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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 13, 2022, 10:53:50 am »
Oh and I'm glad no one challenged my turn 6. I had TEAR selected, but then my additional two for Watery were Blizzard and Tear! D'oh!
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 13, 2022, 10:43:07 am »
I thought it was fun, though I'm not sure about the scoring / competitive aspect of it. Though not sure what I would suggest tweaking either.
I would play again.
I would play again.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 11, 2022, 09:17:08 pm »
Turn 13:
Guess: Helicopter
Clue: Sports: 3
Guess: Helicopter
Clue: Sports: 3
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 11, 2022, 01:41:10 pm »
Turn 10:
Guess: Roulette
Clue: Halloween: 3
Guess: Roulette
Clue: Halloween: 3
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Variants and Fan Cards / Re: Fan Card Mechanics Week 28: Gone Fishing
« on: February 10, 2022, 05:45:26 pm »
One thought on the mechanic -
The pile is face down, but when you play fish, you can (and will) return them to the bottom pile. While I don't know if it would actually matter in practice, this gives an advantage to people with good memory at some point to know what fish is next, and that doesn't sit quite right for me.
Maybe when returned they are face up (and can be looked at?) There still is a some advantage to experienced players who could know which fish had not yet been seen, but that aspect also does exist in the official cards with Boons and Hexes.
The pile is face down, but when you play fish, you can (and will) return them to the bottom pile. While I don't know if it would actually matter in practice, this gives an advantage to people with good memory at some point to know what fish is next, and that doesn't sit quite right for me.
Maybe when returned they are face up (and can be looked at?) There still is a some advantage to experienced players who could know which fish had not yet been seen, but that aspect also does exist in the official cards with Boons and Hexes.
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Puzzles and Challenges / Re: Design the most disappointing Kingdom
« on: February 10, 2022, 04:39:53 pm »P: Vineyard
2: Guardian, Coin of the Realm
2+P: University
3: Night Watchman
5: Band of Misfits, Scepter
6: Captain
8: Prince
8D: Overlord
Events: Summon, Capitalism
All the cards that care about an Action card costing up to $4 or $5, and no actions that fit the bill except Band of Misfits, which of course needs an Action card costing $4 or less to do anything. Vineyard and University are there to tempt you into getting Band of Misfits when you really shouldn't. Scepter can replay one of your useless Actions. Guardian has no attacks to block, and Night Watchman is just a Night card I generally find disappointing.
Night Watchman is good for guaranteeing you hit $5, which in this kingdom is utterly meaningless. So the optimal strategy really is big money (which beats my kingdom where the optimal strategy is Big Money + Courtyard).
I like how you can susbtitute a lot of the landscapes and the kingdom would be just as awful (e.g. Sewers, Tomb, Academy, Barracks, any of the Adventures Token events, Inheritance). You could also replace Night Watchman with King's Court.
I can imagine each card being dealt out thinking that it was going to be a great kingdom, only to realise once everything's out that there's nothing to do.
Well done, you're the reigning champion.
My Kingdom is somewhat similar to the above, but all the Kingdom cards are Actions:
4: Throne Room, Procession, Band of Misfits
4P: Golem
5: Mastermind, Royal Carriage
6: Captain
7: King's Court
8: Prince
8D: Overlord
Landscapes: Citadel; Populate
So many options for Landscapes, but I liked these best: Citadel because it is TR variant like many of these; and Populate, because, I mean, c'mon!
I also considered Lurker instead of Golem, in order to not have any Potion cards, but wondered if there may be some attempt to use that and some of the above to 3 pile. I imagine that would be oh so slow, but went Golem instead.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 10, 2022, 02:29:16 pm »
Question about the rules: can you clarify this one:
I guess mostly the "should not" part. i.e. is it allowed? if so, how does that work for Select especially, given that you cannot Guess.
You must not Guess a word that was previously Guessed. You should not Select, Reject or Propose words which were previously Guessed.
I guess mostly the "should not" part. i.e. is it allowed? if so, how does that work for Select especially, given that you cannot Guess.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 10, 2022, 12:20:33 pm »
I think anyone but you or me, ie anyone but the last two players. At least, that was the case after turn 3, right before I prechallenged.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 09, 2022, 01:57:00 pm »
Turn 6
Guess: Doctor
Clue: Watery: 3
Guess: Doctor
Clue: Watery: 3
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 09, 2022, 12:06:37 pm »
I assumed so, just wanted to confirm, thanks!
Galzria:
Word Selected: Doctor
Word Rejected: Bunk
silverspawn:
Selected Caesar
Rejected Helicopter
So the challenge was successful.
What would be useful now (for me, at least) is a recap of who can do what at this point.
Galzria:
Word Selected: Doctor
Word Rejected: Bunk
silverspawn:
Selected Caesar
Rejected Helicopter
So the challenge was successful.
What would be useful now (for me, at least) is a recap of who can do what at this point.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 09, 2022, 11:55:17 am »
OK, so I received both PMs. Do I know post what they sent, eg.
silver: Selected X, Rejected Y
Galz: Selected Z, Rejected W
or just whether they match or not.
silver: Selected X, Rejected Y
Galz: Selected Z, Rejected W
or just whether they match or not.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 09, 2022, 11:36:00 am »To resolve the challenge, Galzria and silverspawn need to PM scolapasta with the words which silverspawn selected and rejected on turn 4. (They must not include either Eagle or Revolution.) Then scolapasta needs to report results here.
Turn 5 can be taken by anyone other than silverspawn, Galzria or scolapasta (i.e. EFHW or someone new).
If someone takes turn 5 before scolapasta reports the challenge results, then that player could gain or lose a point for their guess.
Do I specify which I think were selected and which were rejected, or do I just list two words? Do I confirm/deny the choice of Silver with ‘Revolution’, or ignore the guess entirely?
I could say:
I intended {X, Y, Z},
or
Rejected/Selected {A, B},
or
Word Rejected {Q}, Word Selected {R}
The bolded one.
And they don't necessarily have to be the two words you were thinking of when you gave your clue; you are allowed to update your thoughts in the light of silverspawn's guess and clue. Your aim should be to match silverspawn.
Also, don't say whether or not silverspawn's guess ("Revolution") is what you were expecting. That only comes to light if someone challenges your clue from turn 3.
Interesting, I did not realize that they could change what they were thinking (in fact I was going to post asking about this and if glaz should've had to send me his before the next turn happened, but with this, then obviously not)... makes the idea of pre challenging more risky now...
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 08, 2022, 10:32:46 pm »I can’t vote!
I’m dumb!
Lol
I’m sorry if this costs is but I think the best play is to pass here.
PASS
Ha - I thought you were kidding at first. but yeay, no worries, on passing, that's why it's nice to have 3 guessers (i.e. a deciding vote)
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 08, 2022, 10:31:34 pm »
Oh, is fang not playing?
So that makes the pre challenge more interesting, I guess as it forces silver to go (in a 4 player game).
So that makes the pre challenge more interesting, I guess as it forces silver to go (in a 4 player game).
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 08, 2022, 03:55:22 pm »
OK, so:
eevee votes: prefer PASS, ok with FINGER
I vote: prefer FINGER, ok with PASS
Swowl, break the tie!
eevee votes: prefer PASS, ok with FINGER
I vote: prefer FINGER, ok with PASS
Swowl, break the tie!
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 08, 2022, 03:54:20 pm »
uh-oh. I feel my pre challenge may have slowed things down here.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 07, 2022, 07:18:29 pm »
My finger logic - isn't tying a string around your finger a thing people do in order to remember things?
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 07, 2022, 06:12:28 pm »
So swowl things pass, I think guess. eevee, thoughts on that?
(and if guess, what word(s) do you like?)
(and if guess, what word(s) do you like?)
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 07, 2022, 06:11:40 pm »
We need 4, they need 5, but they'll have 2 turns to our 1 (after this last guess or pass). So I feel we should try to guess.
So far we've mentioned:
CODE, DRESS, PARACHUTE, FINGER, TRIP as possible.
I think we should guess. Dress not great, it's more straps. I guess same with Parachute, though I could see it.
Not convinced on Trip.
I'm warming up to Code. Still like Finger for some reason.
ppe 2
So far we've mentioned:
CODE, DRESS, PARACHUTE, FINGER, TRIP as possible.
I think we should guess. Dress not great, it's more straps. I guess same with Parachute, though I could see it.
Not convinced on Trip.
I'm warming up to Code. Still like Finger for some reason.
ppe 2
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 07, 2022, 04:40:44 pm »
For String I alos wonder about DRESS.
The reason behind STAR is not just the movie, just that bodyguards generally guard important people, like movie stars.
The reason behind STAR is not just the movie, just that bodyguards generally guard important people, like movie stars.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codename Select
« on: February 07, 2022, 02:27:13 pm »
And I can pre-challenge too, right?
I'll try that:
pre-challenge
I'll try that:
pre-challenge
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 07, 2022, 02:12:09 pm »
BEAN -> BIKINI
And yeah, String class is key in most coding. Didn't even think of that. Not sure I love it here, though.
I do like going back to STAR for our 3rd guess.
And yeah, String class is key in most coding. Didn't even think of that. Not sure I love it here, though.
I do like going back to STAR for our 3rd guess.
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Introductions / Re: 4 days, 0 minutes
« on: February 07, 2022, 02:10:05 pm »
Well, then, it appears I've reached 100 days on here. I hope it's been a decent mix of discussion, variants, codenames, and mafia.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames XIII
« on: February 06, 2022, 06:29:26 pm »
I'm ok with that order; if swowl agrees, we can lock it in.