Introduction Welcome to the Referential Sieve system for Hanabi! Why should you learn Referential Sieve? It achieves very high discard quality, even using just the Basic Conventions. It's new and exciting! (It was invented in August 2021.) You could be an impactful contributor to the core of these conventions. The word "Sieve" in the name means that we prefer to discard newer-drawn cards. The word “Referential” means that when we want someone to play or discard a card, we don’t clue it directly, instead we clue an adjacent card.
7/10/2023We follow all/most conventions of https://hackmd.io/Ui6LXAK3TdC7AKSDcN20PQ Overruled/clarified/extra conventions PTD Alice does not have PTD if either: A) Players have only taken Urgent Actions since her chop was drawn and they see that there's an Okay Clue to give B) The player who last took a non-Urgent Action saw a Necessary Clue to give and that giving it would not force a useful discard Urgent Action:
6/29/2022These conventions were developed by @timotree3 in May 2021 in collaboration with @indego, @Lel0uch-H, @melwen, MarkusKahlsen, and HelanaAshryvr as an alternative to IAMJEFF's Score Hunting Guide. Some big differences include: Safer playstyle, e.g. save stalls More powerful Focus Inversion and Self-Color Bluffs A powerful convention for unlocking a locked partner These are still my personal favorite 2p conventions with a discard-oldest assumption, but now that Sieve and Referential Sieve have been invented, I recommend those for 2p. Basic conventions The following H-Group conventions are turned on:
5/18/2022# mod 8 action person clued type card 0 (8) discard chop 1 player away number
4/19/2021or
By clicking below, you agree to our terms of service.
New to HackMD? Sign up