Convention Attribution

General Terms

• The general terms of chop, Finesse, and Bluff were not invented by this group. Those basic strategies were the building blocks for the current H-Group framework.
• "Chop" is a term invented by Ben Smalls, one of the more prominent early Hanabi players. The earliest mention of the word on the Board Game Geek forums comes from his post back in 2013.
• A "finesse" is a common strategy in bridge, so that is the likely origin of the term. The earliest mention of "finesse" and "bluff" on the Board Game Geek forums comes from Adam Kunsemiller's post in 2012. He uses the terms in a colloquial way, which implies that these strategies were commonly used at the time of writing.
• The specific inventors of some of our own strategies are listed below.

Conventions for All Variants

Convention Name	Inventor
The First Principles	Duneaught
The 2 Save	Hyphen-ated & Duneaught
Chop-Focus	Zamiel & Hyphen-ated
The Layered Finesse	Antizoubilamaka
The Clandestine Finesse	Antizoubilamaka
The Patch Finesse	Zamiel & Libster
The 3 Bluff	Hyphen-ated
The Double Bluff	Hyphen-ated
The Triple Bluff	Zamiel
The Triple Two-Thirds Bluff	Zamiel
Playing 1's from Oldest to Newest	Duneaught
The Gentleman's Discard	Duneaught
The Layered Gentleman's Discard	Duneaught
The Tempo Clue Chop Move	Zamiel
Discard Elimination & The Elimination Blind-Play	Aridolomo, Hyphen-ated, & Duneaught
The Double Tempo Clue Inversion	Duneaught
The Elimination Finesse	Zamiel & Ahming
The Elimination Riding Deduction	Duneaught
The Free Choice Finesse	Hyphen-ated
The Trash Push	Duneaught
The Trash Bluff	Duneaught & Zamiel
The Trash Finesse	Duneaught
The Trash Push Finesse	Duneaught
The Hesitation Blind-Play	Zamiel
Priority	Libster & Zamiel
The Certain Finesse	Zamiel
The Scream Discard Chop Move	910dan & Zamiel
The Critical 4 Bluff	Libster
The Transfer Chop Move	Duneaught
The Whisper Discard Chop Move	Zamiel
The Negative Blind-Play	Ahming
The Elimination Bluff	Zamiel
The Elimination Layered Finesse	Zamiel
The Rebellious Discard	Zamiel
Focus Inversion	Zamiel
The Early Game	Libster & Florrat
The Double Tempo Clue	Hyphen-ated & Zamiel
The Hard Bluff	Florrat
The Double/Triple Pass Bluff	Zamiel
The Out-of-Order Finesse	Zamiel
The Pestilent Double Bluff	Zamiel
The Diseased Clandestine Finesse	Florrat
The Distribution Clue	Libster
The Elimination Riding Deduction Bluff	Duneaught
Self-Elimination Finesse Priority	910dan
Double Discard Elimination	Zamiel
The No-Information Double Finesse & The No-Information Double Bluff	Zamiel
The Free Choice Bluff	Zamiel
The Suboptimal Color Prompt & The Suboptimal Color Finesse	Zamiel
The Suboptimal Color Bluff	Zamiel
The Continuation Clue	Libster
The Just-In-Time Fix Clue	Zamiel
The Occupied Play Clue & The Occupied Finesse	Zamiel
The Echo Scream Discard	Florrat & Zamiel
Ejection	Razvogor & Zamiel & Sankala
The Order Chop Move	Zamiel & Libster
The Trash Order Chop Move	Zamiel & Libster
Duplication Responsibility	Zamiel
The Promise Clue & The Promise Discard	Zamiel & Libster
The Surreptitious Finesse	Sankala
The Early 5's Chop Move	Libster
The 5 Pull	Libster
The 5 Pull Promise	Libster
The Load Clue	Zamiel
The Composition Discard	Libster
The Negative Self-Chop Move	Libster
The Declined 5's Finesse	Zamiel
The Suboptimal Finesse	Zamiel
The Inverted Priority Finesse	Zamiel
The Trash Pull	Libster
The Paused Priority Finesse	Asddsa
The Double Scream Discard Chop Move	Asddsa
The Double Positional Misplay	Libster
The Inverted 5's Tempo Clue	NoMercy
Discharge	Razvogor
The Unknown Trash Discharge	Sankala
Trash Touch Elimination	sjdrodge
The Bad Chop Move Ejection	IAMJEFF
The 5 Color Ejection	IAMJEFF
The Double 5 Pull	IAMJEFF
Stacked Ejection	Fireheart
The Trash Push Ejection & The Trash Push Discharge	IAMJEFF
The 5 Number Discharge	IAMJEFF
The Blaze Discard	IAMJEFF
The Rank Choice Ejection	IAMJEFF
The Trash Double Ignition	Libster & IAMJEFF
The 4 Charm	IAMJEFF
Unnecessary Principles	Floriman & Kakashi
Low Score Phase	pianoblook
The Unknown Dupe Discharge	Kakashi & Indego
The Shallow Discard & The Shallow Misplay	Jerry
The Unknown Trash Charm	piper
The Replay Double Ignition	Jerry
The Poke Double Ignition	Jerry
The Chop Move Ignition	kimbifille, pianoblook, & piper
The 1's Junk Charm	pianoblook
Always Loaded Principle	Lel0uch
The Double Ejection	IAMJEFF
Duplicitous Value Clue, Blind-Play, & Tempo Principle	pianoblook & piper
The Assisted Trash Chop Move	pianoblook & piper
The Time Travel Chop Move	pianoblook & piper

Variant-Specific Conventions

Convention Name	Inventor
The Full Finesse	NoMercy
Crazy 3 Saves & Crazy 4 Saves	Libster
Modified Black 3 & Black 4 Saves	Florrat
The Black 4 Bluff	Zamiel & Libster
Pink Promise	Zamiel
The Bubblegum Finesse	Razvogor
The Bubblegum Bluff	Stephen
The Turnabout Ejection	pianoblook
The Bubblegum Slide	IAMJEFF
The Bubblegum Wraparound	kimbifille
The Pink Fake Prompt & The Pink Fake Finesse	IAMJEFF
The Fake 5's Chop Move & Fake 5's Pull	kimbifille, pianoblook, & piper
Pink & Omni Majority Conventions	Fireheart
Null Positional Clues	Razvogor, Zamiel, IAMJEFF, & Kakashi
The Slot Finesse	IAMJEFF
The Slot Double Bluff	IAMJEFF
Mud Clues	IAMJEFF
Dark Rainbow Saves	Florrat, Libster, & Zamiel
Dark Omni & Gray Pink Pseudo Saves	IAMJEFF
Dark Omni & Gray Pink Pseudo-Rank Saves	IAMJEFF
Special 5 Saves	Libster
The Negative Prompt	Zamiel & Libster
The Unnecessary Blue Bluff	Jake
Color Blind Conventions	Zamiel & Florrat
Totally Blind Conventions	Zamiel & IAMJEFF
The Mismatch Finesse	Zamiel
The 1's Color Ejection (1CE)	Kakashi
The 1's Chop Move	IAMJEFF
The U-Turn Finesse	NoMercy
Cow & Pig Rank Saves	Florrat
Conventions for Variant with No Positive Clues	Kakashi, IAMJEFF, & Libster
Rank Save Promise	IAMJEFF
Deceptive-Five Number Ejection	IAMJEFF
Empty Clues	Zamiel & Florrat
The Empty Finesse	Instantiation
The Empty Double-Play	Zamiel & Jeep
The Empty Bluff	Cory
Ambiguous Prism Tempo Clue	Indego & Lel0uch