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/...
Oh, now I know your B6 and I think the other B6 is much better with a chance to get it in one. Then I still think D3 is a better follow up than L4, which I know DZ disagrees with.
Why go d3 ever when lots of b words can do the same thing? better to leave us with 2 different L4s that get it every time
Unless b6 is the same thing as the L4s, but I can’t think of a b6 that is an L4
I think b6 gets them not on d3 and then when we go d3 they may think of something slightly different so it may take 3 if unlucky…but I get why y’all like it
Your b6 is what I originally had as something that could lead them a bit astray, tho d3 brings that back, but still there are 3 ways to go with b6 then d3 so I worry a little
I do agree that your b6 has a much higher shot at one card get than going with the other path, so maybe that’s enough to counter the options, and the right word should be in the top 2 of the 3 choices so it’s prolly like 40% 1, 50% 2 and 10% 3 turns while b6+l4 is like 20% 1, 80% 2
So sure I’m on board with that b6 then d3
Why go d3 ever when lots of b words can do the same thing? better to leave us with 2 different L4s that get it every time
Unless b6 is the same thing as the L4s, but I can’t think of a b6 that is an L4
My B6 is a synonym for L4, yes.
I’m confused, do you know what this B6 is or not? The post above indicates you don’t but the subsequent posts indicate you do.
Yeah I realized it was the b6 I first thought about in my first post but then discounted because I didn’t think it’d get there, but with d3 it does, so now I’ve come around to it being a good path to take
Hmm as we discuss this might be america v usa.
In uk l4 is a lock but i dont know what b6 is and given its a synonym i should
Your L4 is fine, and is what I’ve been referring to the whole time.
Better than fine, it’s another literal synonym
Take the b6 then if its a synonym
B is a lousy letter too so a good one to lose
I’m going to bold B6 soon unless there are any serious objections. If they don’t get it given all the context, then we can fight it over between D3 and L4.
If they cant work out d3 off l4 ill eat my phone
bridle
t6
b6
b7
d3
and i think L4?
im too mentally exhausted to think though
So a bridle is either the leather thing that goes in a horse's mouth or it's the leather straps attached to the thing that goes in the horse's mouth. Or it's both of those. And for the life of me I can't think of a T6, B6, B7, or L4 that is related to anything to with horses. And I can't even think of a D3, which should be pretty easy to come up with.
Then there's a broader definition of bridle which is a verb, and it's something like showing distaste or disdain or being offended. "Bolt and Filthy both bridled at the suggestion that they couldn't quickly come up with the answer to the game on 2P2." So maybe we should be going down that path.
So a bridle is either the leather thing that goes in a horse's mouth or it's the leather straps attached to the thing that goes in the horse's mouth. Or it's both of those. And for the life of me I can't think of a T6, B6, B7, or L4 that is related to anything to with horses. And I can't even think of a D3, which should be pretty easy to come up with.
Then there's a broader definition of bridle which is a verb, and it's something like showin
oh good thought on bridle the verb, like to get offended. that might be the direction they're trying to lead us
would be funny if they meant bridal, and misspelled it lol
and idk if it makes a difference, or if im even right lol .... but i don't think the bridal is the part that goes in the mouth. i think that's called "the bit", which might be part of the bridle? lol idk... but i think the bridle is the headgear that connects the reigns to the bit, and the horse's head
D3 dog
L4 lead
T6 tether
could it be leash?
I'm still stuck on d3 being dog. And a bridle for a dog is a leash.
Why go d3 ever when lots of b words can do the same thing? better to leave us with 2 different L4s that get it every time
Unless b6 is the same thing as the L4s, but I can’t think of a b6 that is an L4
does this post work with leash?
what are lots of B words that can do the same thing as dog? breeds of dogs? like bulldog or basenji?
and what are 2 L4 words that get it every time? lead is one, but what is the other?
but if it's not leash, i can't think of another good guess :(
i can't think of anything if the clue is for the other meaning of bridal, getting defensive
i think we're gonna have to guess leash either way, and probably be wrong, but sounds like we'll get it on the next one
If it's bridle the verb I think they clue "bridled" to distinguish it.
And if they misspelled bridal that's not on us.
