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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D8 works. So does f8.

I slightly prefer f8 just because I think that's a better card to get rid of, but I don't care too much.


Not sure what f8 is but I’m sure any of d/f/s/c will work


D8 has decent bink equity.


doodling


Something related to drawing I guess. Or art (but less so as the clue would probably have been drawing). Will need to think a little bit about the other words. S8 could be scribble, but I don’t know how that’d be a clarifying clue after doodling, so it’s probably wrong. Will try to think of what F8/C8/S6 could be.


Whatcha thinking, Erv? I’m still leaning toward drawing.


S6 could be sketch


Yea so the d6 was doodle

Won't be picture since there's no f5 for frame

Seeming like drawing is the best...


drawing


Yeah, good job

Then sketching and coloring were my others


Nice, great clueing


what was f8?


Round 2:

Cards used: 1
Guessers: ibd/bolt

The Board:

S | A | B | P | IH | C| EF


The target word:
I've pmed the word to d1iabol1cal, zeus, ervin


s4


Theres so much here, can say s6 or E5 or a million things to get them in a domain and then your s4 is fine

There's f8 and s6, s6 like your s4

Plenty of options


My s4 is like s5 not like s6

There is another s4 tho also


Also another s4 and s7 that are similar


Oh I get that s4(assuming it's the same one), there are so many things!


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what was f8?

Freehand


Any of the s4s are probably fine. I like the one that isn't like s7.


There's an e10 that's a lock but might be a bit of a shadowfax.


S4 is the right option


step


I need to take time to look at all of the other hints. First gut answer would be ladder.


Just popped in to say ladder. That’s encouraging

Also have nfi on the other clues, but will take a look when I have another lull.


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