Codenames (Game 66 in progress)

[CreativeMod1]

Taking /Ins for the next game!
Haschel v Not_Mafia

After that we have The Bulge v Sirius

Feel free to in for the Spymaster Queue and as a player too

[Nancy Drew 39]

Buffalo are particularly large for animals ... one might even say GIANT.
Buffalo are known to live in the GRASSlands (among other habitats).
The Buffalo Bills play in a STADIUM.

Given all the talk we'd done about BUCK, I think it would have taken a sledgehammer-level clue to get the Red team to consider it. BUFFALO is great, but I think there are too many ways of interpreting it.

I thought of VENISON as a possibility - that definitely hits BUCK! - but I think people are more likely to hit MINT over KETCHUP.

I’m shocked about Africa but I knew for sure about Ketchup. Wow, good thing we passed then. \o/

Gg

/in to whichever game I can. I also wouldn’t mind being a possible clue giver as well.

[Xalxe]

/in as guesserer

[Datisi]

i'm in the mood of making bad life choices

/in as guesser

[Nancy Drew 39]

Buffalo are particularly large for animals ... one might even say GIANT.
Buffalo are known to live in the GRASSlands (among other habitats).
The Buffalo Bills play in a STADIUM.

Given all the talk we'd done about BUCK, I think it would have taken a sledgehammer-level clue to get the Red team to consider it. BUFFALO is great, but I think there are too many ways of interpreting it.

I thought of VENISON as a possibility - that definitely hits BUCK! - but I think people are more likely to hit MINT over KETCHUP.

I’m shocked about Africa but I knew for sure about Ketchup. Wow, good thing we passed then. \o/

Gg

/in to whichever game I can. I also wouldn’t mind being a possible clue giver as well.

Do I have to specify this?

/in as guesser

[Farren]

I'll do my usual: /in to guess if needed to even out the teams.

PEdit> Default is in as guesser. If you want to give clues, you'll definitely want to specify that.

[Nancy Drew 39]

I'll do my usual: /in to guess if needed to even out the teams.

PEdit> Default is in as guesser. If you want to give clues, you'll definitely want to specify that.

Oh okay, that’s what I thought. I want to do another round of this since I wasn’t able to play one round but I would also love to be a clue giver in the future.

[CreativeMod1]

Nancy, that's perfectly fine, I shall put you into the queue for clue giving as well. There's a couple of people already in the queue already though so it'll be in a couple of games time

Before I forget, it was noted to me about there being discussion in a previous game about putting in a rule about no discussing clues between clues being given (ie the time between when the other team have passed and your clue master has given their new clue)
What's everyone thoughts on this? Shall I make this an official rule in our ruleset?

[Farren]

I'd support that rule.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Yes, this should definitely be a rule.

[StrangerCoug]

I'm in favor

[CreativeMod1]

RULE CHANGES!!

So, I've just gone through and cleaned up the rules section a bit whilst adding the new rules, it's now divided into 3 sections (Field Operatives/Spymaster/Other Stuff)
All players are expected to have read through the role they're playing and the other stuff section!

I have added in the following rules:
FO.5: You may not discuss past clues whilst waiting for your spymaster to give a new clue.
S.5: If you feel like a clue might not be 100% legal, you may message the other spymaster and ask for their approval, if they approve then it is a legal clue in any case. If they disapprove but you still think it should be legal, you may message me and I'll make a final ruling on it.
OS.2: Any player or spymaster may call out either an illegal clue or a rule break, to do so please put in bold PAUSE GAME and say why you paused the game. At this point nobody should discuss clues or anything. Please then ping me on discord and I'll come and resolve the issue. If you're unsure please pause the game anyway and I'll happily intervene. For illegal clues the opposing spymaster always has the choice to allow the game to carry on.
OS.3: If you're not playing, you must not call out any illegal clues, it is down to the players themselves.
(Reason for this rule is that it is a valid strategy to try and get away with submitting an illegal clue in the hopes of not being caught out)
OS.4: If you wish for a rule to be changed, please PM me and I'll bring it up as a topic of discussion between games. Rules will not change during a game.

[CreativeMod1]

Sorry, busy weekend. Just got myself a job for the first time since lockdown began haha

Sorting out teams and the board now

[CreativeMod1]

Game 40 has now begun, Blue team is going first

SHOE	FOREST	BILL	SLUG	EAGLE
BEACH	WELL	FILM	IRON	TICK
SNOW	MOUNT	CHECK	RULER	CAT
LOCH NESS	ROW	BOTTLE	PANTS	PUPIL
DIVER	JAM	WIND	HORSE	MILLIONAIRE

Blue Clues

Red Clues

Team	Spy Master	Members
BLUE TEAM	Not_Mafia	Xalxe, StrangerCoug, Nancy Drew 39, Farren
RED TEAM	Haschel Cedricson	Charles510, Datisi, The Bulge, Sirius9121

[Not_Mafia]

Thatcher - 4

[Farren]

Hoo boy.

That could be a Margaret Thatcher reference? I *think* she was a Prime Minister of the UK at some point?

Or thatching like ... in Villagers, there's a card called Thatcher that serves as a builder and generates gold. Probably not a reference to that specifically, but building things out of hay, maybe?

I see some words that might connect to Margaret Thatcher - RULER? (I know the PM isn't the monarch, but is the head of government); MILLIONAIRE? (I have no idea what Margaret Thatcher's financial situation was like, but big government officials certainly are more likely than the average person to be rich); FILM? (I don't know of any movies about her, but I'd be willing to bet at least one exists).

The only maybe-connection I see to Thatcher as a hay worker is HORSE (they eat hay, I think?).

Confidence level is low for all of these.

[Xalxe]

Thatcher was the Iron Lady, as I recall, so that's likely to be one.

[StrangerCoug]

I'd say we try IRON > RULER and see how confident we are in MILLIONAIRE and HORSE.

[Xalxe]

LOCH NESS is also an option in my mind, as that's in..uh, Scotland? Definitely the UK.

[Xalxe]

Also PANTS because in my mind anyway she has a severe pantsuit.

But I agree with IRON > RULER as the first two.

[Farren]

I like both IRON (given the nickname) and LOCH NESS for the Scotland connection.

I'm okay with IRON > RULER > ... ?

[Nancy Drew 39]

RULE CHANGES!!

So, I've just gone through and cleaned up the rules section a bit whilst adding the new rules, it's now divided into 3 sections (Field Operatives/Spymaster/Other Stuff)
All players are expected to have read through the role they're playing and the other stuff section!

I have added in the following rules:
FO.5: You may not discuss past clues whilst waiting for your spymaster to give a new clue.
S.5: If you feel like a clue might not be 100% legal, you may message the other spymaster and ask for their approval, if they approve then it is a legal clue in any case. If they disapprove but you still think it should be legal, you may message me and I'll make a final ruling on it.
OS.2: Any player or spymaster may call out either an illegal clue or a rule break, to do so please put in bold PAUSE GAME and say why you paused the game. At this point nobody should discuss clues or anything. Please then ping me on discord and I'll come and resolve the issue. If you're unsure please pause the game anyway and I'll happily intervene. For illegal clues the opposing spymaster always has the choice to allow the game to carry on.
OS.3: If you're not playing, you must not call out any illegal clues, it is down to the players themselves.
(Reason for this rule is that it is a valid strategy to try and get away with submitting an illegal clue in the hopes of not being caught out)
OS.4: If you wish for a rule to be changed, please PM me and I'll bring it up as a topic of discussion between games. Rules will not change during a game.

So, iow, you are only allowed to make guesses during your team’s turn? Is that correct?

[Nancy Drew 39]

I like both IRON (given the nickname) and LOCH NESS for the Scotland connection.

I'm okay with IRON > RULER > ... ?

iron > ruler > millionaire and possibly cat (because Maggie could also be a possible reference to “Maggie the cat” in Tenessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) but I’d probably shelve that for now.

[Charles510]

I am v/la until Friday.

[Farren]

So, iow, you are only allowed to make guesses during your team’s turn? Is that correct?

That's correct - and specifically, we can only make guesses after Not_Mafia has given a clue. We cannot make guesses -

or even discuss guesses

! - in between the other team's turn ending and Not_Mafia's clue.