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/...
bold leash? i say go for it
leash
Good job
The L4s were lead or line
I was a bit worried you’d go collar or even muzzle for bridle since reins are more like the leash but y’all figured out lead and d3 dog was good that I initially missed, worried about bridle getting you on horse terms
And t6 was indeed tether
Round 6:
Cards used: 6
Guessers: filthy/zeus
The Board:
DL | C | S | RG | JOVW | T | A
The target word:
I've pmed it to ibd/bolt/d1/ervin
L8 is decent
Oh, A7 could be really good
L8 is first thing that comes to mind for this
Yeah, I’m on A7 and nothing else. It’s literally the same.
No way DZ doesn’t get this. Filthy too probably!
A6 also in the domain but gets them to guess something else instead
I’m strongly on L9 now
I can’t imagine going anything but this for that clue
L9 does it for sure. I still want to go A7, but I’ll back off.
I don’t think I know your a7 yet, but intrigued
I know an a7, but a few words it can get so I don’t think it can be your a7
If you knew it you’d love it in this spot. But yeah, I wouldn’t clue it with most of the rest of the team guessing.
L9 does it though, so if we’re good with next round only having two letters to pull clues from, then let’s do it.
Are we thinking the same L?
L6 and similar L8 seem dec
Another L6 that I wouldn't expect to get by itself but saying it just for the same of it
L9 gets it for sure. I don't know the a7 yet, but if ibd is that confident then I don't have a problem with it. Might be a better card to get rid of too...
Btw, I do think we want to avoid saying things like "it's a direct synonym for the word" in future. That really does take a lot of the guesswork out of it.
yeah, just say it hits just this word or will get it in one or it gets the domain or narrows it down or hits 2-3 words; words like synonym/antonym prolly end up on a blocklist if we ever make one
yeah, just say it hits just this word or will get it in one or it gets the domain or narrows it down or hits 2-3 words; words like synonym/antonym prolly end up on a blocklist if we ever make one
I’m on board for synonym, but not antonym, unless we want to eliminate the “opposite” clue, which is in the game rules.
Why can't I figure out L9 lol? And we're we talking of the same L8?
