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/...
Round 19:
Cards used: 25
Guessers: nich/ervin
The Board:
JOVW
The target word:
Someone please Rand a word from the sheet and send to doctor Zeus, bolt2112, d1iabol1cal, ibedrummin and pogcrazy94
NOTE: This is the last card in the game
Sheets link:
Shame
Sent
V5 kinda bad but all i have
I have a v7 that's not going to get it, but I'm gonna bold it pretty soon to move this along unless someone pulls something out of their ***
Actually, I kind of like v7 the more I think about it. Especially considering that the Sides Whisperer is guessing.
It’s the weekend and still 3 people to chime in; last word of the game; let’s give them today to chime in
Hmmm
Yeah, there's lots of stuff that gets in the general ballpark, but hitting the exact word is tough. Best I have is an o7 that is pretty decent, but nowhere near a lock.
O5 or o7 actually
If its the same.o7 i like it
I have nfi
Im happy to go with my o7?
Sure
orbiter
First thought was satellite, makes me think of planets/moons/space etc
Satellite is first instinct
Not moon bc no wave or other moon words
Not planet because no Venus+jupiter clue/confirmer
Video for satellite could be v5
Orbit is o5 most likely
Just need to think of v7
Satellites become space junk so maybe j4 coulda been confirmer but that’s weak
Not seeing any obvious misses for satellite yet
My biggest hesitation is they thought this was hard but satellite isn’t a bad word; tho I think if don’t think of orbiter (banger clue if it’s satellite) then this is a pretty hard word with these letters
Gonna ponder a bit more first but we can prolly go satellite dish in a bit
International Space Station is an orbiter but I can’t think of a v5 or v7 and would think weightless would be a consideration
Visible vibrate veering venting
Idk what v7 can be, maybe some kind of proper noun
Vehicle?
Maybe we need something like antenna
No w7 for weather satellite
Antenna is interesting
Still thinking satellite #1 because antenna don’t really orbit but antenna worth a thought
Yea we don't have waves or anything
Satellite does seem strongest but they said it was hard
Maybe they underestimated how good of a clue orbiter was? Or maybe it is something truly ungettable, I mean what else is out there in space? Asteroids? Meteors?
You know an orbiter could be a person
Specifically an astronaut
Gonna chew on that for a bit
Could also be some kind of space shuttle or rocket ship I suppose
Also electrons and other atomic words, as they orbit also
