Codenames (Game 66 in progress)

[Farren]

I could honestly see this going either way.

Was DISEASE intended to be clued by Histories? If so, was it the reason that the clue was specifically Histories and not some other form of the word "History?"

[Knightmare491]

Was DISEASE intended to be clued by Histories?

I don't think so.

[Knightmare491]

I've been trying to figure out why it was histories instead of history or historical. Got nothin.

[Farren]

So yeah, I'm kinda stuck at this moment.

Gamestate-wise, it's 5-5. Opponents need 4, we need 3.

If we guess right, it puts us in a very good position for next round - pretty much forces opponents to give a 4 clue, and those are tough, especially with leftover words.
If we guess a bystander, we're still okay. Does mean opponents will have the option of trying to push for it all or play it safer with a 2-3 clue, but the damage done to us won't be too bad.
If we guess an enemy agent ... increases the odds of opponents being able to end things next round.
Assassin produces the obvious outcome.

Europe being a bystander was kinda rattling - although I suppose Haschel could have cued MUCUS UNLIMITED if we'd guessed Europe first without any major loss.
But Knightmare's shown that he had a better grasp of the situation than I did, as he was skeptical about Europe - and right to be skeptical. And I still can't figure out why HISTORIES over HISTORICAL if it wasn't to emphasize Europe.

I think I'm feeling better about LOG right now.

[Knightmare491]

Guess:Log

[CreativeMod1]

Guess:Log

is blue

TURKEY	SCUBA DIVER	FIGURE	FIELD	SQUARE
COTTON	OIL	SHAKESPEARE	DRAGON	FORK
SLUG	DIAMOND	SKYSCRAPER	WELL	HAWK
ROME	SPINE	EUROPE	MATCH	WATCH
GREECE	CONTRACT	LOG	SPIDER	DISEASE

[CreativeMod1]

I believe that's all your clues used up...gimme a min, need to think of a clue haha

[CreativeMod1]

Goodnight - 4

[Not_Mafia]

Cotton sheets would fit with goodnight
Oil lamp maybe

[Pine]

Goodnight as one word, hmmm. Makes me think of a Bond girl -> Diamonds are forever

That is probably off target

[Farren]

No posts in 48 hours. Everything okay?

[lilith2013]

Oops. I legitimately am coming up blank. I’m okay with oil, have no idea about anything else

[Not_Mafia]

There’s a bird called a nighthawk, I really have nothing strong on this one

Do we try oil?

[lilith2013]

I feel like it could also be watch? Like, goodnight would be a reasonable clue to span both the Bond thing and a time word

I feel less good about oil now. Pine plz help

[Pine]

Trying to remember the various parts of Goodnight Moon

On vacation in the mountains, very intermittent cell signal. Worse than expected

[lilith2013]

gah here's what I think could be our words:

oil
cotton
diamond
hawk? (like, nighthawk)
watch

I don't really see anything else on the board that could be related, so I feel like we just pick one of these and guess it, since we have 4 goodnight words. 1/5 chance to be wrong isn't that bad

[Farren]

*starts looking for the timer*

[Pine]

Came into town and have decent signal for the first time in days!

I would endorse cotton and diamond. Hawk is an acceptable risk. Oil is an unsafe risk, but beggars can’t be choosers. Watch I’m iffy about too, there are too many loose associations there.

Looking at other choices, Goodnight spider rings a bell, maybe a kid’s book?

[Pine]

I’ll be back home in half a day or so and active tomorrow.

[Not_Mafia]

I had a faint bell ringing at goodnight spider

I'll lock in cotton

Cotton

[Haschel Cedricson]

Red.

[Not_Mafia]

I would go for hawk or watch next

[lilith2013]

Pine seems to like hawk more, I kinda like watch more

[Not_Mafia]

Watch

[Haschel Cedricson]

Red.