Examples of Unnecessary Moves

Unnecessary Moves are a level 25 convention.

The Unnecessary Trash Push

Example 1

• In a 3-player game:
  • All of the 2's are played on the stacks.
  • Alice clues number 1 to Cathy, touching a single 1 on her chop. Since all of the 1's are already played, it is globally known that this must be me kind of Trash Push.
  • Bob sees that the pushed card is a red 3. Cathy has no other red cards in her hand, so Alice could have just clued red to Cathy instead of doing a complicated Trash Push.
  • Thus, Bob knows that this is an Unnecessary Trash Push. Bob blind-plays his Finesse Position card. It is the blue 3 and it successfully plays.
  • Cathy knows that this must be a Trash Push Finesse on blue 4. Cathy blind-plays her slot 4 card, but it is red 3 instead and it successfully plays.
  • Cathy now knows that since the two cards did not connect to each other, this must have been an Unnecessary Trash Push.

Example 2

• It is pianoblook's turn.
• pianoblook can clue red to derekcheah in order to get the red 3 to play. Nothing is "blocking" the clue.
• Instead, pianoblook clues green to derekcheah as a *Trash Push.
• Next, it is derekcheah's turn. derekcheah knows that this is a Trash Push, so he blind-plays his slot 1 card. It is a red 3 and it successfully plays.
• Next, it is Animex52's turn. Animex52 sees that this Trash Push was unnecessary. So, Animex52 blind-plays his Finesse Position card. It is a white 1 and it successfully plays.

The Unnecessary Trash Push Finesse

• It is Floriman's turn. Floriman can clue brown to scharkbite in order to perform a Finesse on the brown 3 into the brown 4.
• Instead, Floriman clues red to scharkbite as a Trash Push.
• Next, it is Kyle's turn. Kyle knows that this is a Trash Push and that the Trash Pushed card is a one-away-from-playable brown 4. Thus, this must be a Trash Push Finesse that is calling for the brown 3.
• Kyle blind-plays his Finesse Position card. It is a brown 3 and it successfully plays.
• Next, it is scharkbite's turn. scharkbite plays the brown 4.
• Next, it is pianoblook's turn. pianoblook sees that this Trash Push was unnecessary. So, pianoblook blind-plays his Finesse Position card. It is a green 4 and it successfully plays.

The Unnecessary Trash Bluff (with a Trash Push)

• It is Dr_Kakashi's turn. Dr_Kakashi clues number 1 to kimbifille.
• Next, it is Lilliana's turn. Lilliana knows that kimbifille's perspective, DrKakashi's clue looks like a _Play Clue on either the red 1, the green 1, or the black 1. kimbifille will go on to misplay the blue 1.
• Thus, Lilliana knows that this is a Trash Finesse or Trash Bluff. She blind-plays her Finesse Position card. It is a blue 2 and it successfully plays.
• Next, it is Kyle's turn. Kyle knows that all the Trash Bluffs are unnecessary. He also sees that the unnecessary component will be a Trash Push instead of a Chop Move (since the blue 1 was on kimbifille's chop). Kyle plays his previously known red 1.
• Next, it is kimbifille's turn. kimbifille's also knows that the Trash Bluffs are to be treated as unnecessary. kimbifille blind-plays her slot 1 card to fulfill the "extra" component of the Unnecessary Trash Bluff. It is a red 2 and it successfully plays.

The Unnecessary Unknown Trash Discharge (with a Trash Push)

• It is Dr_Kakashi's turn. Dr_Kakashi can clue number 4 to Lilliana in order to get the blue 4 to play. Nothing is "blocking" the clue.
• Instead, Dr_Kakashi clues red to kimbifille.
• Next, it is Lilliana's turn. Lilliana knows that kimbifille's perspective, DrKakashi's clue looks like a _Play Clue on the red 4. kimbifille will go on to misplay the red 1 as a red 4.
• If Lilliana plays her Finesse Position and it successfully plays, then that will not resolve the situation - kimbifille will then go on to think that the red card is red 5, which is not true.
• Thus, Lilliana knows that this must be an Unknown Trash Discharge. Lilliana blind-plays her Third Finesse Position. It is a blue 4 and it successfully plays.
• Next, it is Kyle's turn. Kyle sees that the Unknown Trash Discharge was unnecessary. He also sees that the unnecessary component will be a Trash Push instead of a Chop Move (since the red 1 was on kimbifille's chop). Kyle plays his previously known green 4.
• Next, it is kimbifille's turn. kimbifille's also sees that the Unknown Trash Discharge was unnecessary. kimbifille blind-plays her slot 2 card to fulfill the "extra" component of the Unnecessary Unknown Trash Discharge. It is a black 1 and it successfully plays.