Codenames (Game 65 in progress)

[Menalque]

Kinda think we shoulda waited for dats to weigh in

[Menalque]

Fingers crossed

[Haschel Cedricson]

Kinda think we shoulda waited for dats to weigh in

Oops, I thought the team size was only three.

[Datisi]

Kinda think we shoulda waited for dats to weigh in

wrong

(i looked at the clue, then the board, then i was like "jfc i am too stupid for this game i will try to figure this out later" then i didn't because i am stupid, i'll try to weigh in on the next turn)

[lilith2013]

eagle is blue

[Nancy Drew 39]

/in for next

/in for spymaster queue

Ya did, but quite a while ago...the queue is a little long haha

/in for spymaster queue

if I’m don’t get to be spymaster yet

then

/in for next

You're down as next spymaster

I saw. \o/

[Charles510]

Shall we try Ball next?

[Haschel Cedricson]

Let's do it.

Ball

[lilith2013]

ball is red.

turn passes to red team

[CreativeMod1]

GERMANY	PHOENIX	SCIENTIST	BOLT	STATE
NIGHT	HEART	WAKE	VACUUM	BANK
DEATH	SUPERHERO	ORGAN	STOCK	HOTEL
BALL	JUPITER	HAM	BAT	FRANCE
EAGLE	MEXICO	CLOAK	FENCE	TIME

Blue Clues	Red Clues
DUCK - 5

Team	Spy Master	Members
BLUE TEAM	lilith2013	Haschel Cedricson, Menalque, Datisi, Charles510
RED TEAM	Nancy Drew 39	Not_Mafia, Farren, Marashu, Galaxis

[Jake The Wolfie]

Sad that none of you guessed Goose

[Nancy Drew 39]

BORDER 3

[Not_Mafia]

Germany, France, Mexico?

[Not_Mafia]

Fence and State also work, if it was France, Germany and Mexico it seems strange not to say country or something similar

Germany and France both notably border a lot of countries, Germany 9 and France 8. Mexico just one, so if I were to swap one out it would be Mexico.

[Not_Mafia]

Though actually the clue is Border singular, so maybe it's Mexico, Fence and State

[Jake The Wolfie]

Nancy, we can't build a border wall between the US and Jupiter.

[Farren]

Yeah, "Country 3" or "Countries 3" would seem to be the no-brainer for Germany/France/Mexico.

"Europe 3" would be perfect for Germany/France/State, I think, so maybe not that combo either.

Only other geopolitical words I see is PHOENIX, which doesn't seem likely - I think of cities as having limits more so than borders. Well, JUPITER, but planets don't really have borders either. Trying to think of what else has borders and drawing a blank.

Tentative leaning: STATE > FENCE > MEXICO > GERMANY > FRANCE, and I'm not sure where passing falls in there. There's definitely some American bias in there on my part, as I tend to think of local borders first - but pretty sure Nancy mentioned being Canadian in an earlier game, so that bias wouldn't apply on her part.

[Marashu]

Also representing team Canada.

I'm also favouring STATE>FENCE. Mexico also has borders to the south connecting it to central america, but the US/Mexico border is I guess more famous?

A weak link could also be a HEART border that can appear in stationary, but I think MEXICO might be better. I'm still kind of hesitant about both of those, though.

Also, I tend to have a knack for finding the assassin, so definitely vet anything I suggest.

[Marashu]

I'm actually on the fence (heh) for preferring FENCE>STATE

[Not_Mafia]

I think I’d go Fence > State > Mexico

[Marashu]

Waiting to hear from Galaxis, but I'm ok with that order.

[Farren]

Could go either way?

States always have borders.
Borders frequently have fences, but not always (sometimes walls, or if we're talking about the US type of state, no barriers at all). By that metric, STATE > FENCE.

Looking at things from the "maybe the codemaster didn't consider meaning X" perspective ... there I'd think FENCE > STATE, but not by much.

I think the edge case here is something like "(One of STATE / FENCE) + MEXICO + (One of FRANCE / GERMANY)." Don't suppose anyone happens to know just how Germany, France, and Mexico divide themselves up internally? Like, US = States; Canada = Provinces ...

[Marashu]

I was thinking less as borders have fences and more as fences are used to mark borders (property borders, etc), or are physical borders. It's more likely for a fence to BE a border than for a border to HAVE a fence, I guess?

I *think* France has provinces, but I am not confident. No clue about the others. But I think that's maybe losing focus.

[Farren]

It'd be relevant if Germany and/or Mexico had states. Especially if Germany does and Mexico doesn't.

Good point about property borders. I think that pushes me over to the FENCE > STATE side.

[Farren]

Now that I think of it, France = Province sounds right to me? Thinking along the lines of "Canada has cultural connections with France and uses provinces itself." Plus some really bad board game logic on top of that.

It's a point against FRANCE, at least.