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/...
sorry we took so long...super busy past 2 days and this was a tough one
I feel good about this though with h12 confirmer
Feels like you sniffed it out
LOL
HOW DOES NICH KEEP DOING THIS
Yes, n6 and h12 were napkin and handkerchief.
Incredible get
awesome; great clues
I just didn't like the farmer/clothes/sewing connection given you had like 11 letters but were struggling to come up with any options so went back to basics on what makes overalls overalls
Round 7:
Cards used: 7
Guessers: ervin/ibd
The Board:
P | IH | M | JOVW | S | IH | UNKQ
The target word:
I've sent the word to d1, bolt, zeus
getting this in one seems impossible, but maybe someone will have a banger
p5+h4 combo seems decent with h4 to the left of p5 and it opens up left side if it comes to that
I didn't get a pm with the target word
Me neither!
oops it only went to d1
sent now
Yh i think nichs combo js decent
I can't improve on Nich's combo.
I’m not sure the best order
I think p h is actually better than h p
We have to go p first
bump for d1 to come in with a banger
Sorry, I don't have anything better.
paint
Hand paint? What's the h4
bump for ibd
Hand paint = finger?
Hold paint = can?
Hard paint = plaster, dry?
Hang paint = frame (already a target word and clue would’ve been painting)
Tons of other things we could come up with, obv. I’m good with either finger or can and then letting them reveal h.
I’m leaning can because finger could’ve had other p words (phalanges, polydactyl, etc). Nothing obvious really coming to me for can on the outer cards.
What am I missing, Erv?
Won't be can or we woulda gotten Pepsi/some sodas I think
Hard paint is kinda a thought...I doubt something like drywall is a target word tho
Paint....cannister? Lather? Coat? Trying to come up with something
I thought about Pepsi, but what other sodas? Also, Pepsi would clue soda/drink/etc way before can. It’s also possible that someone thought Nich’s p5 was in fact Pepsi. And if they did, maybe they thought h4 was hand.
I’m fine with canister if you want; if it’s can then I’d guess canister is enough to be counted, just as I think guessing can should be enough to count canister.
Well the lack of more Pepsi is why I'm saying I *do not* think our target word is can
Idk if cannister is even a word in the bank but maybe. Could be bucket?
I'm trying to think of other paint words and things that hold paint
Could be that thing an artist holds...palette if I'm thinking of the right word?
