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/...
Yep those work as great confirmers, there are 2 b4s
I haven't figured out b7 yet
Heh just thought of a 3rd b4 though
can I bold b7?
Should prolly wait for IBD/d1 to have a chance to weigh in unless it’s a super obvious situation
I like the two b4s as confirmers. I really like p6 and think we should clue from the left side, probably with something like l4/6 (I’m partial to 6).
I don’t know what b7 is.
B7 will ****ing rock it i promise
i'm feeling b7
Imma do it.....
bi-fold
Bro. This is a team game.
Apologies...was multiple beers in and very excited
First thought was wallet with b4 bill but no billfold clue or leather
So then it’s door
L4/L6 is lock/locked with locked a better clue than lock
P6 is pocket doors
B4 for barn door and back door
No p5 for patio but that’s not as good as pocket
Absolutely no offense to Ervin, but I'm looking forward to watching Nich break down a bunch of vague confirmers into a story that makes sense. All I have to do is say "looks good" and then bold whatever Nich tells me to bold.
And I get half the credit.
Good times!
First thought was wallet with b4 bill but no billfold clue or leather
So then it’s door
L4/L6 is lock/locked with locked a better clue than lock
P6 is pocket doors
B4 for barn door and back door
No p5 for patio but that’s not as good as pocket
Looks good!
you can bold door unless we want to discuss other options
door!
Correctamundo
good clues
Round 15:
Cards used: 19
Guessers: nich/ibd
The Board:
DL | P | UNKQK | T | S | JOVW | UNKQ
Note: These are the last 7 cards in the game
The target word:
Someone please rand a word and send to bolt2112, d1iabol1cal, amazing ervin, doctorzeus
sheets link:
My b4s were bell bolt and something I don't even remember now, there was a good bit of stuff, great job!
Round 15:
Cards used: 19
Guessers: nich/ibd
The Board:
DL | P | UNKQK | T | S | JOVW | UNKQ
Note: These are the last 7 cards in the game
The target word:
Someone please rand a word and send to bolt2112, d1iabol1cal, amazing ervin, doctorzeus
sheets link:
Sent
Round 15:
Cards used: 19
Guessers: nich/ibd
The Board:
DL | P | UNKQK | T | S | JOVW | UNKQ
Note: These are the last 7 cards in the game
The target word:
Someone please rand a word and send to bolt2112, d1iabol1cal, amazing ervin, doctorzeus
sheets link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...
L7 quite ok?
K4?
2 d4s that serve as excellent confirmers
One may be strong enough on its own but it could go several ways
q5 works as a confirmer too
if it's the L7 I'm thinking of I don't really like it much - that will really go into another domain imo. If you knew our target word I think it easy to get L7(it I'm thinking of the same thing) but the other way around doesn't work so well
Dunno if it's your k4, I know of one that works but again only as a confirmer the other way and they would have to know something to know this
Haha there's a K9 that comes at this from a totally different direction and domain, would also require them knowing something that could be shadowfaxy and requires some dot connecting
Probably terrible the more I think about it, especially if it accidentally hits something else though I don't know what else
Yeah, this is harder than it seems like it should be. There's a w12 that is a lock assumimg they know it.
I think the better d4 might be the way to go here and they can pick it off with k4 if it misses.
