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Yes, it's just a bluff. Just because a clue is bad, doesn't mean the meaning of it should change. And just like in a previous thread, you should avoid bluffing like that from distance because of possibility the next player assumes it's a finesse for them and does something to mess up the bluff. A be...

because there is no gap between 2g and 1r, players are supposed to stop looking for 3g. Is that right? Exactly. If instead E sees a way for 3g to play and does something unrelated (e.g. discard), someone must find 3g. 1) good patch finesse B: 1g 1r x x C: x x x x D: 2g 2r 3g x E: x 4g x x Here E pa...

The gap must be after any card played for a long finesse clue not to be a bluff at any point. For example at the start of game if a 4 clue on 4g is given to E: B: 1g X X X C: X X X X D: 2g X X X E: 1r 4g X X B will play 1g, C will discard, D will play 2g and E will play 1r. It's a 1r bluff because t...

TL;DR: To raise your ELO-rank you need to play better and expect the same from other players. I've looked at your recent game and immediately noticed a lot of mistakes. https://boardgamearena.com/archive/replay/260624-1020/?table=872982725&player=93474700&comments=97166359; Your turn 1 is a ...

thats incorrect imo. if it can be a bluff, it is a bluff. bob responded to alice's clue by blind-playing a card. 1. bob did not play a 3 (nor k5) - he played a 2, which does not (directly) connect to our 4. so alice's clue was a bluff not a finesse. (this idea is explained a lot better under the Ca...

The main difference for hgroup is the 3-bluffs. Since they weirdly assume that a red clue on r3 first turn require one single bluff to be resolved (which is not the case on bga). You seem to have outdated information on how a first turn red clue on r3 plays here. People on bga play a single card to...

Just a simple bluff requiring a fix. Once metta learns it's a pure blue card (not 2m) and 1b is played, 2 clue is needed to avoid a bomb of 5b. If someone uses 5 instead of 2 to fix, the position of 3 and 4 should be assumed to be leftmost or marked and not where they would be at the time of the blu...

I don't believe anyone on this site would play correctly from this clue without an agreement made before the game start that such clues are to be allowed, i.e. you need to fully respond to previous clues, including marked cards before playing for a new clue. Thus no such agreement makes this clue st...

Mentioning Occam's razor as if it's some kind of hanabi law doesn't seem appropriate. On this site majority of good players play by a convention that a clue is finesse until proven otherwise. It's not compatible with Occam's razor, which is used on hanab.live. And it doesn't have to be. It's simpler...

It's a bad clue. BTTF should assume the clue is correct with no additional fixes needed, so his card to be 3g (or possibly 2g if Capy's 2g does not play). If instead of 1 to diart BTTF clued green, which would also mark both 4g, green to him would be correct, but in his position such a clue would se...