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Level 8 - Advanced Moves

Special Moves​

Self-Connecting Priority​

  • If a player has two playable cards, one of which connects to their own hand and the other doesn't connect to anything, playing the connecting card is often better.
  • Thus, playing the non-connecting card is a Priority Prompt on the rightmost card that could reasonably be the connecting card, or a Priority Finesse/Bluff on the leftmost unclued card.

In the following example, Alice's y4 is clued only with yellow.

Bob has known b3, b4 and y3, with the blue and yellow stacks both at 2. Alice has a y5 on chop.
Bob can play y3 as a Self-Connecting Priority Prompt, thus not needing to save Alice's y5 on chop.

Conventions​

Quasi-Locked​

  • If Alice is given a Referential Discard Clue while Bob has a safe action (including PTD), she can stall by giving a Fill-In Clue on a previously-unknown playable or a direct colour clue (focusing leftmost). This is not additionally referential.
  • If Bob plays the new card, it is treated as Unlock Promise on Alice. Otherwise, Bob should perform their previously-known action.
    • The highest priority target for unlock is the card called to discard, otherwise the rightmost possible connector.
    • If unlocking the rightmost possible connector, the Referential Discard Clue does not get revoked.
  • This prevents the situation where Alice is forced to discard a 1-away card that connects through an unknown card in Bob's hand.
  • This convention can only be performed immediately after Alice receives the Referential Discard Clue. If Bob declines to unlock, this convention no longer applies.
  • In rainbowish variants, Colour Truth applies.

In the following example, Alice has previously told Bob's slot 2 to discard. Alice also has PTD in slot 1.

Bob clues green to Alice, touching slots 4 and 5.
Bob is promising g2 in Alice's slot 4. Alice should play slot 4, causing Bob to Unlock Promise g3 in slot 2.