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Clue's Imperfect Information

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Lets split games into two different categories; games that provide perfect information and imperfect information. Games that have perfect information are like chess or checkers. All the pieces are on the board and everyone can see each other moves. No information is hidden. Then imperfect information would be any game that players do not have all the information. Most card games are imperfect information. Poker or UNO both have players that can only see the cards in their own hands.

Imperfect information gives an air of mystery to the game. This can make some games quite unique and interesting. A board game, Clues uses this quite uniquely. Clue revolves around what information players have or do not have. The premise of the story is that a murder took place but the players …show more content…

The game is played with dice and pawns(representing the suspects). Player can use any pawn. The goal is to get to a room to make a suggestion. Once in a room a player can use any suspect (not only the one they used to get in the room) and a murder object. Making players goals only to get to new rooms to gather more information. How information is given is even more limited. Suggestions can only be made to people on you left. To get to other players you must supply a suggestion that your immediate left can not prove false. Then your suggestion is moved to the next person in a clockwise circle. This way of providing information to players creates some interesting strategies. Players want to gather information without giving away too much of their own information. Purposely trying to throw other players off by adding some of their own information into suggestions. The term poker face comes play. Players do not want to give away excitement or joy over finding out new information because this might supply information to other

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