Investigations: the basics

1. Investigations: The Basics
Investigations:
The Basics
By Matteo Callegari

2. Investigations: The Basics
Contents
• The Basics
• The Procedure
• A Few Advanced Notes
• Let’s Profile!

3. Investigations: The Basics
The Basics
• When
• Goal
• Who
• How
always and never
time over truth
FJ and HJ
procedure

4. Investigations: The Basics
The Procedure
• FJ’s goals:
1. Identify & Understand
2. Gather
3. Fetch
• HJ’s goals:
1. Listen
2. Evaluate
3. Decide

5. Investigations: The Basics
The Procedure
• Listen
1. Facts from FJ
2. Report from FJ
3. Facts from players
• Evaluate
1. Any chance for truth?
2. Any lies?
3. Evidence vs Feelings

6. Investigations: The Basics
The Procedure
• Decide
1. Stop
2. Communicate
3. Report
“Judging is about
making decisions on
what’s the most
probable.”

7. Investigations: The Basics
The DQ Report
• Player’s statement
• FJ’s statement
• When, where, what,
who and why
• Your comments

8. Investigations: The Basics
A Few Advanced Notes
• The Search for Collateral Truths
• “If that model is true, what else
should or must be true?”
• “What would change my mind?”
• Risk vs Rewards
• http://blogs.magicjudges.org/articles/20
14/12/30/investigations-the-search-for-
collateral-truths/

9. • L3+ are the players
• Split in 1 FJ, 1 HJ and
some observers
• Investigate!
• Max 15 minutes total!
Investigations: The Basics
Let’s Investigate! .

10. Investigations: The Basics
See you bros!
“A lie is just a
great story that
someone ruined
with the truth”
by Barney Stinson