SIDES - Inaugural Game Thread

SIDES - Inaugural Game Thread

In this thread, we will play a new word game called Sides. It's somewhat similar to codenames, but cooperative and different.

Sign up with /in below if you want to play.


In this game, a target word will be randed as will a row of 7 cards that have letters on them (most 1 letter, some 2/3/4 letters).

2 people will be the guessers and everyone else will be able to give a clue.

The clue given must start with the letter on either the first or last card (the 'sides' of the row).

We discuss as a team who will give the clue with open discussion in the thread such as "I have a 7 letter word starting with a C"

Once there is some agreement on who gives the clue, that person will bold the clue they want to give in the thread.

The two guessers will then discuss in the thread and bold their guess. If it's correct, we move on to the next guessers and the next word. If wrong, then the clue givers post some info like "you are warm" or "you are about 30% there" etc to give directional info on how on track/off track their guess is.

Then they discuss and give another clue. But the person who bolded a clue cannot give another clue for the same word until everyone on the cluing side has clued a word (if we take that long to get the word), so one person can't hog the cluing.


Clues have to be one word, or an acronym, etc like in codenames; they can be hyphenated words

We can also give some info on how the clues relate to each other, or even say a clue is a 0 clue, so the opposite of what cluing for (e.g., clue 'colorful' as an opposite clue because the word is zebra)


I'll provide more details and examples in the thread in the morning, but this should be enough info for you to /in and join so we can play.


link to official rules:https://captain.games/wp-content/themes/...

21 November 2023 at 05:10 AM
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It's a shadowfax!!


They make notebooks and such. Maybe they make other things too, but that's what I know them for.


If it is notebook, then m7 could be McAdams.


M3 could be Mac, I would think there could be an apple in there but maybe not

I have no idea what a moleskine is so I'm fine w notebook if you wanna fire that


notebook




by D1iabol1cal P

If it is notebook, then m7 could be McAdams.

A11 = Alzheimer’s


by IBeDrummin P

A11 = Alzheimer’s

Yeah, I thought of that after the fact.

Good clue!


Way to go and way to know d1!


Would we be allowed A4 like A4 paper


a4 is an open question for the thread; in just one it'd be allowed, but this game isn't quite as open as just one (e.g., symbols not allowed)


glad you knew Moleskine; whew

and yeah, McAdams and Mac were my other Ms; still no clue what the others were

woulda been easy if DL was on outside with laptop, but couldn't clue macbook since book part would be illegal


Round 11:

Cards used: 12
Guessers: d1/bolt

The Board:

A | DL | EF | JOVW | B | IH | UNKQ

The target word:
Sent to ibedrummin, doctor zeus, ervin


I3 is slam dunk if get there, so prefer going from right unless we have a one clue bink with A


a7->d7 isn't bad, either


A3 also good


U3 imo


U3 is a good one


U5 also very good

Guessers don't look

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and i think u3 not allowed


U6 same route but more likely to get it


I haven't figured all of these out but good with best one


I figured some out, a7 a great confirmer, by itself idk

a12 could be nice thing to put them in domain


If y’all have a legal u word then go for it

Worst case it opens up i3 which is a lock


userer


A usurer is a loanshark. Maybe userer is an alternate spelling. Otherwise, no idea.


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