In which we create two new codenames addicts...


Chim/Tokyo
vs
Nich/Priptonite



Game Rules: https://czechgames.com/files/rules/c...s-rules-en.pdf
POG Rules: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/5...ticky-1733890/

Randomizer: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=179533694

Woooot

Once you read the rules, chim, let me know what we can clarify.

I'll highlight the important stuff (other than what's a legal clue which you can see in game/pog rules or ask your fellow spymaster via pm before posting it) here:

normal # clues (i.e. 1 - 9):
Your clue word connects to this number of words on the board and your partner can guess up to that many + 1 words. The +1 is important for making up prior missed words.

Example:
Animal - 3

board has elephant, giraffe, zebra, tiger on it and you guess the first 3; zebra was neutral

on turn 2, your partner clues food - 4 and you can guess 5 words so 4 food words + tiger to makeup the animal clue


0 clues
Usage 1: Your clue word does NOT connect to any of your team's words on the board. So alive - 0 would mean none of the words that could be considered alive are yours

Usage 2: Your teammate made a list of words last turn as options for your last clue and that list is zebra, elephant, tiger, mouse, cockroach.
Zebra and Tiger are not yours so your teammate clues stripes - 0 so you know to guess elephant, mouse, cockroach (or only 2 of them if you only have 2 words left until you got all of your animal words)

Note that with 0 clues you can guess AS MUCH as you want; there is no limit like with # clues


Unlimited clues
You can also say food - unlimited instead of giving a number

Usage 1: The links are very tenuous but you need 4 more words to win this turn or other team will win on their next turn. Instead of cluing food - 4 you could clue food - unlimited. Your partner knows you need 4 left but this tells him the links may be dubious so stretch a little more than usual.

Usage 2: Your partner's list is on the right track. Your teammate made a list of words last turn as options for your last clue and that list is zebra, elephant, tiger, mouse, cockroach. The first 3 are correct and you need 3 more animal words so you clue food - unlimited instead of food - 2 for eggs, spaghetti and that lets your partner know that you want him to continue guessing down that list of animals until he gets all 3 or he hits a neutral.

Optional: For me personally, an unlimited clue early in the game means 2 + makeup the words on your list and that's usually a good rule of thumb. You don't know for sure that your partner has only 2 food words when he says unlimited; it could be 1 or 3; he's giving up that info in exchange for telling you that your list is good. So safest to guess 1 for the new clue then down your list if you want.


End Game
Typically it takes 3 turns to end a game, so red winning in 3 is common which is why we alternate which team is red vs blue. Red does have 9 words and Blue has 8, but going first is an advantage. Blue can try to win in 2, but it's unlikely the board will have 2 4-clues or a 3-clue and a 5-clue, etc, so Blue is usually also trying to win it in 3 so if red doesn't, blue wins before red gets a fourth turn

If you have a makeup word and your partner clues you to 1 less than winning (e.g., 1 less than having all 9 for red) then that means your posted makeup word top option is good.

Example: I have tiger as my top makeup word for animal and we have 6 words after 2 as red. You clue food - 2 and that tells me that i need to find 2 food words and then makeup tiger for the win. If tiger is wrong, then you would need to use a 3 clue (or an unlimited clue) as anything but a 2 clue tells me tiger is wrong (unless it's a 1 clue where we can't win anyway, so that just means you can't do a 2 clue)

Other
Don't worry too much about neutral words hitting your clue
Do worry if your clue could hit the other team's word
Stay away from any clue that could hit the assassin
As guesser, make sure you post your ordered list of what you think the words are so they know your thoughts
Don't forget you get +1 guess and don't forget to bold pass when you are done guessing

Sweet, I think I get it. Appreciate the links and explanation.

So how do we get a board?

You use the randomizer google sheet and type something into H2 and then copy F1 to F25 and pm that to the other spymaster.

And then copy G1 to G25 and paste that into this thread

then we post "if this post is odd i'm red" and then quote it to see post number and determine who is red and who is blue


Prip can spy first for us since i'm spying first in tourney and he isn't. If you can't spy now prip, i don't mind spying


Tokyo/Chim, who will spy first for you

Tokyo you go first since you've played board game version before.

What is normal rate of play? No problem I have a 2 hour meeting in an hour is it?

Happy to spy first. Tokyo you want to take a crack at the board generator or prefer me to do it?

normal rate of play varies

generally we try to take no more than 24 hours per turn

i'm happy to go at whatever speed you want; faster, slower, etc

if you want faster then we say 4 hours per turn except overnight


either way, your 2 hour meeting is no problem.

Cool, there's no way it'll take me a whole day ever.

ok sending pm to prip now

Arm
Bell
Bond
Button
Card
Compound
Grass
Honey
Horse
Iron
Lap
Marble
Mint
Note
Penguin
Police
Pound
Saturn
Screen
Ship
Superhero
Triangle
Trunk
Tube
Vacuum


if this post is odd then i'm red

ok - so it was odd, then i'm giving clues to get chim to guess red correct?

Yup yup. Glhf!

ok weights - 3

Think in other thread I saw people give thoughts to try to help hint giver in case something wrong..

Iron - seems obvious, pump iron
Bell - Dumbbell's are weights
Arm - Arms something you use weights for/with
Pass

one thing i forgot to mention is capitalization; it's important

tigers - 3 clues for stripe, cat, claw
Tigers - 3 clues for football, baseball, team

or Tigers - 3 clues for stripe, cat, team

if capitalized clue, then at least one of the words connected should have to do with the capitalized version, perhaps more or all of them

you didn't bold pass, but you need to in order to end turn

also, before he gives answer, you should probably make your list more than 3 words so he knows your next option if one of those is wrong

if those are the only 3 that you see fits the clue, then no need to

red
blue

I assume like IRL, you do not reveal the third one once an error has occurred?

Isn't there risk to the 4th one being game ending word, or is that not a worry since only first 3 would count anyways?

Iron
Bell

Order matters more than I thought..

weights - 3

Arm
Bond
Button
Card
Compound
Grass
Honey
Horse
Lap
Marble
Mint
Note
Penguin
Police
Pound
Saturn
Screen
Ship
Superhero
Triangle
Trunk
Tube
Vacuum

Iron

Bell

correct, you don't reveal anymore after a neutral or blue word


chim, i would have done something like:

iron
bell
arm
gym (not on list, just example)


iron
bell
arm
pass


that way i'm bolding only 3 before passing but i'm letting him know my next word

if you bolded all 4, they would all count so you wouldn't do that since he only clued for 3