Early Game

Question

• It is currently the Early Game. There is 1 clue token left.
• List all the legal actions that Alice can perform. Of the legal actions, which is the best one?

Solution

• There are two legal things for Alice to do:
  • First, Alice can perform a 5 Stall to Donald (by cluing number 5 to touch the purple 5).
  • Second, Alice can discard.
• If Alice performs a 5 Stall, then Bob's action would be to discard (since there are no clue tokens left).
• If Bob discarded, he would discard a green 1, which is considered to be an excellent discard (since it is already played and is thus considered to be trash).
• Alice could have a more desirable card on chop than a green 1, like a yellow 3 or a blue 3.
• Thus, while it is permissible for Alice to either 5 Stall or discard, her best action is to perform a 5 Stall, since her chop is more valuable than Bob's chop.