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/...
B6 and let’s move on imo
I concur
baboon
we haven't had monkey as a target yet?
I guess not
Yh lock it in
monkey
Yep, next
Round 15:
Cards used: 16
Guessers: nich/ervin
The Board:
DL | EF | S | M | UNKQ | T | JOVW
The target word:
someone please rand a number 1-440 and look in the sheet for the corresponding word. Verify in column H or with a search in this thread that it's not been used before.
Send that word to bolt2112, d1iabol1cal, ibedrummin, doctor zeus
sheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...
Target sent
L3 pretty damned good
L6 too
L6 probably best
Yep, another boring one unfortunately. L6 sounds good.
L6 best
lumber
Wood? Tree?
Jack?!?
It’s gonna be wood
L3 is log
But nice pickup that L3 could also be Leo for Jack in Titanic and for lumberjack
Feels like we had tree already and Juniper etc is clearer than lumber for tree
I don't remember what we've had but good to fire wood if you like that one
ICWYDT
wood
Yep
unfortunate to get two layups in a row, but oh well; at least we are on the path to a new high score
Round 16:
Cards used: 17
Guessers: ervin/d1
The Board:
EF | S | M | T | UNKQ | T | JOVW
The target word:
I've sent it to ibd/bolt/zeus
f6 was first thought but should be other options as well
e6 for the win