<p>Your game is probably related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Color_Cards" rel="nofollow">Four Color Cards</a> (Tứ sắc in Vietnam) since it uses similar very narrow cards in those colors.</p>

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2016-08-26T14:24:05.170Z
2016-08-26T14:24:05.170Z
Benjamin Cosman
<p>I bought this game in a small grocery store in Vietnam. I've asked several Vietnamese people of various age if they know the game. Usually, they knew the game but didn't know the rules. </p>

<p>My questions are:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>What is the name of this game?</strong></li>
<li><strong>What are the rules of this mysterious game?</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>These are the photographs of the game itself. Perhaps they'll help you to identify the game and provide me with a set of rules.</p>

<h1>Box</h1>

<p>The box is not big. It has some Vietnamese words on it:</p>

<ul>
<li>The title is: <em>phát tài</em></li>
<li>The text on the top of the box is: <em>chính hiệu cao cáp; dề phòng giả mạo</em></li>
<li>The words in the four octagons between two children on the side of the box are:

<ul>
<li><em>cung</em></li>
<li><em>hỉ</em></li>
<li><em>phát</em></li>
<li><em>tài</em></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vXVHlm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vXVHlm.jpg" alt="the &quot;phát tài&quot; side of the box"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/gEzHKm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gEzHKm.jpg" alt="the &quot;Chinese characters&quot; side of the box"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/4iiKjm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4iiKjm.jpg" alt="the &quot;all plastic&quot; size of the box"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LPaoEm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LPaoEm.jpg" alt="the top of the box"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xeiI4m.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xeiI4m.jpg" alt="the bottom of the box"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mSuhRm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mSuhRm.jpg" alt="yet another view on the box"></a></p>

<h1>Content of the Box</h1>

<p>There are ten matchboxes inside the main box - a half of them is green and the second half is red.</p>

<p>The Vietnamese words on the matchboxes are:</p>

<ul>
<li><em>phát tài</em> on one side of the matchbox;</li>
<li><em>thuận thiên</em> on the other side;</li>
<li><em>thuận thiên</em> on the bottom.</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/w96ngm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/w96ngm.jpg" alt="matchbox-like small boxes"></a>￼</p>

<h1>Inside the matchbox</h1>

<p>Every matchbox has 4 sets of 28 cards of different colors: green, red, white and yellow. </p>

<p>It is written <em>phát tài</em> on the back of every card.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/k8Mcem.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/k8Mcem.jpg" alt="a matchbox"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/sJdTfm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/sJdTfm.jpg" alt="4 different colors"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Jxe3om.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Jxe3om.jpg" alt="the back of the card"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/H1vKVm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/H1vKVm.jpg" alt="12 sample cards"></a></p>

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2016-08-25T16:55:06.540Z
I'm disappointed that used a pen instead of a "[standard reference cat](http://miniset.net/files/cfp-updates/228159.jpg)" as the creators of Scythe used ;)
ikegami
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What are the rules of the mysterious game with "phát tài" written on the box?
Mateusz Piotrowski
# What are the rules of the mysterious game with "phát tài" written on the box?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-25)

I bought this game in a small grocery store in Vietnam. I've asked several Vietnamese people of various age if they know the game. Usually, they knew the game but didn't know the rules.

My questions are:

* **What is the name of this game?**
* **What are the rules of this mysterious game?**

These are the photographs of the game itself. Perhaps they'll help you to identify the game and provide me with a set of rules.

# Box

The box is not big. It has some Vietnamese words on it:

* The title is: *phát tài*
* The text on the top of the box is: *chính hiệu cao cáp; dề phòng giả mạo*
* The words in the four octagons between two children on the side of the box are:
  + *cung*
  + *hỉ*
  + *phát*
  + *tài*

[![the ](https://i.sstatic.net/vXVHlm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/vXVHlm.jpg)
[![the ](https://i.sstatic.net/gEzHKm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/gEzHKm.jpg)
[![the ](https://i.sstatic.net/4iiKjm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/4iiKjm.jpg)
[![the top of the box](https://i.sstatic.net/LPaoEm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/LPaoEm.jpg)
[![the bottom of the box](https://i.sstatic.net/xeiI4m.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/xeiI4m.jpg)
[![yet another view on the box](https://i.sstatic.net/mSuhRm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/mSuhRm.jpg)

# Content of the Box

There are ten matchboxes inside the main box - a half of them is green and the second half is red.

The Vietnamese words on the matchboxes are:

* *phát tài* on one side of the matchbox;
* *thuận thiên* on the other side;
* *thuận thiên* on the bottom.

[![matchbox-like small boxes](https://i.sstatic.net/w96ngm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/w96ngm.jpg)￼

# Inside the matchbox

Every matchbox has 4 sets of 28 cards of different colors: green, red, white and yellow.

It is written *phát tài* on the back of every card.

[![a matchbox](https://i.sstatic.net/k8Mcem.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/k8Mcem.jpg)
[![4 different colors](https://i.sstatic.net/sJdTfm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/sJdTfm.jpg)
[![the back of the card](https://i.sstatic.net/Jxe3om.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Jxe3om.jpg)
[![12 sample cards](https://i.sstatic.net/H1vKVm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/H1vKVm.jpg)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm disappointed that used a pen instead of a "[standard reference cat](http://miniset.net/files/cfp-updates/228159.jpg)" as the creators of Scythe used ;)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-08-26. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Your game is probably related to [Four Color Cards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Color_Cards) (Tứ sắc in Vietnam) since it uses similar very narrow cards in those colors.


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