Conventional leftism (CL) is when you receive a multi-card clue and play the newest of them while it is not logical to do so. For example you have Y4 Y3 in hand in this order (say second and third slots). Y2 has just been played. You receive a yellow...
Lire la suite#14 Chop clues When you receive a clue that includes your chop card, be very careful about it. Had the clue not been given, you would have discarded your chop card soon, so it is very likely that the clue is only telling you "save it". Some 4s are playable...
Lire la suite#8 Don't be afraid to discard – trust Trusting your teammates is key in Hanabi. If your teammates have not clued your chop card for some time, you can discard it safely. If you discard an important card, it is their fault. A common mistake from beginners...
Lire la suite#1 Discard order During the game, you will find out (perhaps because of others doing it) it is not a good idea to discard a card you have just drawn and it is not a good idea either to hold a card for the whole game (this card may be useless and you trash...
Lire la suiteLevel 4 - potential 3rd strike If you play that card and it doesn't play, we lose the game. Don’t! unless you have solid and sound reasons Level 3 - potential loss of points If you play that card and it doesn't play and it is a card that has a single...
Lire la suiteThe reason why I reject conventions and want to play by logic only is my philosophy, how I see this amazing game, i.e. as a logic game. And also self reward. I suppose we all (or most of us do) play cooperative games for how rewarding it is to beat the...
Lire la suiteThe indirect clue This is where you have 2 clued cards that share a feature (say 3) and receive a clue that targets only one of them which clearly is not playable. Why would your teammate waste a useless clue? Because he's telling you you should play...
Lire la suiteFinesse is an awesome thing. When I heard about finesse, I thought it was genious. The logical reasoning behind it is brilliant. However, I have never seen a trick cause so many strikes (wrongly played card). This, in my opinion, is due to a vast majority...
Lire la suiteHere is what I mean when I say... Convention: a non-logical trick that is used by Hanabi players to achieve better scores. Therefore, it is supposed that players have agreed upon such a trick, making it a convention, instead of just letting it happen....
Lire la suiteA few days ago, I had an interesting conversation with a player used, like 99% "good players or more" on BGA, to the "play left discard right" technique. I invited him and another such player on a table where I wanted to play with no conventions and no...
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