower. If a player cannot pick up any cards or combinations in a round, then they must discard. Once the player has captured or a card or discarded a card, he must take a card off the deck and then gets to match that card or discard. This is how each hand is furthered.
How to Score
Scoring varies slightly from one variant to the next. In some variants the hand winner takes all the points accumulated between themselves and their opponents. In other games, the winner claims only their own points, and in still other games there are special rules that allow players to deduct points from their opponents.
Winning
Generally, the player with the most accumulated points is the winner. Games can be played in matches which consists of 12 games, one for each month of the year.
Variants
Each variant has its own set of rules. Matching Flowers is the simplest game based on total points scored. Koi Koi brings a challenge aspect into the game, and does not rely on individual points, but points based solely on bonus combinations.

And yes, summer wars was the best example for koi koi, kind of interesting that the whole globe knew how to play it. haha.