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Is playing a second copy of a card already on the table a strike?

The rulebook states this directly.

  • Hanabi rulebook · Rulebook · How the fireworks are built:
  • laphilfan · Community · 2014-04-18
  • worshipsf · Community · 2013-06-19
  • kanito8a · Community · 2015-10-21

Yes. Only one card of each value fits in each colour's firework, so a duplicate is a failed play. A finished colour cannot be started again.

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