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For the rules of Machiavelli, see <b>[[Gamehelpmachiavelli|GameHelpMachiavelli]]</b> | For the rules of Machiavelli, see <b>[[Gamehelpmachiavelli|GameHelpMachiavelli]]</b> | ||
== General == | |||
* Try to win the game as quickly as possible. | |||
Sometimes it can be beneficial to intentionally take the 3-card penalty. There are at least two reasons why you might want this: | * Any cards you play can (and probably will) be used against you. | ||
* To get a specific card, if you think you can not win without it. | * 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. | ||
* To deplete the deck and end the game in a tie. | * 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. | |||
It is sometimes possible to "trap" an opponent's card. For example | <div style="line-height: 1.6rem;"> | ||
* It is sometimes possible to "trap" an opponent's card. | |||
** ''For example:'' suppose you have {{heart|=Q}}{{heart|=Q}}{{club|=K}}{{club|=K}}{{diamond|=K}}{{diamond|=K}}{{spade|=K}}{{spade|=K}} in your hand, but you don't have {{heart|=K}}. | |||
*** Any run that includes {{heart|=K}} would require a {{heart|=Q}}, and any set that includes {{heart|=K}} would require another king. | |||
*** So if your opponent has one of the two {{heart|=K}}, they can never play it, so they can never win! (But they can still tie.) | |||
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Revision as of 13:08, 27 December 2021
For the rules of Machiavelli, see GameHelpMachiavelli
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 ♥♥♣♣♦♦♠♠ in your hand, but you don't have ♥.
- Any run that includes ♥ would require a ♥, and any set that includes ♥ would require another king.
- So if your opponent has one of the two ♥, they can never play it, so they can never win! (But they can still tie.)
- For example: suppose you have ♥♥♣♣♦♦♠♠ in your hand, but you don't have ♥.