Tips pilipili

General

This game is similar to Oh Hell, but without suits or trump. Also, there are no bonuses for successfully making higher bids (except for 2 of the missions).

Pay attention to others' bids, as there is no reason for underbidding or overbidding, except for the final bidder (who is getting screwed). Even if that's you, tallying the other players' bids can be helpful on deciding yours.

You can also watch out for high cards (assuming a rather even distribution of numbers), and who has/hasn't fufilled their bids - those who do has little motivation to disrupt others' plans, except for pushing someone else over 6 Pili.

And it would be helpful to save (almost) sure tricks later (such as the 0/56 cards or especially high/low cards), so that you have more room adjusting for unexpected tricks.

Last but not least, there are no absolute for advice, especially considering the number of missions on this! Be cautious but flexible, especially for more chaotic missions.

Advice for Missions

Give X Cards

The most common type of missions, it means more flexibility on bidding (you can get rid of unwanted cards afterwards), plus partial information on a neighbour's hand.

Of course, you should throw away high cards for a 0 bid, but should you throw away middling cards if you have enough for your bid? Their bid might reveal whether they want to pass high cards.

Once the passing is done, remember those cards you pass away (at least until the person you are passing to have played them).

Pass All Cards

This is definitely chaotic bidding! Though you know another person's hand, and can guess which tricks they might earn.

Most of the time, bidding 1 is more of a safe choice, as it can be hard to make a 0 if you unfortunately get passed a high card. Though if the hand you saw are definitely winning a lot of tricks, that's another case.

Foresight

Not it's official name, but Wizard (also a bidding how many tricks you will take game) calls a similar variant this.

If there is just one trick, mind your probability and try your best to make a guess (good luck if you are the last bidder - you have no choice!).

For two, you know everyone's hand after bidding. Take that into account.

Discard Pili for Successful Bids

Many people think this is the time for going bold, but more often than not, it isn't (especially for 3 tricks). Bid what you would bid without this. Do not go over just because of the bonus.

Card Values Reversed

This is boring after a few plays. Just reverse the values in your hand, don't be careless, and it's one of the most normal variants.