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/...
c6/related c8 could be change/changing
so then what is s7
I was thinking blinker/turn signal but that would be change steering which is s8
michelin/steering could be that or could be alignment
change/service doesn't do much
change/speaker I don't think there are gonna be car audio type words on the list
sensor is 6 letters
seating is 7 but change/seating doesn't do much for me
Before you go full Sherlock on this, I feel like I should say that this is seriously not solvable yet.
well I gotta wait for Zeus anyway
agree too many options right now so we're just gonna have to guess a domain to see if it's the right domain and get a 2nd clue
Oops sorry
Michelin = tyres + restaurant
That theyve gone michelin over everything says something- but- i agree its car related
Maybe its to do with the person who fits it- hence the thnnnnnngg most ppl change?
So could go automotive engineer?
Mechanic would be the term that could be on a car
We don’t call them automotive engineers
Yh i think it hits quite a bit- but- and- can see why tehy wouldn't do service which is practically the closest to mechanic?
I think its a good guess. Just different enough to fit their skepticism but close enough to help us know if were on track
auto mechanic
0%
D1iab can go for whatever he and bolt have been talking about, imo
Is it the s4/s5 thing now?
That was not the word I had in mind, and not totally sure this is what bolt was talking about either, but let's do it...
shoe
Hope they have a good c word lolol
Shoe is placed to the right of Michelin.
So rubber shoe
Like galoshes or rain boots etc
Or tire shoe like brake shoes, but then it woulda been plural I think
Not supposed to say that, tho I don’t think it’ll change anything
Was having a few bets on the ponies and came across this.
Spoiler
I'd watch Shadowfax race a Bevo with a head start
a shoe with wheels is roller skates
and that's a tough word with only m/c/s and can't use skate in the clue
Cannibals capitalized woulda been a good clue if you knew I was a speed skater and Hyper Cannibals are great wheels (and what I use)
Sure-Grip woulda been a less esoteric and more direct as that is a big brand, but again you didn't know I'm a skater and most of you prolly aren't either unless you grew up in the 80s/90s
gotta see if any of your other words fit, but that's the most direct answer for 'tire shoes' clue
a shoe with wheels is roller skates
and that's a tough word with only m/c/s and can't use skate in the clue
Cannibals capitalized woulda been a good clue if you knew I was a speed skater and Hyper Cannibals are great wheels (and what I use)
Sure-Grip woulda been a less esoteric and more direct as that is a big brand, but again you didn't know I'm a skater and most of you prolly aren't either unless you grew up in the 80s/90s
gotta see if any of your other words fit, but that's the most direct answer
Roller skates also makes sense in thr left right nature of their clues....
M6->s4 is moving shoe maybe
S11 Solarbabies never mentioned, but that’s an esoteric 80s movie that prolly wasn’t thought of
In general movies and tv shows seem like a good way to clue but could also make the game easier
Yeah they put Michelin in front of shoe to make it read as:
“Tire shoe”
“Wheel shoe”
“Car shoe”
“Drive shoe”
Etc
So I think roller skates is the most direct meaning of “wheel shoe”
Open to thinking of other stuff, but I feel pretty good about this
Yh it also fits with the narrative of us not getting it in one
Lets bold it?
