Over a month ago, I made a webpage to play Ravnica Clue remotely. Since then I've failed to get a group together to play, until tonight. I convinced two victims friends to play with our commander preconstructed decks and we set up to play on SpellTable. I wanted someone else to be in charge, so we randomized the play order until I wasn't first, then P1 opened the site and started a new 3-player game.
... and there was immediately an error! The buttons that were generating the links for everyone weren't working right. I fixed it, uploaded the new version of the page, and we were off again.
We decided to play with 35 life instead of 40. (Looking back, I think 40 is probably the correct amount.) P1 was on Vren, the Relentless. P2 was running Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. I was going third, playing Celes.
Here was my hand of Clue cards for the game:
One suspect and five rooms! Yikes!
The first two turns were all spent playing land and mana rocks, but P1 started off the third round by dropping Vren. I played The Warring Triad and Phoenix Down, getting ready for Celes next turn.
P1 started off the fourth round of turns by hitting me with Vren. They suggested Mustard, Candlestick, and Ballroom. I had to pass. Then they cast Tribute to Horobi. We took our tokens and they passed the turn. P2 hit P1 with a Rat token, guessing White, Wrench, and Study. P1 showed them a card. I cast Crackling Doom, then hit P2 with a Rat. I guessed Peacock, Knife, and Hall, and they showed me Senator Peacock.
In the fifth round, P1 gave everyone another token, then cast Lord Skitter's Butcher. P2 cast Y'shtola. I attacked each of my opponents with one rat. Both blocked and killed them, which was good because then they weren't going to go to P1 on their next turn. I played Celes, discarded Strago and Relm, and then Reanimated them.
In the sixth round, P1 hit me with Echo of Death's Wail, guessing Plum, Lead Pipe, and Secret Passage. I passed. P2 cast Lingering Souls. I cast Priest of Fell Rites and attacked P2 with Celes, but they blocked with a Rat. I was close to having Threshold and was feeling pretty good.
In round seven, P1 hit us both, naming Peacock, Candlestick, and Ballroom. P2 showed a card, which didn't tell me anything since I already knew they had Senator Peacock. Boo! Then they cast Make an Example, which killed off my Priest and Strago & Relm. They played a 3/3 rat token with Vren's ability and ended their turn. P2 untapped and cast Eye of Nidhogg on their remaining spirit, then attacked and hit P1. They guessed Mustard, Lead Pipe, and the Secret Passage. P1 passed.
Now, note that I had already passed on those three things, from attacks by P1 in the fourth round and the sixth round. P2 knew I didn't have them and they didn't have them themselves. They also figured that P1 was asking about sets of cards they (P1) didn't have because in the turn prior, P1 guessed three cards that P2 had all of. So they felt pretty confident P1 wouldn't have them. They attacked to make sure, and then immediately accused the same, Commander Mustard, Lead Pipe, and the Secret Passage. They used the site's accusation feature to try it out, and it worked!
Prior to clicking the button. (I checked their accusation on my page.)
After clicking the button! They were right!
This game ended really fast, and seemed completely out of nowhere to me! I learned two lessons:
- I should have been more defensive. Yes, it's good to learn information by attacking, but it might be more important to make sure people don't learn information from you!
- It's important to include your own cards in some suggestions. If you only ask about cards you don't have (which I did on my only guess) then you're revealing your own hand whenever you make a suggestion.
I'm also really excited that the site worked! (After some quick adjustments.) I hope you and your friends can give it a try as well.
Happy Magicking and Murder Solving, even remotely!
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