SIDES - Inaugural Game Thread

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/...

21 November 2023 at 05:10 AM
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any thoughts?

I think i'm still on tequila


tequila

Ariba


It's not tequila. I'm not sure how close tequila is. Probably less than 50%. Somebody can bold G5 and we can move on to the next round. No need for discussion or debate. I'd bold it myself but I'm ineligible.


giant


uhh


by Nicholasp27 P

cactus - similar plant, similar region; a7 arizona, but otherwise meh; seems like giant cactus is a thing and woulda been mentioned?

So my first instinct of cactus was right?


Kk cool I have no idea soooo lets do it?

I have 0 knowledge of cacti


cactus


Yep


damn

alcohol just had to be a7 also


Round 3:

Cards used: 3
Guessers: nich/ervin

The Board:

P | S | JOVW | EF | P | DL | IH


The target word:
Someone pick a number 1-440 and look it up in the sheet and pm d1iabol1cal, ibedrummin, bolt2112 and doctor zeus the word

make sure it's not in column H as already used or search this thread to make sure it's not a repeat


sheets link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...


Target sent


I9 to D9 should do it. Nothing coming to me as a straightforward 1-shot. P3 to S7 could be a way there from the left side.

Probably on I—>D for now


Or I guess I9 to L3 works too


I9 perfect


P7 should bink. P5/P11 are the same category and also bink candidates.


H5 is another one in the same vein.


Actually, P7 could get them close but not home. P11 nails it but it's a risk of a Shadowfax.


by Nicholasp27 P

damn

alcohol just had to be a7 also

The a6/a7 btw was Areole(s) but I didn't know this until seeing the cactus wiki page


S5 and S6 are somewhat shadowfaxy and both hit the answer in a big way. They are both a different category than the P11 I like the most.


S13 for the win.


P7 is a good shadowfax but nails it


My P7 hits a related word harder than it hits the answer.

P11 does the same thing but with better precision.


by AmazingErvin P

The a6/a7 btw was Areole(s) but I didn't know this until seeing the cactus wiki page

I would've thought you were talking about nipples!


I like i9


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