When in the game, look below the play area, to where you find things like the rules of the game. Information is presented there in a number of tabs. One of the tabs is “Options”. Select that. That will show you a few options to customise how the game works for you; there’s only about three of them. I don’t remember what the relevant option is called, but it’s pretty obvious once you’ve gotten to that tab.NaceWindu wrote: ↑07 November 2020, 02:57 I get that they want to make it like you are sitting at a real table, but for some reason my brain can't compute the relative positions of the cards (as it seems many others can't.) I feel like I am using all my brainpower trying to keep straight whose cards go which way and which ones are new/old and can't put any brainpower to strategizing with the around the table view. Can you explain how to get to the setting to make it stacked? I've looked everywhere and I can't find where to change that setting.
I wouldn’t explain the cluing convention to a player that new at all. When players are just told what the conventions are, they often don’t gain an understanding of why the convention exists, and that leads to an inability to correctly interpret clues in more complex situations. There’s a fairly natural learning progression for the early stages of Hanabi, and it helps new players to explore the game and go through those stages fairly naturally.
So, rather than telling players that they are expected to play from the left, I explain that a clue is most likely about a newer card. I let them figure out where that card is.
And if explaining in table view, when positions are to be noted, use clockwise and anti-clockwise (or widdershins if you prefer) rather than left or right.
