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Tips machiavelli
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General
- Try to win the game as quickly as possible.
- Any cards you play can (and probably will) be used against you.
- Inexperienced players are often so preoccupied with whether or not they can play a card, they don’t stop to think if they should play it.
- Sometimes it can be beneficial to intentionally take the 3-card penalty.
- There are at least two reasons why you might want this:
- To get a specific card, if you think you can not win without it.
- To deplete the deck and end the game in a tie.
- There are at least two reasons why you might want this:
- It is sometimes possible to "trap" an opponent's card.
- For example: suppose you have Q♥Q♥K♣K♣K♦K♦K♠K♠ in your hand, but you don't have K♥.
- Any run that includes K♥ would require a Q♥, and any set that includes K♥ would require another K.
- So if your opponent has one of the two K♥, they can never play it, so they can never win! (But they can still tie.)
- For example: suppose you have Q♥Q♥K♣K♣K♦K♦K♠K♠ in your hand, but you don't have K♥.