Level 6 Challenge Questions

These questions are for level 6 strategies.

Question 1

Question

• Alice has two clued, but otherwise unknown cards in her hand: a blue card in slot 3 and a green card in slot 4.
• Bob clues 3 to Alice 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 Alice cards were already "gotten" when Bob 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

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

Solution

• Since Alice card was already "gotten" when Bob 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.
• Alice knows that a non-valuable Tempo Clue actually Chop Moves the card currently on the chop.
• Alice performs the following actions:
  • Alice marks her slot 3 card as being Chop Moved with a "cm" note on the card.
  • Alice will play the green 3 card from slot 4 on her next turn.