Codenames (Game 65 in progress)

[BuJaber]

I'd like to /in if there's an open slot.

[BuJaber]

I'm good with anything

[BuJaber]

Force is the obvious one

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Is paper pushing a thing? Why do I think it's a thing

[BuJaber]

I think pass is too much of a stretch.

What about line? E.g. "pushing in line"

[BuJaber]

Is paper pushing a thing? Why do I think it's a thing

There's a common phrase I don't remember it though, it's either "pencil pusher" or "paper pusher".

[BuJaber]

Okay let's go with force, then line, then we can either pass or think some more.
Agreed?

[BuJaber]

I was thinking court. Judges and in some countries also attorneys wear gowns I believe.

I could see tie also, nice one.
Possibly superhero though if it were superhero why call it gown instead of cape, I think this was intended so we don't choose superhero.

Remember we can also guess words relating to the push clue.

If I understood the rules correctly we have 1 extra guess above the number given by spymaster. So 3 guesses this round.

[BuJaber]

Pass might be a stretch. I thought line was obvious for push and it turned out it was too much of a stretch. Let's keep guesses more simple/straightforward.

[BuJaber]

Court

->

Tie

[BuJaber]

Sorry for sucking guys.

[BuJaber]

FORCE	TAG	CRANE	MOLE	PLOT
MAPLE	GRACE	KETCHUP	SUPERHERO	PAPER
DRAFT	BEACH	COURT	MICROSCOPE	HOLLYWOOD
TIE	WATER	PIPE	PASS	CENTER
PYRAMID	BAND	LINE	CIRCLE	ROUND

Team	Spymaster	Field operatives
Red team	Panzerjager	BuJaber, Reundo, Chemist1422
Blue team	the worst	Flicker, Felissan, Formerfish

Minus Round and Pyramid, leaves us with:

Tag, Crane, Mole, Plot
Maple, Grace, Ketchup, Superhero, Paper
Draft, Beach, Microscope
Tie, Water, Pipe, Pass
Circle

push 3

2 remaining words for push

Uh...

gown 2

Presumably two remaining words for gown

No.

aperture: 2

Presumably two remaining words for aperture.

We have 3 guesses.

Hole and microscope are the obvious ones for aperture.
None of the other words even come close imo. So that should be two in the bag.

I think Tie is still a solid guess for gown, and it looks like superhero is the only other word that could be related.

As for push, perhaps pipe? Push through a pipe?
Crane as one of the words previously suggested also. Tbh I'm struggling to see a sensible explanation for why it could be another word. Maybe with the huuuuuge leap from paper to pencil to pencil pusher. But I don't even want to go there. Push is surprisingly difficult.


So I think we go with the safe bets and score some points. That'd be hole -> microscope.

The 3rd guess I'd go for Tie.

[BuJaber]

Sorry I was saying hole but I was thinking of circle.

[BuJaber]

Circle -> Microscope

[BuJaber]

Would you like to pass?

Never!!

Lol just kidding, but..

Y'all wanna go for Tie?

[BuJaber]

Ouch
Pass would have helped the other team.

/in

[BuJaber]

Happy with everything

[BuJaber]

Yup

Head -> Doctor

[BuJaber]

Well that's spring

Oops.. slippity slippitus

[BuJaber]

Allo choosing the number 1 is very significant I think.
I'll even go as far as saying that the assassin is one of the words that are close to season if he picked a higher number. Like wind or snow.
Anyway that's meaningless speculation.

Chemist you can hammer the spring wagon

[BuJaber]

Aztec?
Marble?
Pistol maybe for Tomb Raider? I dunno if that really fits don't know much about it.
Were there pistols in indiana jones?

[BuJaber]

Aztec

[BuJaber]

Chemist hasn't shared his thoughts.
But yeah only word that makes sense tbh

[BuJaber]

Pass

[BuJaber]

Ouch they gave us a free word and we still couldn't catchup. Hard words to link together.

/in

[BuJaber]

I'd like to be spymaster then

[BuJaber]

Gas: 4

[BuJaber]

City: 1

[BuJaber]

horcrux: 3

[BuJaber]

/in

Sorry about "cook" guys. There were 4 words I thought it was worth the risk.
Pants never occurred to me though, glad y'all didn't go for that.

[BuJaber]

A-ok

[BuJaber]

Probably Ring instead of ivory

[BuJaber]

Ring -> Diamond

[BuJaber]

Yes

[BuJaber]

Do it first we'll follow your lead.

Though if the game ends that way it's kinda shitty for stranger who puts so much effort into setting up each game.

[BuJaber]

Since Tokyo and Antarctica exist, I think it has to be those.

[BuJaber]

That was kinda funny tbh, in a maybe I want to cry kind of way.
Like watching a fail video but it's starring yourself.

[BuJaber]

I'm fairly comfortable with comic -> organ -> flute because I don't think chemist would have said pipe if pipe was our actual word but then I have no idea what our last word would be. I don't see any other 'sans' word, so it really could be anything.

I'm willing to yolo the 4th word though because red team only has 1 word left to win anyway we either win now or we lose.

[BuJaber]

Can I conditionally/in for next as long as I don't prevent any codename virgins from playing?

Maybe that could just be a rule. First timers get priority in signups.

[BuJaber]

Can I conditionally/in for next as long as I don't prevent any codename virgins from playing?

Maybe that could just be a rule. First timers get priority in signups.

I'm opposed to mandating this, but I've honored that condition to a signup before, and I'm doing it again for Formerfish here.

Fair enough
/in also on the condition that new players who sign up can get in ahead of me.

[BuJaber]

HAM	RING	SHADOW	LINK	MICROSCOPE
BATTERY	KNIFE	BOLT	PORT	DIAMOND
TOKYO	IVORY	FLUTE	ALIEN	ANTARCTICA
BELL	HORSESHOE	FOOT	SHIP	PARACHUTE
PIPE	FLY	ORGAN	PAN	COMIC

Team	Spymaster	Field operatives
Blue team	Chemist1422	Allomancer, Bujaber, Panzerjager
Red team	VashtaNeurotic	the worst, xofelf, Formerfish

And that is game, set, match! Congratulations, red team

Spoiler: Full key card

HAM	RING	SHADOW	LINK	MICROSCOPE
BATTERY	KNIFE	BOLT	PORT	DIAMOND
TOKYO	IVORY	FLUTE	ALIEN	ANTARCTICA
BELL	HORSESHOE	FOOT	SHIP	PARACHUTE
PIPE	FLY	ORGAN	PAN	COMIC

Signups are open for game 14.

Which one was supposed to be the 2nd pipe word chemist? Port or Pan? I don't see the connection to either

[BuJaber]

HAM	RING	SHADOW	LINK	MICROSCOPE
BATTERY	KNIFE	BOLT	PORT	DIAMOND
TOKYO	IVORY	FLUTE	ALIEN	ANTARCTICA
BELL	HORSESHOE	FOOT	SHIP	PARACHUTE
PIPE	FLY	ORGAN	PAN	COMIC

Team	Spymaster	Field operatives
Blue team	Chemist1422	Allomancer, Bujaber, Panzerjager
Red team	VashtaNeurotic	the worst, xofelf, Formerfish

And that is game, set, match! Congratulations, red team

Spoiler: Full key card

HAM	RING	SHADOW	LINK	MICROSCOPE
BATTERY	KNIFE	BOLT	PORT	DIAMOND
TOKYO	IVORY	FLUTE	ALIEN	ANTARCTICA
BELL	HORSESHOE	FOOT	SHIP	PARACHUTE
PIPE	FLY	ORGAN	PAN	COMIC

Signups are open for game 14.

Which one was supposed to be the 2nd pipe word chemist? Port or Pan? I don't see the connection to either

Pan, like panpipes

I didn’t have much to work with

Ah cool
I've seen that instrument before but never knew its name.

No worries, good game

[BuJaber]

BJ? Youve done it before, give it a go and I'll chill with the rook?

Okay I'll be spymaster.

Rule preferences:

1) True compound words only, no hyphenated stuff.
2) Proper nouns are fine but only a single word.
3) Acronyms and abbreviations are fine.
4) Homonyms are fine.
5) No rhymes.

No objections here

[BuJaber]

Newbie: 2

[BuJaber]

Congrats HC!

[BuJaber]

Onion: 2

[BuJaber]

Yeah I somehow missed that word in the 4 rereads.
Or this is a crossover board game and I'm a double agent.

1 of those is factual.

[BuJaber]

1. Sorry to everyone for the absence. I'm going to skip the next game because my real life situation is still more or less the same.
2. Sorry to the red team. Ground was definitely my fault. Even without it let me just say that my philosophy is to go for the win. I find it a waste of time to just try to get as many words as possible if we have no chance of winning. My brain could not come up with good connections for 3+ words at once because of the difficulty of the game card. Without 3 or more words in one turn we were simply too far behind to catch up. Even 2 words at a time was still a struggle, hence the onion debacle.