HASHFLOPS CARD GAME
Every turn is a climax.
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Three steps to get ready
The rulebook and print files are published free on this site.
- 1See contents
Check the set
The physical product is 48 cards. See the free materials you also need.
- 2Open rulebook
Read the rulebook
Learn the seven phases and Event resolution in the Web rulebook.
- 3Get print files
Prepare the table
Print the mat and tokens at the scale that matches your paper.
Story
Long ago, humanity was destroyed by its own machines — the Gardeners, robots that broke loose from the tasks they were built for.
With humanity gone, the Gardeners turned to healing the ruined land with their own hands, until the planet ran green and blue once more. Their work finished, they lay down deep in the forests and slept, waiting for the day the world's balance might be broken again.
Ages passed. Then, from far across the void, something was detected sleeping in the Earth: an unknown supermetal called Noimanium. The metal is said to hold a strange energy, a power beyond human understanding — enough to give rise to technologies no one has ever dreamed of.
Drawn by Noimanium, the Norma — alien treasure-hunters from across the universe, no two of them alike — converge on Earth. But the prize they seek lies deep inside the forest the Gardeners guard. Waiting there are the Gardeners, roused at last from their long sleep, and rival Norma with their eyes on the very same treasure.
You are the leader of an expedition team. Gather your crew and hunt down the treasure sleeping in the Earth.
The battle for the ultimate treasure begins!
The Card Set (what you buy)
- 32 Character Cards (8 each of Fire, Wind, Earth, and Water; base MP across the set is 1–4 lit hearts)
- 16 Event Cards (10 Standard, 4 Element Advantage, 1 Low-MP Victory, 1 Hand-Pick)
The physical product is this 48-card set only. The cards are printed in Japanese.
The 48-card set at a glance
32 Character Cards and 16 Event Cards. Every segment is labeled as well as color-coded.
- Character Cards32
- Fire8Wind8Earth8Water8
- Event Cards16
- Standard10Element Advantage4Low-MP Victory1Hand-Pick1
What else you need (all free)
How to Play
HASHFLOPS is a head-to-head card game for two players in which both sides reveal a card at the same time to settle each clash.
You fight using the Element (Fire, Wind, Earth, Water) and MP of your Character Cards, and swing the situation your way with Event Cards and Support Cards. The loser loses life equal to the base MP of their own Battle Card.
You win by reducing your opponent's life to 0. If the Character Card deck and both players' hands all run out first, the player with more life remaining wins (equal life is a draw).
Winning the battle and losing life use different numbers
Keep this distinction in mind to resolve each battle smoothly.
Determine the winner
Special Event → final MP
Check special Events first. If none decides the battle, compare base MP + Support MP + the Standard Event effect, capped at 8.
Reduce the loser’s life
The loser’s own Battle Card base MP
Do not use final MP, Supports, or the opponent’s card. On a draw, neither player loses life.
One turn, seven phases
Follow the numbered sequence. If no victory condition is met, begin the next turn.
- 1EventReveal one
- 2SelectionPlay face down
- 3RevealTurn up together
- 4SupportFirst → second
- 5BattleSpecial checks first
- 6ResultLife and Tōji
- 7DrawFirst → second
Quick Reference
This summary expands the seven phases into nine actions, including card cleanup and the victory check.
- Reveal an Event Card and stack it face up over earlier cards in the Event Card space.
- Choose one card from your hand and place it face down. (Skipped when a Hand-Pick Event is in play — see "Event Cards.")
- Both players reveal at the same time.
- Starting with the first player, add 0–2 Support Cards of the same Element as the card you revealed in step 3. (Skip this when an Element Advantage Event is in play and exactly one Battle Card matches the crowned Element, and on Low-MP Victory turns.)
- Check special Events first. Low-MP Victory uses lower base MP (a tie uses Element advantage). For Element Advantage, when only one player's Battle Card matches the crowned Element, that player wins outright; if both or neither match, compare final MP normally.
- The loser reduces their own life by the base MP of their own Battle Card.
- Stack both Battle Cards and added Support Cards face up in the single Tōji zone at the lower left. Leave Event Cards in the Event Card space. If a player is at 0 life, end the game now.
- If the game continues and cards remain, draw 1 Character Card each in first-player, then second-player order. If the deck is empty, skip the draw.
- Immediately after drawing or skipping it, if the Character Card deck and both hands are empty, compare remaining life and end the game (equal life is a draw).
Print & Play
Free print-and-play PDFs for the playmat and Life Tokens — print them on your home printer.
The physical product is the card deck only. The playmat and Life Tokens are published as free print-and-play PDFs, and the rulebook is published free on this site. We do not sell or take reservations on this site at this time.
The cards are printed in Japanese.
HASHFLOPS Card Game shares its world and setting with the HashFlops NFT archive documented on this site.