Game 13

[E.N.]

It's been a while, anyone fancy a game of codenames?

In case you're new to it, dive in. Teams of 2+, a grid of words and one player gives one word clues to which of those words belong to their team. Guess them all and you win. Simple once you start, I'll explain better if we get any newbies.

[nothing]

I'm in!

[aaronjennings]

Never played, but seen videos of it online, so I'll give it a bash

[E.N.]

Never played, but seen videos of it online, so I'll give it a bash

You'll get the hang of it easily

One more and we can go

[nothing]

It's great craic aaronjennings!

[Neowise]

I can play

[Neowise]

i've subscribed to this thread to get email notfied.

[E.N.]

Brilliant, let's get going in the morning

Neo/nothing, want to captain?
I'm happy either way, think it's best if Aaron is guesser first game...

[Neowise]

no preference here, put me anywhere.

[nothing]

I'm happy with either, game runners choice

[E.N.]

OK, randomizer says me and Neo captains...
   

Neo, want to pick red/blue and I'll generate the board in the morning

[E.N.]

@aaronjennings, rough intro

Each round I'll give you a one word clue, and the number of answers it refers to. You can guess one more than this number, so generally that means you can guess what I'm aiming at, and pick up an earlier one if you have any hanging around

In theory you guess one by one, but often people will say "X and if correct Y"

If you give a correct answer you go again. If you give an incorrect one it might be theirs or neutral, then play switches. One word is the assassin though, pick that and it's instant defeat

One intricacy near the end might be that I'm forced to go crazy, if they're going to win next go. I may say CLUE UNLIMITED, which means you can make as many guesses as you like. Less common, but in the rules, is "CLUE 0" - in this case I'm giving a clue as to what it isn't! And you have unlimited guesses

As an example if how the board looks and a round plays out...

Country 2

FRANCE
AMERICA
PASS

Both correct

Your guesses should be in capitals. You can chat away as much as you like otherwise, if you want to explain your thought process

Neo and I will generally be silent apart from the clues and correct/wrong calls as we're not to give anything else away. But ask questions and nothing will answer, or Neo and I can give factual answers on rules etc

Oh, more for if you captain a future game, clues must refer to the meaning of the word. For example, you can't clue long to mean its a long word, or clue letters in it, or its position on the board etc

[Neowise]

blue

[Neowise]

try not to capitize your pass requests, as PASS is a valid word that does appear.
just pass is fine, or

we pass.

[aaronjennings]

Sounds good, I've seen people play it on YouTube, and had a read back through the previous game here as well. Looking forward to it

[Neowise]

Sounds good, I've seen people play it on YouTube, and had a read back through the previous game here as well. Looking forward to it

as you are not absolutely new, would you like to captain on your first rodeo??

if you would, just say red or blue before the morning, and you'll be put in captains position instead.

your call.


tomorrows gonna be fun!

[aaronjennings]

No thanks, I'm happy for EN to take the driver's seat to start out with

[E.N.]

OK, here's the board. Blue (Neo/nothing) to kick off...

   

[lorcand1990]

I'll take up a watching spot on this & hopefully will play one soon.. haven't played or seen videos of it before, so will need to get researching... or just wing it and hope for the best 

[E.N.]

I'll take up a watching spot on this & hopefully will play one soon.. haven't played or seen videos of it before, so will need to get researching... or just wing it and hope for the best 

You can join forces with aaron, if you like. We often have guesser teams. That way you can bounce ideas of each other.

[aaronjennings]

Fine by me, if you're up for it

[nothing]

Best way to learn is to jump in!

[lorcand1990]

Ok sure I'll give it a bash since Aaron doesn't mind 

[E.N.]

Think we've lost @Neowise already 🤣

[nothing]

Come on @Neowise, clue me in I know we're not the best team, but we can surely kick some first timers behinds

[Neowise]

Somalia : 2

[nothing]

Ok, well its an African country, so

AFRICA

[nothing]

Hmmm, tenuous links to maybe king, mount, revolution, but good link to horn

If africa correct, HORN

Then pass

[E.N.]

Both correct

@lorcand1990 and @aaronjennings
TRAP 2

[lorcand1990]

I think I have one, can I name it without it being our official answer?

[Neowise]

yes, just don't capitalise it. answers in all caps.

[lorcand1990]

Cool thanks Neo

Aaron I'm thinking 'net' is one of them, let me know if you're happy to go with it?

[aaronjennings]

Yeah, I was thinking Net and Pit, possibly Track?

We'll lock in NET

What do you think for the second?

[lorcand1990]

Pit was going to be my next best guess too, the only other one that could be an obscure enough link would be ball, but I'd say pit is right

[nothing]

I think I'd have guessed net and pit too, you two are naturals

[aaronjennings]

I was also considering Bow, but that seems less of a trap and more of an offensive weapon

Since we're in agreement, if out first guess is right, we will also lock in PIT

And then we'll pass

[Neowise]

I was also considering Bow, but that seems less of a trap and more of an offensive weapon

Since we're in agreement, if out first guess is right, we will also lock in PIT

And then we'll pass

both correct, play passes.

[nothing]

Board update, please, when ye get a chance

[Neowise]

[Neowise]

field 5