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/...
My SIL works with yarn and wool a ton, and has crocheted us stuff basically every Christmas. Probably should’ve come to me! Haha
Woooo great job!!!
Super hard word, if I was guessing idk what it would take for me to bold it, I mighta gone through all the cards lol
Way to go!
I think I know what this is supposed to be, but I can't think of the word atm. Hopefully it comes to me at some point.
I felt pretty good here as the initial reaction to the clue says a lot
Was a little worried there may be some tale of two cities connection or something but once you said that it just seemed a question of digging through the memory bank for this french sounding word
Round 17:
Cards used: 23
Guessers: d1/zeus
The Board:
T | S | JOVW
Note: These are the last 4 cards in the game
The target word:
I've pmed ervin, bolt, ibd
S5 pretty good
Maybe j7 s5 combo
Gotta be some way to get this in one tho…
o4 is like s5 but not as directionally good
There is a t8 that is a one shot if they know it, and I think they do
Oops, only went to Ervin
Let me know thoughts on t8; pretty sure that’s close to a lock
O9 could be a fun one. Not sure what t8 is yet.
Not sure how long crochet would've taken to get without that specific combo...that's gotta be the hardest word so far.
Is passing an option in this game at all?
not really; I mean if you pass we just do another clue so you may as well guess something just to get a % closeness
but you could bold pass and we'd say that's your guess and move to next card, so I guess it technically is an option
no benefit tho here as we had nothing to help make it easier for you; prolly woulda gone wool or something or maybe weave to let you know it's definitely about knitting/weaving and not clothes, but we already knew you knew that, so really no point...once you knew it you had to just wait until remembered in this spot, so you did it right (not that you knew for sure we didn't have another clue to help, but if it was the word you were thinking of, then you knew we couldn't really help you think of the word most likely)
What I mean is can you pass to get a new word?
oh; if the randed word is hard can we just re-rand?
I guess we could, but I figure we'll be going through entire list eventually so gonna hit it now or later
Yeah, just in rare cases where there may be a word you don't know or can't remember, it would be pretty silly to just plow through all the cards with no way of getting it. That may never happen, but after this turn I could see it being a possibility.
yeah, if it's ridiculous I can toss it
T8 could bink or it could go very sideways if it's what I think. But if it fails then o4 should get them back on track
You have the right t and then s5 or o4 both get them on right track
I have confidence they will get t8
Wait a bit for Erv to chime in, but unless he’s got a lock no one’s thought of I’m good with t8
Yeah, just in rare cases where there may be a word you don't know or can't remember, it would be pretty silly to just plow through all the cards with no way of getting it. That may never happen, but after this turn I could see it being a possibility.
If I was a guesser on crochet or sabre I could see not getting it after 20 clues
I'm wondering if it's the same t8 I'm thinking of...probably? A little obscure but once clued if they know it should be an auto get?
I'm good w it assuming the same and if not still good just to see what happens
toilette
French words are so hot right now.
I'm guessing it's perfume. Could also be fragrance or something similar, but if they expect this to bink then I think it must be perfume.
Other clues are odor/smell obv.
