Forced Unlimited Guessing Codenames
It's codenames, and the clueing is normal.
But your team has to keep guessing until they win, hit the assassin, or hit a wrong word.
Sign up below. I think 6 or 8 is probably optimal.
arrow - 4
crafts - 4
terrorist - 3
Bar
Bell
Centaur
Duck
England
India
Jupiter
London
Luck
Port
Post
Saturn
Spot
Stream
Worm
bow
missile
cell
force
air
school
nail
theater
Spell
Track
masala - 1
India
Bar
Then Post? Or is there a "safer" one with the masala clue?
Probably the most well-known masala dish (chicken tikka masala) was developed in England, probably London. Which is fun that both of those words are also on the list. But yeah, gotta figure India is what Erv’s going after.
And we probably can abandon post if bar is correct, given he didn’t clue us unlimited. And no real use making a list of random stuff that could maybe kind of fit masala, since it’s a 1-clue.
India
Bar
Pass
Post (if bar is wrong)
imo
can't pass imo
India
Bar
Blue
Blue
Yeah, I don’t know what to do here. If post was ours, he would’ve gone unlimited. If it was neutral he still should’ve gone unlimited.
So do we go with something like London or England and hope Erv knew that we knew the connection with masala so he was signaling a safe neutral?
IIRC, chicken tikka masala was created by Indians in Scotland.
So I dunno about London or England being super safe. Besides, if he really wanted us to hit England as a neutral here, there are way better clues than "masala".
Maybe go with duck? I've never heard of duck masala, but it's at least close to chicken.
IDK. I hate all our options here.
Ah, maybe I’d heard it was created in the UK and just assumed England/London.
Besides, if he really wanted us to hit England as a neutral here, there are way better clues than "masala".
There are also something like 6,479,371 better clues for India than “masala.” That being a 1-clue in a forced unlimited guess game should at least suggest he was considering clueing a neutral. The UK connection was all I had.
I’m fine with duck for the culinary connection.
I would’ve clued Pakistan - 1 for India/England and Delhi - 1 for India/London, so I’ll assume Ervin would’ve done the same. I’m fine with being off of either of those words.
Blue
Haha, now what?
LOL I have no idea.
Is post our best option?
It’s red at worst, which might still be fine. It’s the only other word out there that wouldn’t be a completely random guess.
I don’t love bolding something Ervin pretty clearly clued us away from, but anything else would be blind darts.
What if we guess port?
It’s probably red and doesn’t help them if we guess it. If post ends up being red it’s an unnecessary freebie
I don't hate the logic, though I'm not sure that port is more likely that spot for that purpose.
arrow - 4
crafts - 4
terrorist - 3
Bar
Bell
Centaur
Duck
England
India
Jupiter
London
Luck
Port
Post
Saturn
Spot
Stream
Worm
bow
missile
cell
force
air
school
nail
theater
Spell
Track
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I don't hate the logic, though I'm not sure that port is more likely that spot for that purpose.
I’m just going in the order of Nich’s list. If you think spot is a better guess, then go for it. He’s virtually guaranteed to bold both next turn anyway.
Spot
Red
arrow - 4
crafts - 4
terrorist - 3
masala - 1
Bell
Centaur
England
Jupiter
London
Luck
Port
Post
Saturn
Stream
Worm
bow
missile
cell
force
Spot
air
school
nail
theater
India
Bar
Duck
Spell
Track
