Save Principle (Question 2)

Question

• What action should Alice perform?
• If Alice should give a clue, what card note will be written on the focused card? (Be specific.)

Solution

• Alice needs to give a Save Clue to Bob's yellow 2 before it is discarded (because everyone agrees that all unique 2's must be saved).
• Alice is not allowed to clue yellow, because 2's must be saved with a 2 Save.
  • If Alice did clue yellow, then it would look like a Play Clue on a yellow card and Bob would try to play it as the yellow 1.
• If Alice clues number 2, then it would be a 2 Save on the yellow 2, but it would also duplicate the red 2 (which is already played on the stacks).
• Thus, Alice should clue number 2 to Bob as a 2 Save (because it is more important to save cards than it is to satisfy Good Touch Principle).
• That clue would be focused on slot 5. Bob will write a card note with the following identities:
  • green 2, blue 2 (as a Play Clue)
  • yellow 2, purple 2 (as a 2 Save)