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/...
I have a feeling that D1 is going to show up with some ideas.
I do have some ideas!
There's a k8 that is close to a lock but could go a couple of ways I guess, and there's a d9 which is a mortal lock but it would absolutely be a shadowfax for most people. I fully expect pc to know it tho.
I have faith in D1.
Should we risk the d9 then? If it whiffs then I don't actually think u5 is bad at all...it's a bit broad, but I still think they should be able to deduce what it's for.
I say go for it
Dallaglio
Well damn, sorry.
No idea what/where/who Dallaglio is, the fact d1iab fully expected me to get it makes me think it's sports related though so i'll have a proper think later
Gotta be a British athlete
Football? Rugby? Cricket?
Or a company, but I’m thinking celebrity name not company name
I'm sure i'd have heard of it if it was football or cricket, rugby is possible sure
Sports I don't like/don't know that much about:
rugby
hockey
basketball
cycling
F1
MMA
random Olympic sports like shooting/curling/fencing
U5 could be Union for Rugby Union, no idea on K8 though
Oh f1 another good option
But I like the u5 angle
Gonna ponder on the k clue
UNKQ | RG | IH | JOVW | A | B | D
Words I associate with each sport:
rugby - union/scrum/conversion/league/allblacks/springboks/haka - there's no S/C/L/A/H
hockey - no G7 for Gretzky so doubt it
basketball - net/rim/travelling/lay-up/dunk (no D4 for dunk?)
cycling - Tour de France/Giro Italia/BMX (no B3 for BMX?)
F1 - lap/qualifying/sprint/race/constructors (no Q10 for qualifying?)
MMA - Really don't know much about MMA
random Olympic sports like shooting/curling/fencing - same
Yeah 100% not hockey or basketball or any American sport
lol imagine it's nothing to do with sports after all and Dallaglio is some sort of Italian restaurant chain
Could be but you are Scottish, not Italian
Really think it’s a UK thing
Doubt i'm going to have any lightbulb moment so i'm fine with guessing rugby to move it along and see what U5 is if it isn't union
Yeah, with u5 I think we gotta take our chances
rugby
Wow, great job!
I just kinda assumed with pc's sports knowledge that he would know one of the most famous English rugby players of all time, but of course it is one of the few sports he doesn't follow lol.
K8 was knock-on.
Goddamn
Bink!
Pass the sugar!!
