diff --git a/include/game_state.h b/include/game_state.h
index a985e48..344d574 100644
--- a/include/game_state.h
+++ b/include/game_state.h
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ private:
                 ActionType action_type,
                 Card discarded_or_played = Cards::unknown,
                 hand_index_t index = 0,
-                bool was_on_8_clues = false
+                bool was_on_8_clues = false,
+                bool strike = false
         );
 
         ActionType action_type{};
@@ -339,6 +340,11 @@ private:
         // Indicates whether before the action was taken, we had 8 clues.
         // This is important so that we know if we go back to 7 or 8 clues when we revert playing a 5
         bool was_on_8_clues {false};
+
+        // Indicates whether playing this card triggered a bomb.
+        // This cannot be deduced just from the stacks since we cannot differentiate between a card
+        // having been played correctly or the top card of the draw pile being bombed.
+        bool strike {false};
     };
 
    // This keeps track of the representation of the gamestate relative to some starting state
diff --git a/include/game_state.hpp b/include/game_state.hpp
index e1cbcf5..0b3e78a 100644
--- a/include/game_state.hpp
+++ b/include/game_state.hpp
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ namespace Hanabi {
     template<suit_t num_suits, player_t num_players, hand_index_t hand_size>
     HanabiState<num_suits, num_players, hand_size>::BacktrackAction::BacktrackAction(
             Hanabi::ActionType action_type, Hanabi::Card discarded_or_played, Hanabi::hand_index_t index,
-            bool was_on_8_clues
+            bool was_on_8_clues, bool strike
             ):
             action_type(action_type),
             discarded(discarded_or_played),
             index(index),
-            was_on_8_clues(was_on_8_clues) {
+            was_on_8_clues(was_on_8_clues), strike(strike) {
     }
 
     template<suit_t num_suits, player_t num_players, hand_index_t hand_size>
@@ -210,21 +210,17 @@ namespace Hanabi {
         check_draw_pile_integrity();
         ASSERT(index < _hands[_turn].size());
         const Card played_card = _hands[_turn][index];
-        if (!is_playable(played_card)) {
-            const unsigned long multiplicity = draw(index, cycle);
-            incr_turn();
-            return multiplicity;
-        }
-        ASSERT(is_playable(played_card));
 
-        _actions_log.emplace(ActionType::play, played_card, index, _num_clues == 8);
+        _actions_log.emplace(ActionType::play, played_card, index, _num_clues == 8, !is_playable(played_card));
 
-        --_stacks[played_card.suit];
-        _score++;
-
-        if (played_card.rank == 0 and _num_clues < max_num_clues) {
-            // update clues if we played the last played_card of a stack
-            _num_clues++;
+        if(is_playable(played_card))
+        {
+          --_stacks[played_card.suit];
+          _score++;
+          if (played_card.rank == 0 and _num_clues < max_num_clues) {
+              // update clues if we played the last played_card of a stack
+              _num_clues++;
+          }
         }
 
         const unsigned long multiplicity = draw(index, cycle);
@@ -505,14 +501,14 @@ namespace Hanabi {
         ASSERT(!last_action.was_on_8_clues or _num_clues == 8);
 
         decr_turn();
-        if (last_action.discarded.rank == 0 and not last_action.was_on_8_clues) {
-            _num_clues--;
+        if (last_action.discarded.rank == 0 and not last_action.was_on_8_clues and not last_action.strike) {
+          _num_clues--;
         }
         revert_draw(last_action.index, last_action.discarded, cycle);
-        if(_stacks[last_action.discarded.suit] == last_action.discarded.rank) {
-            _stacks[last_action.discarded.suit]++;
+        if(not last_action.strike) {
+          _stacks[last_action.discarded.suit]++;
+          _score--;
         }
-        _score--;
       check_draw_pile_integrity();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/game_state.cpp b/src/game_state.cpp
index a511a61..2bd509c 100644
--- a/src/game_state.cpp
+++ b/src/game_state.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ namespace Hanabi {
     while(state->draw_pile_size() < draw_pile_break or (state->draw_pile_size() == draw_pile_break and state->last_action_type() == ActionType::clue)) {
       revert_turn();
     }
-    std::cout << "Moved to turn " << next_action + 1 << " with draw pile size " << state->draw_pile_size() << ".\n";
     return state->draw_pile_size() == draw_pile_break;
   }