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/...
I think it's our only chance to get it in 1. I would feel a lot better about it if someone else knew it and concurred tho.
i don't know what it is, but i say bold it. i think they'll get it in 1
suckhole
Sorry if this is terrible...I'm just trying to keep the game moving.
s5 = swirl
b4 = bath
j7 = jacuzzi
hot tub?
whirlpool
(also, great job saving the S for this clue)
I think we can bold whirlpool at any time
actually, if they had gone s - smiley last time, then they woulda used EF card for eddy this time
whirlpool
**** yeah
POW! Right in the suckhole!
Awesome guess!!! Great clue D1!!
Round 5:
Cards used: 5
Guessers: bolt/filthy
The Board:
B | DL | C | S | JOVW | T | A
The target word:
I've pmed it to ibd/zeus/d1/ervin
t6 isn't bad if we don't get it sooner
b6 is pretty good but isn't perfect and could lead them a bit astray
could always do b7 to get them in the right domain and then l4 for the combo, but I'd rather try for something in one I think
B6 could work, and L4 closes it out if they don’t get there in one.
there is also b7 for an alternate domain for this; could be interesting or could be bad to go there?
My first thought was d3 but that's all over so will think on your words and what domain we're in
My b6 gets d3 covered; then l4 gets to the word
Not sure what your b6 is then
Oh sorry, it’s a b7 also
So I have 2 b7s; one for the d3 and another for an alternative domain for the target
I’m not sure what your b6 is yet then I guess
I think I know what the b6 is and one of the b7s. Not sure which I like better, but both seem fine. B6 maybe more likely to get it in 1.
L4 is best better than d3
But either way i think we go from the left side to get there?
Happy with b6
There are many b words so not sure we are all talking about same b6 but if we go with a b6 that’s like d3 and then follow up with l4 then they get it in 2 every time
