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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Maybe t5/t7 could work if they miss?

C8 is good also


I mean if they miss seems c11 easy choice and they'll be able to figure out with those two


Let's just do m12 then.


magnetometer


Compass maybe? But I haven’t thought at all about what the other potential clues could be


I suppose a magnetometer measures magnetic fields. Compass is a good start.


Bump


M6 = magnet
M8 = magnetic
C16 = circumnavigation?

Probably just need to fire off compass and keep things moving.


compass


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Way to go!!!


Nice, good clue


M5 was moral

Magnetometer was more precise


The M3/c11 was map and cartography


Round 19:

Cards used: 22
Guessers: ibd/zeus

The Board:
T | UNKQ | B | C

The target word:
I've sent it to d1/ervin/bolt


NOTE: These are the final letter cards in the game


c7 was first to mind
u3 if we get there is perfect but could be a shadowfax


C7 works but we need some qualifiers to help the guessers.


B8 will get it home if c7 doesn't bink


b5 also decent backup

not yet sure what b8 is


There's a C8 that's like a 2 stepper...if only there was a way to make it more obvious

I haven't figured out the c7 yet


Oh ok I think I know it

Man a C8 + C7 would be really good!


I really like b5


C7 should just bink assuming they know it right? Just wanna make sure we're on the same page here.


Yeah it shoul


Ok I'm down for that one. Some chance of a shadowfax, but I think they should know it?


Yeah they should

Don’t think it’s shadowfax


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