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/...
Frites maybe?
I've heard of poutine, but to be honest if my kids today had asked me what poutine was I'm not sure what I woulda said and prolly wouldn't have mentioned fries, just that it was a strange food
prolly freedom + food gets it anyway and of course these 2 both knew poutine was fries, so worked out
you can clue agua for dam or lake, because it's not a literal translation to those words, but not for water...basically if the english translation of the word is a legal clue (like water for dam or lake, but not water for water) then it's ok, but if the translation of a word is an illegal clue (frites is fries or at least fried) then it's not ok
I'm pretty sure I've seen both ibd and filthy talk about poutine before. Maybe not, but I would've been floored if neither of them knew it. Didn't feel like a risk at all to me.
yeah I searched forum after you clued and filthy has mentioned poutine a few times (hates it) while ibd has never mentioned it
Poutine is elite tier food and now I want some
Round 6:
Cards used: 8
Guessers: ibd/d1
The Board:
EF | A | T | P | C | RG | UNKQ
The target word:
I've pmed the word to filthy, amazingervin, doctor zeus, bolt2112
If freedom had been capitalized I likely would’ve mentioned fries btw.
Still a great clue
I considered whether to capitalize or not; it's both ways online everywhere and I figured it was more likely to throw you off track as a movie or tv or book thing capitalized than not
Let’s do this, D1iab. Penguin seagull here we come
f4 should be enough
f7 good
e5
going another angle you have n6/e3/f5 but really n8 is the definitive and about as good as f4
I think I prefer f7 over f4. There's an e9 that D1 should know.
I don't know how they don't get f4 every time (tho same can be said for f7 I guess)
we can make this a quick round once everyone checks in
Pretty much agree with all your posts nich and know what everything is this time
F4 prob the way to go, F7 should get it too tho as should N8
opposite n3
and another opposite n3
but your other suggestions are better. just wanna give some more info so we can get it in one
F4 is a mild risk but decent
I have an e3 that could be a lock
F7 = F4 >>>>>>> F4
So yh can just bold unless anyone objewcts/
I still think F7 is a smidge better.
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