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/...
H4 also works but prolly better as a second or third clue
Do you know i8?
yeah; I think h6 may be better but not sure
dunno if either gets them in one; h6 prolly easier to deduce so maybe i8 is the way to go
i8->b11 may work; tho I guess h6->b11 works also
go ahead and fire i8; we need to keep moving
Do i8
Ill have b11 ready
I want to save my turn for a3 in case we don't get it in 1-2
D1ab
Id do it but I'm running into the minor issue of not knowing what it is
if zeus knows it then he can do it and ervin can do b11 if needed
It sounds like you know it nich? I may actually know it...i thought of an i8...it can be a fair amount of stuff and even be a little shadowfaxy but if they know they may know? And with b11 it'll surely hit?
ironclad
L7 is decent also
I really like A3 but it could fail if they don't think of the right thing; maybe it's a 2nd clue if needed
I know the h6 and yea by itself unlikely
B4 obv seems great but that's us knowing the word, in reverse may not be enough. B11 could be kinda OK with the H, Ima look tad more
yeah; I think h6 may be better but not sure
dunno if either gets them in one; h6 prolly easier to deduce so maybe i8 is the way to go
i8->b11 may work; tho I guess h6->b11 works also
First thought is a steamship but I don't think that's it.
A contract? A handshake?
Yeah my first thought was contract. I have a crazy busy work day, but will think on this more as time allows.
I'm wondering if it could be related to armor/knight. But no mention of L8 Lancelot.
Yeah, missing Lancelot would be tough given how many different options were thrown out. I’m still leaning contract/agreement, but obv will need to try to connect H6/A3/L7/B4 etc to something vaguely related before lobbying for it.
H6 and B11 seem like good ones to focus on
And I guess maybe A3. But the recommended path here seems to be I8–>B11
Contract should be out because no L5 (legal). Would maybe have expected B7 too (binding)
Could it be a tank? The only ones I know are Panzer and Sherman. Humvee (H6) is sort of a tank and used by infantry.
Could it be a tank? The only ones I know are Panzer and Sherman. Humvee (H6) is sort of a tank and used by infantry.
That could work for H6.
B11 = bulletproof?
Armor or armored gets pretty compelling
So we're down to tank or armor?
Armored tank? I don’t think that’s a penguin seagull, but let me know.
If it is, then I’m might lean closer to armor and do something like Kevlar armor (terrible example as I’m sure Kevlar isn’t on the word list) or something.
I thought the whole point of being allowed to guess 2 words was just for this situation.
I don't think it's a penguin seagull.
armored tank
