Tips thecrew

These tips are a big summary. There are lots of exceptions.

1. Do NOT take tasks of low values if you have that card.
2. Do NOT communicate if you see no problems in achieving the task. Reserve communication for problems.
3. On the other hand, don’t try to keep your communication for later. If the game could be lost in one trick, usually communicate immediately.
4. Mentally calculate the tricks performed when choosing tasks. This is particularly helpful when there are multiple tasks of the same suit.
5. If you have 2+ rockets at 5players or in later missions, it may be a good idea to take a task of a suit that you do not have any cards of (or have just 1 of it). If you got only 1 rocket, TRY to avoid it.
6. If you have rocket 3 and rocket 4, play rocket 3 first as a means of communicating your rockets.
7. Draining rockets by playing them first is usually not a good idea.
8. In variants specific missions, put more value to later calls. They got more informations to make their choice.

About communications: As a general rule, always assume the communication means the minimum amount of cards (so a y3- comm tells he got only two yellows, potentially y39), then wonder if that makes sense to tell it or not :

1. If yes, assume that until you get contradictory information (the first card discarded by that person is really important)
2. If no, and it’s lowest while he holds a task on that color, that seems to say he got his own task
3. If no, and it’s highest on a color he holds no tasks, that seems to say he wants to win his other(s) task(s) on that color
4. If no, and it’s in a color he holds a task, and winning it with it is difficult/impossible, that means he got a rocket, and wants to win the task of that color with it.

For a detailed guide, go here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w4rU2aaTluTH91sfSKyxd0shhHKpnPCaZCTxkl4PHOQ/edit (skip to part c) if you already read this).