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/...
c11 pretty good also
cross-post
obv you know what c11 is
I think it's better than any T word so I'm in favor of c11 to one shot it rather than relying on b
plus c11/i3 combo is a lock as well
IBD I know they haven't clued yet but the word is looking a lot like Pen to me
Seems too easy this time so I think a rerand is in order with perhaps not sending it to me 😉
Lol nich
My last 4 weeks of play has made me want to get checked for Alzheimers or something
wtf
lolol I was supposed to send to bolt instead of ervin
my bad
that was a slam dunk one also
trying again...
Round 3:
Cards used: 3
Guessers: ervin/ibd
The Board:
C | IH | UNKQ | DL | M | B | T
The target word:
I've pmed the word to d1iabol1cal, bolt, zeus
t6 seems good; c6 combination if need a 2nd word
I think the t6 I have in mind is probably the same as yours. Not super-duper confident it gets us home, even though it's a good clue. b5 definitely gets us there.
yeah, b5 is a lock 1-shot so unlocking it with t6 makes sense unless anybody can think of a lock 1-shot for c or t
I think t6 gets us there before we have to use b5 tho
b5 my fave
ok
unless d1 comes in with a new plan, we'll go t6 first and then b5 if needed
Nich, why don't you bold the t6 in case my t6 is different. I'm confident we all have the same b5.
Yh go before i **** it up was literally about to bold the b5
Call it growth
Yeah I’ll bold the right t6 😀 but not until d1 comes and weighs in
Hmm, why don't I know what the b5 that everyone's talking about is?
I wanna go for c2, which should be an absolute lock.
When it hits you you’ll be like “oh yeah”
0 chance they don’t know b5 and don’t associate it with target
Not sure what c2 is; I know of A c2 but it def doesn’t link just to target but to many possibilities
I can't imagine how there's another c2, but the c2 I'm thinking of hits exactly 1 word.
But whatever, just bold the t6, idc.
Ah ok
C2 is like b5
I guess it’s like 90% 1 shot and 10% (maybe less?) a whiff and regroup, but yeah I like it
One clue is better than 2
I know the c2 that D1 is thinking of, but I'm wondering if it's only obvious to me because I already know the target word. If I was one of the guessers would it definitely come to me? I'm not sure.
Yeah that’s my 10% case
But I think 90% is good enough that we go for the 1 shot
Bold c2 d1
I think we should go for one shots whenever possible
CN
