The Critical Save (Question 3)

Question

• Alice clues yellow to Bob, touching a card on slot 4.
• Is this a Play Clue or a Save Clue?
• What card note does Bob write? (Be specific.)

Solution

• Bob knows that this could be a Play Clue on the yellow 1.
• However, since it touched his chop, it could also be a Save Clue. Since yellow 3 and yellow 4 are in the trash, a yellow clue matches those cards, so it could be yellow 3 or yellow 4.
• Bob then notices that Cathy has a yellow 3 in her hand. Since there are only two copies of yellow 3 in the deck, Bob cannot have the yellow 3.
• Bob does not know whether or not this is a Play Clue or a Save Clue, but he has to treat it as a Save Clue for the time being until he gets more information.
• Bob writes a card note that includes the following identities:
  • yellow 1 (as a Play Clue)
  • yellow 4 (as a Critical Save)