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/...
r8(from r6) or r9 may be the way to go, it could bink it and with g4 we're sorta in the same position - just need a few confirmers so they hit our target and not a couple other options but could work
well g4 is more generic and wider while something like r5 would be more specific in the domain so could be better first one
if you know m9 then I would prefer to go r5 instead of g4 as it's more specific to the domain than g4
so if you know m9 but don't know r5 then I'll go r5 so you can go m9
I think I know your r5 and I’m fine with that. I’m between m9 and m8, but both work.
Would prefer bolt chimes in before we bold anything tho
yeah m8 or m9 are both options; not sure which is best or if it matters, so ok with whichever is chosen
it's been over 24 hours
I'll give bolt a bit more time but I don't want to drag on for another day
I don't see a good path to an answer but m8 is as good as any.
rugby from right-side card (since both sides are the same)
This is too specific to be something like ball I think.
Maybe g4 is goal, and it's kick or score or something?
Tackle?
Will have to think on it some more.
Try seems too specific?
Rugby terms.include lineout, scrum etc
If scrum i think theyd have looked at m4 so i think its out
Try probably includes g2 = go aka a go?
I just don't see a world where try is on the list, and certainly nothing like lineout would be on there.
Rugby football its called
Tackle would be quite strange
Don't think tackle is that strange because it has a few meanings is a reasonably common word.
I don't think it is that, but it's more likely to be a word on the list than something that is associated with rugby specifically is all I'm saying.
Also, this is an American game, so I doubt rugby would even enter their mind if the word was try. They may not even know that is a thing.
I'm leaning towards kick atm. I don't think that's it either but I'm struggling with other possibilites.
I doubt they'd clue this for football even though it hits it hard. There are just too many other options.
Yh our assumption g4 as goal seems reasonable but might be holding us back
I wonder if we can double word it to get a bonus...
Block tackle? High tackle?
G4 could be gear I suppose if it is tackle, but meh. I don't hate guessing it tho and we probably need another word anyway by the sound of it.
If you wanna bold it, then I'm fine with it...but no need to add another word to it since it's either that or nothing close.
gear and tackle is pretty lock on tbh
lets to block tackle
Bad news: You guys aren't even close.
Good news: Rugby was an inspired clue by Nich.
Mediator to the right of rugby.
I guess it's referee?
yh 100%
referee
Yep yep yep
