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Basic Principles

Save Principle​

  • Critical and playable cards should never be discarded.
  • They can be moved off your partner's chop by giving them a safe action, such as a Referential Play Clue.

Sieve Principle​

  • Cards that will become useful should be sieved in, while trash cards should not.
  • If a trash card is on your partner's chop, let it be discarded before giving them a safe action.
Alice's chop is trash, while Bob has a playable p3.
Since Alice's chop is trash, Bob should play p3 and wait for Alice to discard, instead of getting r2 to play.

Good Touch Principle​

  • When cluing, only cards that will eventually become useful should be touched.
  • As a corollary, all clued cards are promised to be useful cards and not trash.
g3 is on the play stacks. Alice has a card touched with green and negative 3,5 in slot 5.
Alice should play slot 5 as g4, since that is the only good touch identity it can be. She does not have Permission to Discard.
  • Sometimes, a card cannot be targeted without violating good touch. This is acceptable; it is much more important to save or play the targeted cards.
    • However, a clue should be given revealing the trash card as soon as possible.