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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 17, 2015, 04:11:38 am »
could it be that WINTER was the extra assoc to "Coldplay"?
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 17, 2015, 04:10:14 am »
BOARD
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 16, 2015, 04:10:59 pm »
Yes, I think we can afford a bit of sandbagging.
ROULETTE
ROULETTE
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 16, 2015, 02:29:56 am »
Any idea of a Xyloto association? CAST still seems a bit loose to me.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 15, 2015, 05:54:16 am »
bump
possibly the stall is partly due to http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3621.msg549867#msg549867 but at the moment it's not the spymaster's move.
possibly the stall is partly due to http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3621.msg549867#msg549867 but at the moment it's not the spymaster's move.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 11, 2015, 12:39:31 pm »
Gah, we cleared TRACK for them. I feel like a sherpa now.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 11, 2015, 03:48:38 am »
Go for it: HEART
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 10, 2015, 02:35:23 pm »
Princess
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 10, 2015, 02:34:54 pm »
I actually put Russian in my PM to him and said that we went first. Which I still think I was on the blue team last time.
Is that sinaya komanda or golubaya komanda in Russian?
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 10, 2015, 02:13:28 pm »... gkrieg attempt at Russian ...
I am not getting it, but presume you are not hinting at ROULETTE, that would be illegal.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 10, 2015, 02:11:38 pm »
Back I am! I have fallen sick for a couple of days.
As I understand it we'll not use spoilers this time.
Old fart like me is mostly unaware of today's pop culture. I am learning from Wikipedia that one song title featured as a single reads PRINCESS of CHINA, so there's that. There's TRACKS on an album, this would be my next choice. There is one track that reads "Don't let it break your HEART", which may be my fourth guess. Nothing on the board close enough to DEK's assembly language named "MMIX", which surprisingly is also a track title.
Ok, now reading Kuildeous' musings ... Yeah, CAST went through my head too but CHINA is more specific in my opinion.
As I understand it we'll not use spoilers this time.
Old fart like me is mostly unaware of today's pop culture. I am learning from Wikipedia that one song title featured as a single reads PRINCESS of CHINA, so there's that. There's TRACKS on an album, this would be my next choice. There is one track that reads "Don't let it break your HEART", which may be my fourth guess. Nothing on the board close enough to DEK's assembly language named "MMIX", which surprisingly is also a track title.
Ok, now reading Kuildeous' musings ... Yeah, CAST went through my head too but CHINA is more specific in my opinion.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 03, 2015, 11:27:56 am »
Congrats to the blue team. Definitely a good set of games, very instructive how spymaster's style has an impact on the flow.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 03, 2015, 07:55:37 am »
ok EgorK, which words did you have in mind when suggesting the clues?
Even if LINK came to my mind as a connection to Otira, I am finding the link rather weak as it's not as if the place lends itself to changing trains. Goppenstein 3 might have done it for me.
Even if LINK came to my mind as a connection to Otira, I am finding the link rather weak as it's not as if the place lends itself to changing trains. Goppenstein 3 might have done it for me.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 03, 2015, 02:22:56 am »STREAM
I didn't see anything better. LINK would have been a distant second, and I am still not convinced.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 02, 2015, 04:30:21 am »
ok, STREAM rather than LINK. Looking at the map, it's situated at a river which may pass as a stream. The saddle point is a bit uphill but still within the municipal boundaries. You point at STREAM if there's nothing else you see.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 01, 2015, 03:20:14 am »
I still need your input on this one. Don't want to waste this match ball alone.
Wikipedia says it is a village in New Zealand. So SOUTH has a lot more going for it. So the soapnut clue has been taken care of and we're on our own for the rest.
ALPS should be #2. Railway seems to play quite a role in this village, so maybe LINK?
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: December 01, 2015, 01:07:39 am »
ALPS
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: November 30, 2015, 03:20:08 pm »
Wikipedia says it is a village in New Zealand. So SOUTH has a lot more going for it. So the soapnut clue has been taken care of and we're on our own for the rest.
ALPS should be #2. Railway seems to play quite a role in this village, so maybe LINK?
ALPS should be #2. Railway seems to play quite a role in this village, so maybe LINK?
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: November 30, 2015, 02:10:55 pm »
ok, triple or bust. If he gives a 2 clue, I'd go for SOUTH as the extra, for want of something better. Maybe BEAR, as in bearing fruit, but I don't like it much better.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: November 28, 2015, 12:44:17 am »
pass
We're still ahead but have to hope they don't finish within two rounds.
We're still ahead but have to hope they don't finish within two rounds.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: November 26, 2015, 04:32:29 pm »
BERRY
Should we go for SOUTH? I am leaning towards yes. If we're lucky, we only have two to clear instead of three, and three are a lot less likely to connect.
Should we go for SOUTH? I am leaning towards yes. If we're lucky, we only have two to clear instead of three, and three are a lot less likely to connect.
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: November 26, 2015, 02:28:51 pm »
GENIUS
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Non-Mafia Game Threads / Re: Codenames V -- team play
« on: November 26, 2015, 02:04:53 am »
WASHER seems obvious to me. (These berries are sold by Whole Earth kind of shops for washing clothes.) Then BERRY, then GENIUS, and I am uncertain about the 3rd sapindus. I see nothing better than SOUTH but we can save that for next time.
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Forum Games / Re: Codenames - New simple, but very intriguing word game by Vlaada Chvátil
« on: November 25, 2015, 02:22:12 pm »'Well, if TANK and WEAR are on our team, I believe he would give "rhubarb 2" as a clue whereas if we'd be looking for DENT and AUSTRALIA we would expect a clue like "hamstring 2".'
Fair enough, but the rules for regular play would allow this sort of thing. Or, one might protest on the grounds that the clue given is supposed to actually "point to" one or more words on the table, and in this case the clue given would be purely a meta-gaming type thing and not a "real clue". But either way, I don't see why the rules for the forum version would be different from the rules for real-life play.
Well, forum games allow for more extensive abuse. You could post a long list assigning a clue to every set of 9/8 words in the grid, and then the spymaster just needs to say the word and it's game over.
It's even easier than that. Assign each of the words a letter of the alphabet and then just post your first clue as heiuochsw: 9 and you have won the game.
Of course, all these approaches would be thwarted by the rule that clues may only be associated by meaning (so it's illegal to go "bravo 4" if four of your words start with b), but a less obvious stunt than the one I suggested (with more related words) would be a first step on a slippery slope.
It's a game where rules have room for interpretation and this is important to have people know beforehand.