Level 6 Challenge Questions

These questions are for level 6 strategies.

Question 1

Question

• Bob has two clued, but otherwise unknown cards in his hand: a blue card in slot 3 and a green card in slot 4.
• Alice clues 3 to Bob which touches the two clued cards in slots 3 and 4.
• One blue 4 is in the discard pile. The other blue 4 is yet to be drawn from the remaining available cards.
• What is the meaning of the clue?
• What is the focus of the clue?

Solution

• Since Bob's cards were already "gotten" when Alice clued, this must be a Tempo Clue.
• The clue gets exactly two new cards to become playable within the next turn.
• As the last remaining blue 4 is not accounted for, it is not currently possible for a Prompt to get the blue card played at this time.
• As a result, even though it does not meet the Minimum Clue Value Principle it is still considered to be "valuable".
• As a Tempo Clue, the focus of the clue is the leftmost, blue 3 card.

Question 2

Question

• Bob has one clued, but otherwise unknown card in his hand: a green card in slot 4.
• Alice clues 3 to Bob, which touches his card in slot 4 and "fills it in".
• What actions will Bob take on his next turn?

Solution

• Since Bob's card was already "gotten" when Alice clued, this must be a Tempo Clue.
• The clue gets a single new card to become playable within the next turn.
• Thus, the clue is not considered to be "valuable" enough; it must have a deeper meaning.
• Bob knows that a non-valuable Tempo Clue actually Chop Moves the card currently on the chop.
• Bob performs the following actions:
  • Bob marks his slot 3 card as being Chop Moved with a "cm" note on the card.
  • Bob will play the green 3 card from slot 4 on his next turn.

Question 3

Question

• The red 2 card is played on the stacks.
• Alice has a red card in slot 3, promised to be a playable red 4.
• Bob has an unknown 5, saved on chop.
• Cathy has a red card in slot 2, promised to be a playable red 3.
• Alice then gives a red clue to Bob, that touches a red card on slot 1 and fills-in the previously unknown red 5 in slot 5.
• What actions will Bob take on his turn?

Solution

• In this situation, the focus of the red clue is ambiguous:
  • If the red clue were focused on the "new" slot 1 card, then the focus would be Trash, so the resulting move would be a Trash Chop Move on slots 2, 3 and 4.
  • If the red clue were focused on the already-clued slot 5, then the focus would be the previously-unknown-to-be-playable red 5, so the resulting move would be a Tempo Clue Chop Move on slot 4.
  • Bob also knows that Tempo Clue Chop Moves have precedence over Trash Chop Moves.
  • Thus, in this situation, Bob should only Chop Move the card in slot 4.
  • Bob writes "cm" on his slot 4 card and proceeds to give an unrelated clue or discards his slot 1 card.