Hello,
Two times I disagreed with some teamates about layered and reverse bluff.
I think layered is based on a anormal « not bombing » situation.
Someone should have bombed but didn’t: because they expect more cards to be played before.
Because they didn’t bomb, it tells someone else more answers are required.
Imo this doesn’t mean that reverse bluff should always be forbidden (because it would look like a layered).
Here is the example that happened in my last game.
Me : Y2 XX Bk2 X5 (I just got a Y clue from Donald EDIT : number 2 was already known)
Bob: G5 XX XX XX (G5 is playable but not marked at all)
Cathy: Bk3 XX XX XX (Bk3 is playable but not marked at all, but it should not matter imo)
Donald: XX XX XX XX
Donald argues that the Y clue should trigger a layered from Bob.
I do not agree with this. Since I can’t answer the clue and then bomb, there is no layered.
Bob has to answer and if the clue doesn't match the card played, he should just stop answering: it's a reverse bluff.
Same for Cathy, why should they answer if the reverse bluff is valid and no one will bomb ?
No one has a reason to bomb and therefore give more answers neither.
Maybe on BGA it’s a convention and when layered is on reverse bluff is totally off. To me it contradicts what layered is based on.
Two times I disagreed with some teamates about layered and reverse bluff.
I think layered is based on a anormal « not bombing » situation.
Someone should have bombed but didn’t: because they expect more cards to be played before.
Because they didn’t bomb, it tells someone else more answers are required.
Imo this doesn’t mean that reverse bluff should always be forbidden (because it would look like a layered).
Here is the example that happened in my last game.
Me : Y2 XX Bk2 X5 (I just got a Y clue from Donald EDIT : number 2 was already known)
Bob: G5 XX XX XX (G5 is playable but not marked at all)
Cathy: Bk3 XX XX XX (Bk3 is playable but not marked at all, but it should not matter imo)
Donald: XX XX XX XX
Donald argues that the Y clue should trigger a layered from Bob.
I do not agree with this. Since I can’t answer the clue and then bomb, there is no layered.
Bob has to answer and if the clue doesn't match the card played, he should just stop answering: it's a reverse bluff.
Same for Cathy, why should they answer if the reverse bluff is valid and no one will bomb ?
No one has a reason to bomb and therefore give more answers neither.
Maybe on BGA it’s a convention and when layered is on reverse bluff is totally off. To me it contradicts what layered is based on.