Playing Multiple 1's, II

Question

• It is the first turn of the game.
• Alice clues number 1 to Bob.
• The order of playing these 1s is from right to left.

• Bob plays the rightmost one. It successfully plays as red 1. (Bob draws a new card.)
• Cathy does something unrelated.
• Alice clues red to Bob. It touches Bob's chop. This must be a Play Clue on a red 2.

• Bob plays his slot 5 one. It successfully plays as blue 1. (Bob draws a new card.)
• Cathy does something unrelated.
• Alice gives Bob a number 1 clue again, touching Bob's two new cards as well as re-touching the 1s from his starting hand.
• Which card is Bob expected to play?

Solution

• Sometimes, fresh 1s are touched in the same hand as 1s that have not played yet.
• When this happens, the play-order notes on previous 1s are erased and the order of playing the 1s is re-calculated.
• For this calculation, the precedence remains the same:
  • Chop
  • Fresh 1s (left to right)
  • Starting Hand 1s (right to left)
• Thus:
  • Bob erases the notes on his 1s.
  • Bob's slot 2 is chop, so Bob writes "1st" on it.
  • Bob's slot 1 card is a fresh 1, he writes "2nd" on it.
  • Bob's slot 4 and slot 5 cards are 1s from his starting hand. He writes "3rd" on slot 5 and "4th" on slot 4.
  • Additionally, Bob knows that he has four 1s in his hand and only three 1s need to be played. Thus, from Good Touch Principle, his 1 on slot 4 will never play, so he marks it as known-trash.
  • Bob is expected to play his slot 2 card. It successfully plays as yellow 1.