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/...
It's a shadowfax!!
They make notebooks and such. Maybe they make other things too, but that's what I know them for.
If it is notebook, then m7 could be McAdams.
M3 could be Mac, I would think there could be an apple in there but maybe not
I have no idea what a moleskine is so I'm fine w notebook if you wanna fire that
notebook
Way to go and way to know d1!
Would we be allowed A4 like A4 paper
a4 is an open question for the thread; in just one it'd be allowed, but this game isn't quite as open as just one (e.g., symbols not allowed)
glad you knew Moleskine; whew
and yeah, McAdams and Mac were my other Ms; still no clue what the others were
woulda been easy if DL was on outside with laptop, but couldn't clue macbook since book part would be illegal
Round 11:
Cards used: 12
Guessers: d1/bolt
The Board:
A | DL | EF | JOVW | B | IH | UNKQ
The target word:
Sent to ibedrummin, doctor zeus, ervin
I3 is slam dunk if get there, so prefer going from right unless we have a one clue bink with A
a7->d7 isn't bad, either
A3 also good
U3 imo
U3 is a good one
U5 also very good
Guessers don't look
U6 same route but more likely to get it
I haven't figured all of these out but good with best one
I figured some out, a7 a great confirmer, by itself idk
a12 could be nice thing to put them in domain
If y’all have a legal u word then go for it
Worst case it opens up i3 which is a lock
userer
A usurer is a loanshark. Maybe userer is an alternate spelling. Otherwise, no idea.