Starting 1's The game has just started. R1 and Y1 are already in play or are about to be played. You have not discarded or played any cards yet. You receive a 1 clue and your hand looks like this: 1) ? 1 ? 1 The best option is to play your rightmost 1...
Lire la suiteNow, most BGA Hanabi good players have gradually ended up realizing that playing 1s from the right was the best option (suppressing the very strong leftism reflex). That's awesome. It took a lot of time, but they have come to see reason. However, in the...
Lire la suiteGame #1 ends - You have been discarding from the right during last game and placing your new cards on the left. Your teammates have noticed this and knew when to warn you not to discard certain critical cards. Game #2 starts - You are about to discard...
Lire la suiteConventional 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...
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