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This guide is for strategy tips: How to interpret clues, how to give clues, how to decide to play, discard or clue.
Refer to '''[https://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/Gamehelphanabi#Definitions Game Help Definitions]'''


== Thinking ==


== Basics ==
* Check visible cards, including played and discarded to determine the focus and the meaning of a clue.
** e.g. you are given a '''2''' clue. You see {{Hr|2}} was played and the second {{Hr|2}} is in another hand. Therefore the clue means "'''2'''s which are not red".
** e.g. you are given a '''4''' clue that marks only your chop. You see no '''4'''s have been discarded and no '''4'''s on the chop of the players next to you. Therefore the clue means "this '''4''' is playable".


== Cluing ==


'''1. Basic Rule for Clues:''' '''Every clue given is for either a) save useful card(s) or b) get the clued card played.'''
* '''Don't mark trash cards''' (a.k.a. "good touch" rule).
* Save unique cards as the first priority.
** Look ahead for unique cards on chop. ''Sometimes more than one player must help to save consecutive unique cards.''
* With few {{Hclue}}, work out which players need them.
* Consider how the receiver can interpret your clue.


Most hanabi-players on BGA play by this main rule. So when a clue is given, ask yourself "Is this clue to save something"? If not, it is to get played.
== Discarding ==
Saving cards is important because there are only 2 cards of each kind (only one of each 5 though). To not get stuck on that color it is urgent to keep the last copy of a card safe (prevent from discarding it).


* Trust your teammates to manage your cards.
* When there is nothing urgent to clue, don't be afraid to discard! Discarding is often the best move for the team.


'''2. Basic Rule for Discarding:''' '''Discard first what you know is useless (like a clued 1 when all 1s are already played). After that: discard your oldest unclued card.'''
== Playing ==


On BGA new cards move in on the left side. So you should discard from the right side. Most players will expect you to do so from the beginning even though there is no oldest card among first 4 cards.
* When multiple cards are marked, determine the focused card. ''Each clue only has one focused card.''
* Logically playable cards are marked at the earliest opportunity, so the leftmost card is assumed to be the focus of play clues ''(where no other cards are known to be playable)''.


== Triggering the final round ==


'''3. Basic Rule for Playing:''' '''Play the newer clued card'''
* Sometimes a specific player should draw the last card to maximise the score.
* Giving empty clues (e.g. "you have no red card") can help to manage which player draws last card.


When you get multiple cards clued and you can identify it is in fact a clue for play (see Basic Rule 1) - it is more likely that your newer card is the playable card. So most people on BGA expect you to play the clued card on the left. The rest of the cards are just to be kept on your hand.
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
Beware that there are different approaches and not all players play by this convention
|title=Last card example
|body='''{{HCard|1|o=1|c={{r}}|b=#999}}''' {{Hr|5}} {{Hy|5}} {{Hg|3}} {{Hb|4}} {{Hw|5}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hr|3}}{{Hy|1}}{{Hg|1}}{{Hb|5|n=|c=}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hg|2}}{{Hr|1}}{{Hg|4|n=|c=}}{{Hg|5|n=|c=}} }}


* Alice and Bob both give empty clues ''e.g. "to Cathy: you have no white card"''.
* Cathy plays {{Hg|4}} and draws the last card.
* Alice discards, Bob plays {{Hb|5}} and Cathy plays {{Hg|5}}.
}}


[to be continued...]
== Skip ==


== Advanced ==
* When a player gives a clue that could have been given by one of the skipped players, it means '''the skipped players have a better move than to give the clue that was used to skip'''.
* Skipping should be avoided unless there is a good reason.


[to be added...]
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=A bad skip / steal
|body=​
* Alice skips Bob to clue Cathy red.
{{Hr}} {{Hy|3}} {{Hg|3}} {{Hb|3}} {{Hw|3}}
{{cardholder|Alice 🡲|cards={{Hr|2}}{{Hy|1}}{{Hw|1}}{{Hb|3}} }}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|1}}{{Hy|5}}{{Hw|5}}{{Hb|4}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hr|1|c=}}{{Hw|4}}{{Hw|4}}{{Hw|3}} }}
 
* If Alice discarded instead, Bob would have clued Alice red to finesse {{Hr|1}} and {{Hr|2}}.
}}
 
Potential reasons for skipping players:
* Clue-giver is '''locked''' ''i.e. all cards are marked without any immediate plays.''
* Gain tempo to '''play''' ''e.g. skipped player(s) all have playable cards.''
* Gain tempo to '''clue''' ''e.g. skipped player(s) must give a fix clue.''
* Avoid a bad '''clue''' ''e.g. mark cards with good touch.''
* Ensure a good '''clue''' ''e.g. mark cards with good touch.''
* Cause a '''discard''' ''e.g. of a playable card so that its copy can be marked with good touch, or of trash.''
* Avoid a '''discard''' ''e.g. a double discard, or of nice-to-have (non-unique) cards.''
 
{{infoBoxes |maxWidth=650
|title1=A good skip example 1
|body1={{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb|1}} {{Hw|1}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hw|1}}{{Hy|2|n=}}{{Hw|2|n=}}{{Hr|2|n=}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hw|2}}{{Hr|1}}{{Hb|2}}{{Hg|1}} }}
 
* Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a blue clue so that a duplicate {{Hw|2}} is not marked.
 
|title2=A good skip example 2
|body2={{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb|1}} {{Hw|1}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hw|1}}{{Hy|2|n=}}{{Hw|2|n=}}{{Hr|2|n=}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hy|4}}{{Hw|2}}{{Hr|1}}{{Hb|2}} }}
 
* Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a blue clue because Bob has let let {{Hb|2}} reach chop and does not want to mark it because he might hold a copy.
}}
 
=== Additional interpretation ===
 
An additional finesse convention is that skipped player(s) cannot discard.
* i.e. Alice can clue Cathy only if Bob has a play or should give another clue.
* If a skipped player has no marked playable cards and no good clue to give, they can blind play their newest, unmarked card.
* A clue-giver who causes unmarked play(s) purely from a skip is responsible for any misinterpretation.
 
{{infoBoxes3 |maxWidth=650
|title1=Example 1: unambiguous skip play
|body1=​
* Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a '''1''' clue.
 
{{Hr}} {{Hy}} {{Hg}} {{Hb}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hy|1}}{{Hy|2}}{{Hw|2}}{{Hr|2}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hw|2}}{{Hr|1|n=}}{{Hb|2}}{{Hr|4}} }}
 
* Bob has no clue to give and no known play, so he '''blind plays his newest unmarked card'''.
* {{Hy|1}} does not connect to '''1''', so Cathy interprets Bob's move as a skip play and plays {{Hr|1}}.
 
|title2=Example 2: bluff
|body2=​
* Alice to Cathy: this card is red.
 
{{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|1}}{{Hy|2}}{{Hw|2}}{{Hr|2}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hy|4}}{{Hr|3|c=}}{{Hw|3}}{{Hb|2}} }}
 
* Cathy now knows her marked card {{Hr|3}} is playable.
* Bob does not see the connecting {{Hr|2}}, so assumes he has to play it now.
* Bob does not have a marked card that could be {{Hr|2}}, so Bob '''blind plays his newest unmarked card'''.
* {{Hb|1}} successfully plays and the bluff is revealed.
* Before Bob played, Cathy thought her marked card was {{Hr|2}}.
* After Bob plays, Cathy knows her marked card is any valuable red ({{Hr|3}}, {{Hr|4}} or {{Hr|5}}).
 
|title3=Example 3: lie
|body3=​
* Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a '''3''' clue.
 
{{Hr|2}} {{Hy}} {{Hg}} {{Hb}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hy|1}}{{Hy|2}}{{Hw|2}}{{Hr|2}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hw|2}}{{Hr|3|n=}}{{Hb|2}}{{Hr|4}} }}
 
* Bob has no clue to give and no known play, so he '''blind plays his newest unmarked card'''.
* In this convention, {{Hy|1}} does not connect to '''3''', so Cathy interprets as a bluff and her '''3''' is not playable.
* This is a lie because {{Hr|3}} is playable.
* Instead, Alice should have discarded and allowed Bob to clue Cathy so that she knows her {{Hr|3}} is playable.
}}
 
== 2 Player strategy ==
 
==== <span style="color:{{r}};font:700 larger cursive;">Basic</span> ====
 
# Marked cards are not discarded.
# Unique cards are saved.
# Saves are given as late as possible.
# Play clue focus is the leftmost card.
# All known playable cards are played before discarding ''(including '''5'''s with flamboyants)''.
# Marked trash cards are corrected.
 
==== ''<span style="color:{{g}};font:700 larger cursive;">Intermediate</span>'' ====
 
# Playable first copies are clued.
# Playable cards marked with both colour and number will play first.
# Last {{Hclue|1}} is only used to mark a unique or playable chop.
# Off-chop saves for consecutive unique cards.
# Double discards can be avoided with a stall clue.
#* empty clue
#* splash that marks no new cards
# Cards are played in clued order.
# Plays that lead to other plays are prioritised.
# Lower ranked cards are prioritised.
# Unique cards are splashed.
# Black Powder: {{Hk|1}} is only marked on chop unless all other '''1'''s (or {{Hk|2}}) are already played.
 
==== ''<span style="color:{{m}};font:700 larger cursive;">Advanced</span>'' ====
 
# Number clues that mark a non-unique chop are play clues.
#* e.g. with no '''3'''s discarded, play the left '''3'''.
# Black Powder: '''5'''s are marked with a playable {{Hk|5}} on chop. In a following turn the '''5''' to the left of {{Hk|5}} is marked with colour to play {{Hk|5}}.
# Before playing, a connecting card on chop can be marked.
# Flamboyants: consider not locking a hand with a 5 save.
# Avalanche: any card can be multicolor.
#* i.e. wait for negative multicolor on a {{Hr|5}} before playing as {{Hr|5}}.
# Scream discard = save the chop card (and move chop one slot to the left).
# 1-away from playable cards are splashed.
# Trash cards are discarded before being splashed.
# Already-marked trash cards are splashed.
# An early game '''4''' may be discarded.
# Black Powder: avoid discarding after an early game {{Hk|1}} or 5 save.
#* To allow consecutive {{Hk|1}} and colour 5 saves.
 
=== Early game ===
 
# At least {{Hclue|3}} are used before the first discard.
# Black Powder: {{Hk|5}} is marked first if it is the leftmost '''5'''.
# '''2'''s are marked next.
#* Black Powder: {{Hk|4}} is marked if there are no other '''4'''s.
# '''1'''s are marked next.
#* With multiple marked unknown '''1'''s in your hand, consider first playing your '''1'''s or marking '''1'''s individually with colour.
 
=== Alternative strategy ===
 
# '''Any card may be saved''', including non-unique cards.
# Cards marked with a number are only splashed with colour:
## If a previously unmarked card is playable.
## As a stall clue.
 
{{infoBoxes3
|title1=Clued misplay example
|body1={{Hr|1}} {{Hy|3}} {{Hg|3}} {{Hb|3}} {{Hw|3}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|1}}{{Hr|1}}{{Hb|2}}{{Hr|4}}{{Hr|5}} }}
Discarded: {{Hr|4}}
 
* There are no misfires.
* Alice needs to save {{Hr|5}} and {{Hr|4}}.
* Alice to Bob: these 3 cards are red.
 
{{Hr|1}} {{Hy|3}} {{Hg|3}} {{Hb|3}} {{Hw|3}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|1}}{{Hr|1|c=}}{{Hb|2}}{{Hr|4|c=}}{{Hr|5|c=}} }}
Discarded: {{Hr|4}}
 
* Bob misfires {{Hr|1}} as {{Hr|2}}.
* Bob interprets this as a clued misplay to save the remaining red cards.
 
|title2=Scream discard example
|body2={{Hr|1}} {{Hy|4}} {{Hg|2}} {{Hb|2}} {{Hw|2}}
{{cardholder|Alice 🡲|cards={{HBack}}{{HBack}}{{HBack}}{{HBack}}{{HBack|5|{{y}}|n=|c=}} }}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hy|1}}{{Hg|5}}{{Hb|5}}{{Hw|5|n=}}{{Hr|5|n=}} }}
 
* There are {{Hclue|0}} but Alice needs to save {{Hb|5}} ''and'' {{Hg|5}}.
* Alice discards her chop + 1 = 3rd slot while she has {{Hy|5}} to play.
* Bob expected Alice to play their known playable card.
* Bob knows Alice could have discarded her chop to save his chop.
* Bob interprets Alice's move as moving his chop two places from his 3rd slot to 1st slot.
* Bob now has two unmarked unique cards saved and discards {{Hy|1}}.
 
|title3=Positional misplay example
|body3={{Hr|1}} {{Hy|3}} {{Hg|3}} {{Hb|3}} {{Hw|3}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hr|1}}{{Hr|2}}{{Hr|3|n=|c=}}{{Hr|4|n=|c=}}{{Hr|5|n=|c=}} }}
 
* There are {{Hclue|0}} and no misfires.
* Alice really wants {{Hr|2}} to play so that Bob can play all his marked cards.
* Alice blind plays her second slot and causes a misfire.
* Bob interprets this as a clue for him to play the same position in his hand.
}}
 
{{infoBoxes
|title1=Splash correction example
|body1={{Hr|3}} {{Hy|2}} {{Hg|2}} {{Hb|2}} {{Hw|2}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hr|4}}{{Hr|3|n=}}{{Hw|3|n=}}{{Hb|3|n=}}{{Hb|5|n=}} }}
 
* Alice to Bob: these 2 cards are red.
 
{{Hr|3}} {{Hy|2}} {{Hg|2}} {{Hb|2}} {{Hw|2}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hr|4|c=}}{{Hr|3|n=|c=}}{{Hw|3|n=}}{{Hb|3|n=}}{{Hb|5|n=}} }}
 
* This marks {{Hr|4}} as playable and splashes {{Hr|3}} so that Bob knows it is trash.
 
|title2=Self prompt example
|body2={{Hr}} {{Hy}} {{Hg}} {{Hb}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Alice 🡲|cards={{HBack}}{{HBack}}{{HBack}}{{HBack}}{{HBack|1|{{r}}|c=}} }}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hw|4}}{{Hy|4}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hr|2|c=}} }}
 
* Bob to Alice: this card is red ⇨ {{Hr|1}}
* Alice to Bob: this card is red ⇨ {{Hr|2}}
}}
 
== Advanced moves ==
 
=== Discard clue ===
 
* A discard clue marks known trash cards to prevent an unwanted discard (or misfire).
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Discard clue example
|body={{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb|1}} {{Hw|1}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hw|1}}{{Hr|1}}{{Hw|4}}{{Hy|3}} }}
Discarded: {{Hy|3}}{{Hw|4}}
 
* {{Hy|3}} and {{Hw|4}} need to be saved.
* If Alice gives a '''3''' clue, {{Hw|4}} might be discarded.
* Alice gives a '''1''' clue so that Bob discards {{Hr|1}} and {{Hw|1}} before his chop card.
}}
 
=== Play refusal ===
 
* Instead of playing, a player clues or discards their '''chop'''.
* The next player must consider if the play refusal is waiting for a potential reverse or if there are unique card(s) to save.
 
=== Positional Discard ===
 
* In the endgame when you can see all remaining playable cards, you can use a positional discard to communicate the slot position in another hand.
* Typically used with {{Hclue|0}} or where trash cards make it awkward to clue the target.
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Positional discard example
|body={{Hr|5}} {{Hy|5}} {{Hg|4}} {{Hb|5}} {{Hw|5}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hg|5}}{{Hb|2}}{{Hr|4}}{{Hb|3}} }}
 
* Alice discards '''slot 1'''
* Bob plays '''slot 1''' ⇨ {{Hg|5}}
}}
 
=== Long finesse ===
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Long finesse example
|body=&ZeroWidthSpace;
* Alice to Bob: this card is a 4.
 
{{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hw|1}}{{Hw|2}}{{Hw|4|n=}}{{Hg|1}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hw|3}}{{Hb|1}}{{Hg|1}}{{Hy|1}} }}
 
* Bob has been given a play clue and does not see a playable card in any hand, so Bob blind plays his draw card.
* {{Hw|1}} successfully plays.
* Cathy sees that Bob has {{Hw|2}} in front of {{Hw|4}} but {{Hw|3}} is missing, so Cathy knows she must play {{Hw|3}} at the correct moment.
* Cathy discards, Alice discards and Bob blind plays his 2nd slot {{Hw|2}}.
 
{{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb}} {{Hw|2}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|5}}{{Hy|1}}{{Hw|4|n=}}{{Hg|1}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hy|2}}{{Hw|3}}{{Hb|1}}{{Hg|1}} }}
 
* Cathy blind plays her 2nd slot {{Hw|3}}.
* Alice discards and Bob plays the marked {{Hw|4}}.
}}
 
=== Layered finesse ===
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Layered finesse example
|body=&ZeroWidthSpace;
* Alice to Bob: these 2 cards are blue.
 
{{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb}} {{Hw|4}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|2|c=}}{{Hb|5|c=}}{{Hy|1}}{{Hg|1}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hr|2}}{{Hy|2}}{{Hb|1}}{{Hg|1}} }}
 
* Bob sees a playable {{Hb|1}} in Cathy's hand, layered behind other playable cards {{Hr|2}} and {{Hy|2}}.
* Bob discards and Cathy blind plays for {{Hb|1}}. {{Hr|2}} successfully plays.
* Cathy knows this cannot be a bluff because Bob would not discard unless he sees a playable {{Hb|1}} in Cathy's hand.
* So Cathy knows she is promised {{Hb|1}} and keeps playing each slot from left to right until her {{Hb|1}} is played.
}}
 
=== Trash bluff ===
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Trash bluff example
|body=&ZeroWidthSpace;
* Alice to Cathy: this card is a '''1'''.
 
{{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb|1}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|2}}{{Hy|4}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hr|4}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hr|1|n=}}{{Hw|2}}{{Hr|2}}{{Hy|5}} }}
 
* Bob must act now to prevent a misfire of {{Hr|1}}.
* Bob blind plays {{Hb|2}}.
* Cathy knows Bob would not blind play for a playable '''1''', so Cathy now knows that her '''1''' is trash and this was a ''trash bluff''.
}}
 
=== Finesse bluff ===
 
* If the following two players both have a playable finesse position, you may be able to perform a finesse bluff.
* The first blind play connects to the target.
* The second blind play does not connect to the target.
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Finesse bluff example
|body=&ZeroWidthSpace;
* Alice to Donald: this card is white.
 
{{Hr}} {{Hy}} {{Hg}} {{Hb}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hw|1}}{{Hy|4}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hb|4}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hr|1}}{{Hw|4}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hg|3}} }}
{{cardholder|Donald 🡲|cards={{Hr|4}}{{Hw|3|c=}}{{Hy|3}}{{Hb|2}} }}
 
* Bob blind plays {{Hw|1}}.
* Donald now thinks his white card is {{Hw|2}}.
* Cathy must act now to prevent a misfire of {{Hw|3}}.
* Cathy blind plays {{Hr|1}}.
* With two blind plays, Donald now knows his white is {{Hw|3}} and this was a ''finesse bluff''.
}}
 
=== Double bluff ===
 
* If the following two players both have a playable finesse position, you may be able to perform a double bluff.
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=700
|title=Double bluff example
|body=&ZeroWidthSpace;
* Alice can bluff Bob's {{Hw|1}} with a blue clue to Donald.
* '''Instead''': Alice to Donald: this card is a 2.
 
{{Hr}} {{Hy}} {{Hg}} {{Hb}} {{Hw}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hw|1}}{{Hy|4}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hb|4}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hr|1}}{{Hw|4}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hg|3}} }}
{{cardholder|Donald 🡲|cards={{Hr|3}}{{Hw|3}}{{Hy|3}}{{Hb|2|n=}} }}
 
* Bob blind plays {{Hw|1}}
* Without colour, Donald thinks his '''2''' is {{Hw|2}}.
* Cathy must act now to prevent a misfire of {{Hb|2}}.
* Cathy blind plays {{Hr|1}}.
* With two blind plays, Donald now knows his '''2''' is not {{Hw|2}} or {{Hr|2}} and this was a ''double bluff''.
}}
 
=== Promise bluff ===
 
'''This move only applies to 1-away-from-playable bluff interpretations.'''
* Promise bluffs give more information than regular bluffs, as they ''promise'' the necessary connecting cards to make the clued bluff target 1-away-from-playable. These connecting cards must be either marked or unmarked in finesse position.
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Promise bluff example
|body=&ZeroWidthSpace;
* Alice to Cathy: this card is white.
 
{{Hr|1}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|1}} {{Hb|1}} {{Hw|1}}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|2}}{{Hw|3}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hr|4}} }}
{{cardholder|Cathy 🡲|cards={{Hr|1}}{{Hw|4|c=}}{{Hr|2}}{{Hy|5}} }}
 
* Bob must act now to prevent a misfire of {{Hw|4}}.
* Bob blind plays {{Hb|2}} and the bluff is revealed.
* Cathy sees Bob's {{Hw|3}} was in finesse position behind {{Hb|2}}, so now knows that her marked card is '''either''' {{Hw|4}} or {{Hw|3}}.
* Bob knows that for the bluff target to be a valid 1-away-from playable, he is also promised {{Hw|3}} in his slot 2.
}}
 
=== Empty clue double save ===
 
* With not enough {{Hclue}} or turns to save consecutive unique cards, an empty clue can save two chop cards.
 
{{infoBox |maxWidth=650
|title=Double save example
|body={{Hr|2}} {{Hy|1}} {{Hg|2}} {{Hb|2}} {{Hw|1}}
{{cardholder|Alice 🡲|cards={{HBack}}{{HBack|2|{{w}}|n=|c=}}{{HBack}}{{HBack}} }}
{{cardholder|Bob 🡲|cards={{Hb|2}}{{Hr|2}}{{Hg|4}}{{Hy|3}} }}
Discarded: {{Hy|3}}{{Hg|4}}
 
* {{Hy|3}} and {{Hg|4}} need to be saved.
* If Alice gives a '''3''' clue, {{Hg|4}} might be discarded.
* A '''2''' clue will cause a misfire of {{Hb|2}}.
* Alice gives an empty clue (e.g. '''1''' or '''5''' or white).
* Bob knows that if Alice did not play her {{Hw|2}}, this empty clue must mean something.
* Bob does not have a playable card and knows Alice could have saved his chop card with this clue token.
* Bob interprets this as 'do not discard two chop cards' and discards {{Hr|2}}.
}}

Latest revision as of 08:46, 11 February 2024

Refer to Game Help Definitions

Thinking

  • Check visible cards, including played and discarded to determine the focus and the meaning of a clue.
    • e.g. you are given a 2 clue. You see
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      was played and the second
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      is in another hand. Therefore the clue means "2s which are not red".
    • e.g. you are given a 4 clue that marks only your chop. You see no 4s have been discarded and no 4s on the chop of the players next to you. Therefore the clue means "this 4 is playable".

Cluing

  • Don't mark trash cards (a.k.a. "good touch" rule).
  • Save unique cards as the first priority.
    • Look ahead for unique cards on chop. Sometimes more than one player must help to save consecutive unique cards.
  • With few ​clue tokens, work out which players need them.
  • Consider how the receiver can interpret your clue.

Discarding

  • Trust your teammates to manage your cards.
  • When there is nothing urgent to clue, don't be afraid to discard! Discarding is often the best move for the team.

Playing

  • When multiple cards are marked, determine the focused card. Each clue only has one focused card.
  • Logically playable cards are marked at the earliest opportunity, so the leftmost card is assumed to be the focus of play clues (where no other cards are known to be playable).

Triggering the final round

  • Sometimes a specific player should draw the last card to maximise the score.
  • Giving empty clues (e.g. "you have no red card") can help to manage which player draws last card.
Last card example
card1
,with a
card1clue,
red5
,with a
red5clue,
yellow5
,with a
yellow5clue,
green3
,with a
green3clue,
blue4
,with a
blue4clue,
white5
,with a
white5clue,
red3
,with a
red3clue,
yellow1
,with a
yellow1clue,
green1
,with a
green1clue,
blue5
,with a
blue5clue,
Bob 🡲
green2
,with a
green2clue,
red1
,with a
red1clue,
green4
,with a
green4clue,
green5
,with a
green5clue,
Cathy 🡲
  • Alice and Bob both give empty clues e.g. "to Cathy: you have no white card".
  • Cathy plays
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    and draws the last card.
  • Alice discards, Bob plays
    blue5
    ,with a
    blue5clue,
    and Cathy plays
    green5
    ,with a
    green5clue,
    .

Skip

  • When a player gives a clue that could have been given by one of the skipped players, it means the skipped players have a better move than to give the clue that was used to skip.
  • Skipping should be avoided unless there is a good reason.
A bad skip / steal
​
  • Alice skips Bob to clue Cathy red.
red​
,with a
red​clue,
yellow3
,with a
yellow3clue,
green3
,with a
green3clue,
blue3
,with a
blue3clue,
white3
,with a
white3clue,
red2
,with a
red2clue,
yellow1
,with a
yellow1clue,
white1
,with a
white1clue,
blue3
,with a
blue3clue,
Alice 🡲
blue1
,with a
blue1clue,
yellow5
,with a
yellow5clue,
white5
,with a
white5clue,
blue4
,with a
blue4clue,
Bob 🡲
red1
,with a
red1clue,
white4
,with a
white4clue,
white4
,with a
white4clue,
white3
,with a
white3clue,
Cathy 🡲
  • If Alice discarded instead, Bob would have clued Alice red to finesse
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    and
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    .

Potential reasons for skipping players:

  • Clue-giver is locked i.e. all cards are marked without any immediate plays.
  • Gain tempo to play e.g. skipped player(s) all have playable cards.
  • Gain tempo to clue e.g. skipped player(s) must give a fix clue.
  • Avoid a bad clue e.g. mark cards with good touch.
  • Ensure a good clue e.g. mark cards with good touch.
  • Cause a discard e.g. of a playable card so that its copy can be marked with good touch, or of trash.
  • Avoid a discard e.g. a double discard, or of nice-to-have (non-unique) cards.
A good skip example 1
red1
,with a
red1clue,
yellow1
,with a
yellow1clue,
green1
,with a
green1clue,
blue1
,with a
blue1clue,
white1
,with a
white1clue,
white1
,with a
white1clue,
yellow2
,with a
yellow2clue,
white2
,with a
white2clue,
red2
,with a
red2clue,
Bob 🡲
white2
,with a
white2clue,
red1
,with a
red1clue,
blue2
,with a
blue2clue,
green1
,with a
green1clue,
Cathy 🡲
  • Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a blue clue so that a duplicate
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    is not marked.
A good skip example 2
red1
,with a
red1clue,
yellow1
,with a
yellow1clue,
green1
,with a
green1clue,
blue1
,with a
blue1clue,
white1
,with a
white1clue,
white1
,with a
white1clue,
yellow2
,with a
yellow2clue,
white2
,with a
white2clue,
red2
,with a
red2clue,
Bob 🡲
yellow4
,with a
yellow4clue,
white2
,with a
white2clue,
red1
,with a
red1clue,
blue2
,with a
blue2clue,
Cathy 🡲
  • Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a blue clue because Bob has let let
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    reach chop and does not want to mark it because he might hold a copy.

Additional interpretation

An additional finesse convention is that skipped player(s) cannot discard.

  • i.e. Alice can clue Cathy only if Bob has a play or should give another clue.
  • If a skipped player has no marked playable cards and no good clue to give, they can blind play their newest, unmarked card.
  • A clue-giver who causes unmarked play(s) purely from a skip is responsible for any misinterpretation.
Example 1: unambiguous skip play
​
  • Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a 1 clue.
red​
,with a
red​clue,
yellow​
,with a
yellow​clue,
green​
,with a
green​clue,
blue​
,with a
blue​clue,
white​
,with a
white​clue,
yellow1
,with a
yellow1clue,
yellow2
,with a
yellow2clue,
white2
,with a
white2clue,
red2
,with a
red2clue,
Bob 🡲
white2
,with a
white2clue,
red1
,with a
red1clue,
blue2
,with a
blue2clue,
red4
,with a
red4clue,
Cathy 🡲
  • Bob has no clue to give and no known play, so he blind plays his newest unmarked card.
  • yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    does not connect to 1, so Cathy interprets Bob's move as a skip play and plays
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    .
Example 2: bluff
​
  • Alice to Cathy: this card is red.
red1
,with a
red1clue,
yellow1
,with a
yellow1clue,
green1
,with a
green1clue,
blue​
,with a
blue​clue,
white​
,with a
white​clue,
blue1
,with a
blue1clue,
yellow2
,with a
yellow2clue,
white2
,with a
white2clue,
red2
,with a
red2clue,
Bob 🡲
yellow4
,with a
yellow4clue,
red3
,with a
red3clue,
white3
,with a
white3clue,
blue2
,with a
blue2clue,
Cathy 🡲
  • Cathy now knows her marked card
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    is playable.
  • Bob does not see the connecting
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    , so assumes he has to play it now.
  • Bob does not have a marked card that could be
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    , so Bob blind plays his newest unmarked card.
  • blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    successfully plays and the bluff is revealed.
  • Before Bob played, Cathy thought her marked card was
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    .
  • After Bob plays, Cathy knows her marked card is any valuable red (
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    ,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    or
    red5
    ,with a
    red5clue,
    ).
Example 3: lie
​
  • Alice skips Bob to give Cathy a 3 clue.
    • red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    yellow​
    ,with a
    yellow​clue,
    green​
    ,with a
    green​clue,
    blue​
    ,with a
    blue​clue,
    white​
    ,with a
    white​clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    yellow2
    ,with a
    yellow2clue,
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    Bob 🡲
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    • Bob has no clue to give and no known play, so he blind plays his newest unmarked card.
    • In this convention,
      yellow1
      ,with a
      yellow1clue,
      does not connect to 3, so Cathy interprets as a bluff and her 3 is not playable.
    • This is a lie because
      red3
      ,with a
      red3clue,
      is playable.
    • Instead, Alice should have discarded and allowed Bob to clue Cathy so that she knows her
      red3
      ,with a
      red3clue,
      is playable.

    2 Player strategy

    Basic

    1. Marked cards are not discarded.
    2. Unique cards are saved.
    3. Saves are given as late as possible.
    4. Play clue focus is the leftmost card.
    5. All known playable cards are played before discarding (including 5s with flamboyants).
    6. Marked trash cards are corrected.

    Intermediate

    1. Playable first copies are clued.
    2. Playable cards marked with both colour and number will play first.
    3. Last 1clue tokens is only used to mark a unique or playable chop.
    4. Off-chop saves for consecutive unique cards.
    5. Double discards can be avoided with a stall clue.
      • empty clue
      • splash that marks no new cards
    6. Cards are played in clued order.
    7. Plays that lead to other plays are prioritised.
    8. Lower ranked cards are prioritised.
    9. Unique cards are splashed.
    10. Black Powder:
      black powder1
      ,with a
      black powder1clue,
      is only marked on chop unless all other 1s (or
      black powder2
      ,with a
      black powder2clue,
      ) are already played.

    Advanced

    1. Number clues that mark a non-unique chop are play clues.
      • e.g. with no 3s discarded, play the left 3.
    2. Black Powder: 5s are marked with a playable
      black powder5
      ,with a
      black powder5clue,
      on chop. In a following turn the 5 to the left of
      black powder5
      ,with a
      black powder5clue,
      is marked with colour to play
      black powder5
      ,with a
      black powder5clue,
      .
    3. Before playing, a connecting card on chop can be marked.
    4. Flamboyants: consider not locking a hand with a 5 save.
    5. Avalanche: any card can be multicolor.
      • i.e. wait for negative multicolor on a
        red5
        ,with a
        red5clue,
        before playing as
        red5
        ,with a
        red5clue,
        .
    6. Scream discard = save the chop card (and move chop one slot to the left).
    7. 1-away from playable cards are splashed.
    8. Trash cards are discarded before being splashed.
    9. Already-marked trash cards are splashed.
    10. An early game 4 may be discarded.
    11. Black Powder: avoid discarding after an early game
      black powder1
      ,with a
      black powder1clue,
      or 5 save.
      • To allow consecutive
        black powder1
        ,with a
        black powder1clue,
        and colour 5 saves.

    Early game

    1. At least 3clue tokens are used before the first discard.
    2. Black Powder:
      black powder5
      ,with a
      black powder5clue,
      is marked first if it is the leftmost 5.
    3. 2s are marked next.
      • Black Powder:
        black powder4
        ,with a
        black powder4clue,
        is marked if there are no other 4s.
    4. 1s are marked next.
      • With multiple marked unknown 1s in your hand, consider first playing your 1s or marking 1s individually with colour.

    Alternative strategy

    1. Any card may be saved, including non-unique cards.
    2. Cards marked with a number are only splashed with colour:
      1. If a previously unmarked card is playable.
      2. As a stall clue.
    Clued misplay example
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    green3
    ,with a
    green3clue,
    blue3
    ,with a
    blue3clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    red5
    ,with a
    red5clue,
    Bob 🡲     Discarded:
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    • There are no misfires.
    • Alice needs to save
      red5
      ,with a
      red5clue,
      and
      red4
      ,with a
      red4clue,
      .
    • Alice to Bob: these 3 cards are red.
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    green3
    ,with a
    green3clue,
    blue3
    ,with a
    blue3clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    red5
    ,with a
    red5clue,
    Bob 🡲     Discarded:
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    • Bob misfires
      red1
      ,with a
      red1clue,
      as
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      .
    • Bob interprets this as a clued misplay to save the remaining red cards.
    Scream discard example
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow4
    ,with a
    yellow4clue,
    green2
    ,with a
    green2clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    5clue,
    Alice 🡲
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green5
    ,with a
    green5clue,
    blue5
    ,with a
    blue5clue,
    white5
    ,with a
    white5clue,
    red5
    ,with a
    red5clue,
    Bob 🡲
    • There are 0clue tokens but Alice needs to save
      blue5
      ,with a
      blue5clue,
      and
      green5
      ,with a
      green5clue,
      .
    • Alice discards her chop + 1 = 3rd slot while she has
      yellow5
      ,with a
      yellow5clue,
      to play.
    • Bob expected Alice to play their known playable card.
    • Bob knows Alice could have discarded her chop to save his chop.
    • Bob interprets Alice's move as moving his chop two places from his 3rd slot to 1st slot.
    • Bob now has two unmarked unique cards saved and discards
      yellow1
      ,with a
      yellow1clue,
      .
    Positional misplay example
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    green3
    ,with a
    green3clue,
    blue3
    ,with a
    blue3clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    red5
    ,with a
    red5clue,
    Bob 🡲
    • There are 0clue tokens and no misfires.
    • Alice really wants
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      to play so that Bob can play all his marked cards.
    • Alice blind plays her second slot and causes a misfire.
    • Bob interprets this as a clue for him to play the same position in his hand.
    Splash correction example
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    yellow2
    ,with a
    yellow2clue,
    green2
    ,with a
    green2clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    blue3
    ,with a
    blue3clue,
    blue5
    ,with a
    blue5clue,
    Bob 🡲
    • Alice to Bob: these 2 cards are red.
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    yellow2
    ,with a
    yellow2clue,
    green2
    ,with a
    green2clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    blue3
    ,with a
    blue3clue,
    blue5
    ,with a
    blue5clue,
    Bob 🡲
    • This marks
      red4
      ,with a
      red4clue,
      as playable and splashes
      red3
      ,with a
      red3clue,
      so that Bob knows it is trash.
    Self prompt example
    red​
    ,with a
    red​clue,
    yellow​
    ,with a
    yellow​clue,
    green​
    ,with a
    green​clue,
    blue​
    ,with a
    blue​clue,
    white​
    ,with a
    white​clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    1clue,
    Alice 🡲
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    yellow4
    ,with a
    yellow4clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    Bob 🡲
    • Bob to Alice: this card is red ⇨
      red1
      ,with a
      red1clue,
    • Alice to Bob: this card is red ⇨
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,

    Advanced moves

    Discard clue

    • A discard clue marks known trash cards to prevent an unwanted discard (or misfire).
    Discard clue example
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    white1
    ,with a
    white1clue,
    white1
    ,with a
    white1clue,
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    Bob 🡲     Discarded:
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    • yellow3
      ,with a
      yellow3clue,
      and
      white4
      ,with a
      white4clue,
      need to be saved.
    • If Alice gives a 3 clue,
      white4
      ,with a
      white4clue,
      might be discarded.
    • Alice gives a 1 clue so that Bob discards
      red1
      ,with a
      red1clue,
      and
      white1
      ,with a
      white1clue,
      before his chop card.

    Play refusal

    • Instead of playing, a player clues or discards their chop.
    • The next player must consider if the play refusal is waiting for a potential reverse or if there are unique card(s) to save.

    Positional Discard

    • In the endgame when you can see all remaining playable cards, you can use a positional discard to communicate the slot position in another hand.
    • Typically used with 0clue tokens or where trash cards make it awkward to clue the target.
    Positional discard example
    red5
    ,with a
    red5clue,
    yellow5
    ,with a
    yellow5clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    blue5
    ,with a
    blue5clue,
    white5
    ,with a
    white5clue,
    green5
    ,with a
    green5clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    blue3
    ,with a
    blue3clue,
    Bob 🡲
    • Alice discards slot 1
    • Bob plays slot 1 ⇨
      green5
      ,with a
      green5clue,

    Long finesse

    Long finesse example
    ​
    • Alice to Bob: this card is a 4.
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    blue​
    ,with a
    blue​clue,
    white​
    ,with a
    white​clue,
    white1
    ,with a
    white1clue,
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    Bob 🡲
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    • Bob has been given a play clue and does not see a playable card in any hand, so Bob blind plays his draw card.
    • white1
      ,with a
      white1clue,
      successfully plays.
    • Cathy sees that Bob has
      white2
      ,with a
      white2clue,
      in front of
      white4
      ,with a
      white4clue,
      but
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      is missing, so Cathy knows she must play
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      at the correct moment.
    • Cathy discards, Alice discards and Bob blind plays his 2nd slot
      white2
      ,with a
      white2clue,
      .
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    blue​
    ,with a
    blue​clue,
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    blue5
    ,with a
    blue5clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    Bob 🡲
    yellow2
    ,with a
    yellow2clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    • Cathy blind plays her 2nd slot
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      .
    • Alice discards and Bob plays the marked
      white4
      ,with a
      white4clue,
      .

    Layered finesse

    Layered finesse example
    ​
    • Alice to Bob: these 2 cards are blue.
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    blue​
    ,with a
    blue​clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    blue5
    ,with a
    blue5clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    Bob 🡲
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    yellow2
    ,with a
    yellow2clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    • Bob sees a playable
      blue1
      ,with a
      blue1clue,
      in Cathy's hand, layered behind other playable cards
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      and
      yellow2
      ,with a
      yellow2clue,
      .
    • Bob discards and Cathy blind plays for
      blue1
      ,with a
      blue1clue,
      .
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      successfully plays.
    • Cathy knows this cannot be a bluff because Bob would not discard unless he sees a playable
      blue1
      ,with a
      blue1clue,
      in Cathy's hand.
    • So Cathy knows she is promised
      blue1
      ,with a
      blue1clue,
      and keeps playing each slot from left to right until her
      blue1
      ,with a
      blue1clue,
      is played.

    Trash bluff

    Trash bluff example
    ​
    • Alice to Cathy: this card is a 1.
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    white​
    ,with a
    white​clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    yellow4
    ,with a
    yellow4clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    Bob 🡲
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    white2
    ,with a
    white2clue,
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    yellow5
    ,with a
    yellow5clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    • Bob must act now to prevent a misfire of
      red1
      ,with a
      red1clue,
      .
    • Bob blind plays
      blue2
      ,with a
      blue2clue,
      .
    • Cathy knows Bob would not blind play for a playable 1, so Cathy now knows that her 1 is trash and this was a trash bluff.

    Finesse bluff

    • If the following two players both have a playable finesse position, you may be able to perform a finesse bluff.
    • The first blind play connects to the target.
    • The second blind play does not connect to the target.
    Finesse bluff example
    ​
    • Alice to Donald: this card is white.
    red​
    ,with a
    red​clue,
    yellow​
    ,with a
    yellow​clue,
    green​
    ,with a
    green​clue,
    blue​
    ,with a
    blue​clue,
    white​
    ,with a
    white​clue,
    white1
    ,with a
    white1clue,
    yellow4
    ,with a
    yellow4clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    blue4
    ,with a
    blue4clue,
    Bob 🡲
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    green3
    ,with a
    green3clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    Donald 🡲
    • Bob blind plays
      white1
      ,with a
      white1clue,
      .
    • Donald now thinks his white card is
      white2
      ,with a
      white2clue,
      .
    • Cathy must act now to prevent a misfire of
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      .
    • Cathy blind plays
      red1
      ,with a
      red1clue,
      .
    • With two blind plays, Donald now knows his white is
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      and this was a finesse bluff.

    Double bluff

    • If the following two players both have a playable finesse position, you may be able to perform a double bluff.
    Double bluff example
    ​
    • Alice can bluff Bob's
      white1
      ,with a
      white1clue,
      with a blue clue to Donald.
    • Instead: Alice to Donald: this card is a 2.
    red​
    ,with a
    red​clue,
    yellow​
    ,with a
    yellow​clue,
    green​
    ,with a
    green​clue,
    blue​
    ,with a
    blue​clue,
    white​
    ,with a
    white​clue,
    white1
    ,with a
    white1clue,
    yellow4
    ,with a
    yellow4clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    blue4
    ,with a
    blue4clue,
    Bob 🡲
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    green3
    ,with a
    green3clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    red3
    ,with a
    red3clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    Donald 🡲
    • Bob blind plays
      white1
      ,with a
      white1clue,
    • Without colour, Donald thinks his 2 is
      white2
      ,with a
      white2clue,
      .
    • Cathy must act now to prevent a misfire of
      blue2
      ,with a
      blue2clue,
      .
    • Cathy blind plays
      red1
      ,with a
      red1clue,
      .
    • With two blind plays, Donald now knows his 2 is not
      white2
      ,with a
      white2clue,
      or
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      and this was a double bluff.

    Promise bluff

    This move only applies to 1-away-from-playable bluff interpretations.

    • Promise bluffs give more information than regular bluffs, as they promise the necessary connecting cards to make the clued bluff target 1-away-from-playable. These connecting cards must be either marked or unmarked in finesse position.
    Promise bluff example
    ​
    • Alice to Cathy: this card is white.
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green1
    ,with a
    green1clue,
    blue1
    ,with a
    blue1clue,
    white1
    ,with a
    white1clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    white3
    ,with a
    white3clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    red4
    ,with a
    red4clue,
    Bob 🡲
    red1
    ,with a
    red1clue,
    white4
    ,with a
    white4clue,
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    yellow5
    ,with a
    yellow5clue,
    Cathy 🡲
    • Bob must act now to prevent a misfire of
      white4
      ,with a
      white4clue,
      .
    • Bob blind plays
      blue2
      ,with a
      blue2clue,
      and the bluff is revealed.
    • Cathy sees Bob's
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      was in finesse position behind
      blue2
      ,with a
      blue2clue,
      , so now knows that her marked card is either
      white4
      ,with a
      white4clue,
      or
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      .
    • Bob knows that for the bluff target to be a valid 1-away-from playable, he is also promised
      white3
      ,with a
      white3clue,
      in his slot 2.

    Empty clue double save

    • With not enough ​clue tokens or turns to save consecutive unique cards, an empty clue can save two chop cards.
    Double save example
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    yellow1
    ,with a
    yellow1clue,
    green2
    ,with a
    green2clue,
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    white1
    ,with a
    white1clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    2clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    card back​
    ,with a
    clue,
    Alice 🡲
    blue2
    ,with a
    blue2clue,
    red2
    ,with a
    red2clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    Bob 🡲     Discarded:
    yellow3
    ,with a
    yellow3clue,
    green4
    ,with a
    green4clue,
    • yellow3
      ,with a
      yellow3clue,
      and
      green4
      ,with a
      green4clue,
      need to be saved.
    • If Alice gives a 3 clue,
      green4
      ,with a
      green4clue,
      might be discarded.
    • A 2 clue will cause a misfire of
      blue2
      ,with a
      blue2clue,
      .
    • Alice gives an empty clue (e.g. 1 or 5 or white).
    • Bob knows that if Alice did not play her
      white2
      ,with a
      white2clue,
      , this empty clue must mean something.
    • Bob does not have a playable card and knows Alice could have saved his chop card with this clue token.
    • Bob interprets this as 'do not discard two chop cards' and discards
      red2
      ,with a
      red2clue,
      .
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