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Gamehelpjustone

2022-11-28T22:16:01Z

Pjt33: It's important to distinguish the official rules from personal interpretations, especially as some people are citing this document as evidence that "the rules have changed"

==Overview==

''Just One'' is a cooperative party game where you get other players to guess Mystery Words by writing secret clues on your easel.

Choose carefully though, since any identical clues will be canceled!

After 13 cards, calculate your score and try to set a new record each time you play.

==Gameplay==

1) A mystery word is presented.

2) Each player writes one '''single-word''' clue on their board.

3) One player reviews the clues. Any identical or invalid clues are removed.

===Valid clues===

'''Names''' (proper nouns), '''numbers''', '''acronyms''', '''onomatopoeia''', and '''special characters''' are all valid clues.

Examples:
* '''Mickey''' is allowed as a clue for '''Mouse'''
* '''007''' is allowed to help someone guess '''Bond'''
* '''Riiing''' or '''SMS''' are allowed to help someone guess '''Telephone'''
* '''$''' is allowed to help someone guess '''America'''.

===Identical clues===

* Identical words. Example: '''Mouse''' and '''Mouse''' are identical.
* Words in the same family. Example: '''Prince''' and '''Princess''' are considered to be identical. '''Japan''' and '''Japanese''' are considered to be identical.
* The same words in the singular and plural. Example: '''Horse''' and '''Horses''' are considered to be identical.
* The same words with spelling mistakes. Example: '''Rhythm''' and '''Rythem''' are considered to be identical.

===Invalid clues===

* The mystery word written differently. Example: '''Shirt''' → '''Shurt'''
* The mystery word written in a different language. Example: '''Green''' → '''Vert'''
* An invented word. Example: '''Cake''' → '''Swee’ting'''
* Homophones (a word phonetically identical to the mystery word with a different meaning). Example: '''Weather''' → '''Whether'''

Note: If all clues are identical or invalid and have been removed, the turn is over.

4) The active player guesses the mystery word.

===Results===

* Success: If the active player correctly guesses the Mystery Word, score 1 point.
* Failure: If the active player makes a wrong guess, do not gain the point, AND discard the next card in the stack. If the card guessed was the last card, lose a point.
* Skip: If the active player chooses not to answer, skip their turn and do not gain the point.

==End of Game==

The game ends after 13 rounds. Guessing all 13 mystery words correctly is a perfect score.

==Interpretations of the rules==

The rules about identical and invalid words have some ambiguities and it can be debatable whether words are valid or not.
Exact duplicates are removed automatically, but the player who will guess after the current guesser is responsible for striking out other invalid words.

* You should never strike out a word just because you don't understand how it clues the mystery word or because you think it's an unhelpful clue.
* The "family" of "words in the same family" is sometimes debatable. Words which share components may clash (e.g. in '''sandcastle''' and '''quicksand''' the '''sand''' component is significant enough that many players would consider it a clash) or may not (e.g. in '''unclear''' and '''uncertain''' the '''un-''' prefix is probably not enough to clash). Sometimes words which look extremely similar are actually derived from very different origins.
* The rule that translations are invalid clues is a frequent source of disagreements, especially when players speak different languages. Some players consider that a word which is found in standard dictionaries of the language you're playing in can be considered not to be a translation. Others think that if the mystery word is '''hat''' then '''sombrero''' is not a valid clue, because it's the generic Spanish word for hat and this makes it irrelevant that it's been adopted into English to refer to a particular style of hat.

If you're not sure then it's possible to ask in the chat whether other people think that there's a clash, being careful not to give away the debatable word or words.

Gamehelpjustone

2022-11-28T22:12:33Z

Pjt33: Formatting

Tips luckynumbers

2022-05-17T23:08:55Z

Pjt33: Revert vandalism

The numbers should be spaced apart evenly to increase the probability of getting the numbers you want. You don't want to be stuck in a situation where only one specific number will work for you.

Thus it makes sense to spread out the numbers. The ideal top left corner is 1. The ideal bottom right corner is 20. That's a no-brainer.

Then the ideal diagonal (top-left to bottom right) is 1, 7, 14, 20.

The ideal other diagonal is 11, 11, 11, 11.

The ideal first row is 1, 4, 7, 11 and so on, and so forth.

Just keep this grid in your mind, and keep filling the numbers as they come.

Be careful to keep a watchful eye on your opponents what they want, and try and deny it to the extent possible.