How to use the colour clue flamb

[Grexponential]

Hello everyone,

in a recent 3 player avalanche game we lost because, someone of us got the colour clue flamb and had to clue someone. Noone of us had a useful card, and we both had a multicolor card in our hand, so they couldn't give an empty clue. We didn't have a finished colour (+multi) either, which we could have used as an obvious trash clue

So in the end, they clued me some card (which would've been useful later on), and I bombed, because I played it straight away.

My question is: what's the procedure in these situations? As the clue giver and as the clue receiver.

IMO they did the best they could, and probably I should've waited after getting a flamb clue, seeing that they couldn't clue empty or obvious trash.

I find that that almost never happens with the number clue flamb, but with the colour clue in avalanche, it's more common.

Thanks

[I Love You More Than]

It depends on your token count and the overall game context. If cards haven’t been playing for a few turns, the clue‑receiver is naturally more cautious. Most players bomb unless they’ve seen this situation before, especially in 2‑player games.

Experienced players, however, recognize when a clue is forced and adjust by stalling or discarding a card that could have been saved but wasn’t. Taking extra time before giving the flamboyant clue also helps signal that something unusual or dangerous is happening.