3v3 Codenames

cork - 2
Antigone - 2
performance - 4
jackpot - 2

America
Australia
Ball
Bermuda
Bridge
Cell
Center
Drill
Drop
Kiwi
London
Oil
Slip
Tail
War

Bottle
Watch
Piano
Comic
Beat[/color]

Greece
Opera
Model
Luck

Bat

Mafia - 4[/color]

REALLY wasn't expecting that.

Well, center is not ours.

War makes sense here. Maybe cell and America, but don’t love either. Genco Olive Oil is a front in The Godfather.

Nich?

Nich?

oh sorry, had a busy weekend; let me check now

center isn't ours and cork is officially a cursed clue so gonna stay away from that one for awhile

America - prolly gotta guess bc lots of Mafia activity in the US
Australia - don't know how much Mafia they have, but not inclined to guess this one
Ball - don't know of a connection
Bermuda - they go to Cuba in Godfather 2, but haven't heard of any Bermuda connections
Bridge - meh? They did lots of infrastructure projects, but don't know any bridge connections
Cell - more terrorists than mafia for cells; Mafia is organized into Families; but keep on back burner
Center - not ours due to no n-1
Drill - could make some stretches, but rather not
Drop - same as drill
Kiwi - don't see it; oranges, not kiwis, were a part of Godfather
London - they have gangsters there, but mafia? would think he'd go gangsters if London was ours but maybe I'm wrong; keep on the potential list
Oil - olive oil (and oil could be cork); seems good enough for this list
Slip - meh
Tail - they often tail people; it's OK not great
War - lots of wars between families; pretty good

so,

America
Oil
War
Tail or London or ?

bleh; nothing about america/oil/war makes me think mafia, but america/oil/war/london would be even less likely to go mafia and more likely to go with a war word since UK is our ally

not a fan of where I've ended up in this post; gonna just post it and then start over and see what your thoughts are

america/oil/war/cell would be a terrorist related word, not mafia, so I don't like cell...plus you would just never call anything in the Mafia a cell; they are family

Plenty of mafiosi end up in prison.

ah, prison cell; didn't think of that lol; was just thinking of terrorist cells

still think america/oil/war/cell would be some middle east related word, but cell is better for mafia than I thought; maybe if oil isn't ours?

america/war/tail/cell...if that's your grouping how do you clue it?

I think my problem is none of the words on the list scream mafia so I'm not sure why that entered his mind for any grouping here

I’ll dig in after breakfast

Man, I’m stuffed

All right, so…

America - “I believe in America” is the opening line of arguably the greatest mafia film of all-time
Australia - nah
Ball - nah
Bermuda - nah
Bridge - gambling reference, blowing up bridges? Nah
Cell - “There are two endings for a guy like me: dead or in the can.” - Tony Soprano
Center - mafia families center around a boss
Drill - lots of ways to make a guy talk
Drop - money drops, drug drops
Kiwi - nah
London - agree that’s more “gangster” than mafia
Oil - Genco, also just general Italian connection, also hits cork
Slip - nah
Tail - made guys get tailed by feds
War - “I lived through the 70s by the skin of my nuts when the Colombos were going at it.” - Paulie Walnuts

War
America
Cell
Oil

imo

I get the better clue for these four is terrorism-related, but I really can’t see anything else here.

Oh they only have 4 so we may not be dead

America
Oil
War

Cell
Tail

America is neutral

cork - 2
Antigone - 2
performance - 4
jackpot - 2
Mafia - 4

Australia
Ball
Bermuda
Bridge
Cell
Center
Drill
Drop
Kiwi
London
Oil
Slip
Tail
War

Bottle
Watch
Piano
Comic
Beat[/color]

Greece
Opera
Model
Luck

Bat
America

tap - 2

Drop and cell? Not sure about either one honestly. And I don't have a good idea what the other luck word could be, maybe bridge?

Cell, for sure.

What is your reasoning for drop? I feel like Center shouldn't be ours if Cell and Drop are ours, btw. Call - 3 hits Center, Drop, Cell

For jackpot:
Ball - lottery drawn with balls
Bridge - could work with Luck, but feel there's a better clue for Bridge/Luck
Drop - I can't say why exactly but I don't hate it combined with Luck

For tap:
Cell - obvious, imo
Drill - kinda related to tapping a keg
Oil - similar to above, could see it referencing 'tapping' into the ground to get Oil...could be a cork word tho
Ball - in golf/billiards a tap-in is a thing, could probably see using the term tap in other ball sports

Let me think on these for a bit, feel free to leave some thoughts

Like drops coming out of a tap. I'll admit it's pretty weak.

I don't really like ball for jackpot. You can get luck and ball with bingo much more clearly.

I'm good with cell/drop. Not really in love with anything after cell tbh.

Also not really in love with any makeup word for jackpot, but imo bridge or ball seem like the only options by process of elimination. none of the other words really make sense imo. we could totally just guess 2 and pass if they are correct since we can't win here anyway. What do you think?

Sorry, I thought your point about luck/ball was on point, and completely forgot about it when replying. I think Cell/Drop/Bridge is the guess.

Cell
Drop
Bridge

Oil