Codenames (2-player cooperative mode) – 1 (possibly 2) player(s) wanted

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December 14, 2017 10:35 am at 10:35 am #1427401

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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I’m going to try a little experiment – a cold open. : ) I will not teach you
the rules of the game – you will simply start playing! This is cooperative;
we will either win or lose together. Try to guess the words I’m referring
to with my clues. Your first clue is “suspension,” and it is for 4 words.
You guess 1 word at a time – post a word in ALL CAPS to guess it.
The available words are:

bridge / crane / berry / field / Africa
torch / point / shadow / racket / pirate
crash / bottle / kid / lawyer / j[/J]ack
ambulance / c[/C]hina / scientist / robot / school
revolution / fence / note / pipe / screen

(Only the first player who wants to will be allowed to play,
unless that first player wants a second player on the team.
Be warned that it might slow the game down quite a bit,
as the guessing players do not take turns guessing – they guess
as a team and should discuss their options with each other.)

(In a standard game, there are 2 opposing clue-givers, each with
at least 1 guesser on their team. This is the variant for 2 players,
although I’m adding a possible third player because I can and it
doesn’t really change the game.)

December 14, 2017 8:05 pm at 8:05 pm #1427845

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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Really? No one?

December 14, 2017 11:15 pm at 11:15 pm #1427895

DovidBT
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PIRATE

December 17, 2017 12:47 am at 12:47 am #1428249

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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“Pirate” is indeed one of our words. Updated grid:

bridge / crane / berry / field / Africa
torch / point / shadow / racket / [1/9 found]
crash / bottle / kid / lawyer / jack
ambulance / c[/C]hina / scientist / robot / school
revolution / fence / note / pipe / screen

You may either guess again or pass.

December 17, 2017 12:53 am at 12:53 am #1428256

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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BRIDGE

December 17, 2017 4:08 pm at 4:08 pm #1428950

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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By the rules I set out above, we’ll need DovidBT’s approval
before that guess can be considered part of the game.

Dovid, are you alright with Mod-29 joining us?
(Should the game just be open to anyone who’s interested?)

December 17, 2017 4:10 pm at 4:10 pm #1428967

Yechi Hamelech
Participant

PIPE

December 17, 2017 4:10 pm at 4:10 pm #1428968

Yechi Hamelech
Participant

is “Africa torch” one phrase (there is no slash separating them) ?

December 17, 2017 4:10 pm at 4:10 pm #1428969

Yechi Hamelech
Participant

oh yikes, i didnt realize im not meant to play after someone starts. sorry

December 17, 2017 4:50 pm at 4:50 pm #1429006

DovidBT
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Dovid, are you alright with Mod-29 joining us?

Yes.

December 18, 2017 1:26 am at 1:26 am #1429077

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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“Bridge” is indeed one of our words. Updated grid:

[2/9 found] / crane / berry / field / Africa
torch / point / shadow / racket / [2/9 found]
crash / bottle / kid / lawyer / jack
ambulance / c[/C]hina / scientist / robot / school
revolution / fence / note / pipe / screen

You may either guess again or pass.

December 18, 2017 1:29 am at 1:29 am #1429116

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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SCHOOL

December 18, 2017 1:24 pm at 1:24 pm #1429476

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

“School” is not one of our words. It is one of the 8 words assigned to the
“opponent.” An incorrect guess ends out turn (our turn can also be ended
by passing or reaching maximum guesses – see below). After each of our
turns, I reveal 1 of the opponent’s words of my choice; I choose “bottle.”
Should all of the opponent’s words be revealed, we lose. Updated grid:

[2/9 to win] | crane | berry | field | Africa
torch | point | shadow | racket | [2/9 to win]
crash | [2/8 to lose] | kid | lawyer | jack
ambulance | c[/C]hina | scientist | robot | [2/8 to lose]
revolution | fence | note | pipe | screen

Your next clue is “grow,” for 3 words (this allows you to make
4 guesses, letting you also pick up words from earlier clues).
Feel free to discuss potential guesses with each other.

December 18, 2017 4:11 pm at 4:11 pm #1429575

DovidBT
Participant

pass

December 18, 2017 6:41 pm at 6:41 pm #1429659

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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You cannot pass before making at least 1 guess on your turn.
(Also, both of you will have to pass.)

December 19, 2017 12:03 am at 12:03 am #1429830

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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You said it’s for 4 words and then listed it as x/9

December 19, 2017 5:18 am at 5:18 am #1429851

DovidBT
Participant

You cannot pass before making at least 1 guess on your turn.
(Also, both of you will have to pass.),

C[/C]HINA

December 19, 2017 5:18 am at 5:18 am #1429849

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

That clue was for 4 words, but 9 words are ours.

December 19, 2017 8:31 am at 8:31 am #1429902

DovidBT
Participant

RACKET+SHADOW

December 20, 2017 1:06 am at 1:06 am #1430545

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

(1 guess at a time, please – our turn ends when an incorrect guess is made,
and you receive another clue before making any further guesses.)
“China” is not one of our words (it is an “opponent’s” word).
Our turn ends; I reveal “robot” as an “opponent’s” word.
Updated grid:

[2/9 to win] || crane || berry || field || Africa
torch || point || shadow || racket || [2/9 to win]
crash || [4/8 to lose] || kid || lawyer || jack
ambulance || [4/8 to lose] || scientist || [4/8 to lose] || [4/8 to lose]
revolution || fence || note || pipe || screen

Your next clue is “collider,” for 5 words (allowing 6 guesses to be made).

(Dovid, please convince me that you aren’t picking words at random by
explaining how one or two of your guesses were based on the clues I gave.)

December 20, 2017 1:25 am at 1:25 am #1430557

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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Crane

December 20, 2017 7:31 am at 7:31 am #1430559

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

(I suppose the all-caps thing probably was unnecessary.)
“Crane” is one of our words. Updated grid:

[3/9 to win] — [3/9 to win] — berry — field — Africa
torch — point — shadow — racket — [3/9 to win]
crash — [4/8 to lose] — kid — lawyer — jack
ambulance — [4/8 to lose] — scientist — [4/8 to lose] — [4/8 to lose]
revolution — fence — note — pipe — screen

You may guess again (5 left) or pass.

December 20, 2017 9:06 am at 9:06 am #1430595

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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KID

December 20, 2017 10:12 am at 10:12 am #1430602

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

“Kid” is one of our words. Updated grid:

[4/9 to win] — [4/9 to win] — berry — field — Africa
torch — point — shadow — racket — [4/9 to win]
crash — [4/8 to lose] — [4/9 to win] — lawyer — jack
ambulance — [4/8 to lose] — scientist — [4/8 to lose] — [4/8 to lose]
revolution — fence — note — pipe — screen

You may guess again (4 left) or pass.

December 20, 2017 11:21 am at 11:21 am #1430774

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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JACK

December 21, 2017 3:09 pm at 3:09 pm #1431568

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

“Jack” is not one of our words (it is one of the 7 neutral words).
Our turn ends; I reveal “racket” as an “opponent’s” word.
Updated grid:

[4/9 to win] — [4/9 to win] — berry — field — Africa
torch — point — shadow — [5/8 to lose] — [4/9 to win]
crash — [5/8 to lose] — [4/9 to win] — lawyer — [neutral]
ambulance — [5/8 to lose] — scientist — [5/8 to lose] — [5/8 to lose]
revolution — fence — note — pipe — screen

Your next clue is “plumber,” for no number of words
(any number of guesses may be made).

December 24, 2017 12:16 am at 12:16 am #1434254

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

(bump)

December 27, 2017 8:25 pm at 8:25 pm #1438392

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

29, are you there?

December 27, 2017 11:13 pm at 11:13 pm #1438494

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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PIPE

December 28, 2017 1:10 am at 1:10 am #1438516

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

“Pipe” is one of our words. Updated grid:

[5/9 to win] — [5/9 to win] — berry — field — Africa
torch — point — shadow — racket — [5/9 to win]
crash — [4/8 to lose] — [5/9 to win] — lawyer — jack
ambulance — [4/8 to lose] — scientist — [4/8 to lose] — [4/8 to lose]
revolution — fence — note — [5/9 to win] — screen

You may guess again or pass. (All caps is unnecessary –
I just converted the touch-the-card-to-guess rule without
thinking about whether it was really needed in this format.)

December 28, 2017 1:15 am at 1:15 am #1438520

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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Crash

December 28, 2017 8:13 pm at 8:13 pm #1439047

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

Correct. Updated grid:

[6/9 to win] — [6/9 to win] — berry — field — Africa
torch — point — shadow — racket — [6/9 to win]
[6/9 to win] — [4/8 to lose] — [6/9 to win] — lawyer — jack
ambulance — [4/8 to lose] — scientist — [4/8 to lose] — [4/8 to lose]
revolution — fence — note — [6/9 to win] — screen

You may guess again or pass.

December 28, 2017 8:32 pm at 8:32 pm #1439069

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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Field

December 29, 2017 12:01 am at 12:01 am #1439149

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

Correct. Updated grid:

[7/9 to win] — [7/9 to win] — berry — [7/9 to win] — Africa
torch — point — shadow — racket — [7/9 to win]
[7/9 to win] — [4/8 to lose] — [7/9 to win] — lawyer — [neutral]
ambulance — [4/8 to lose] — scientist — [4/8 to lose] — [4/8 to lose]
revolution — fence — note — [7/9 to win] — screen

You may guess again or pass.

December 29, 2017 12:35 am at 12:35 am #1439181

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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Scientist

December 29, 2017 3:57 pm at 3:57 pm #1439400

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

Correct. Updated grid:

[8/9 to win] — [8/9 to win] — berry — [8/9 to win] — Africa
torch — point — shadow — [5/8 to lose] — [8/9 to win]
[8/9 to win] — [5/8 to lose] — [8/9 to win] — lawyer — [neutral]
ambulance — [5/8 to lose] — [8/9 to win] — [5/8 to lose] — [5/8 to lose]
revolution — fence — note — [8/9 to win] — screen

You may guess again or pass.

December 31, 2017 11:39 pm at 11:39 pm #1440314

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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Bump

January 1, 2018 12:00 am at 12:00 am #1440321

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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fence

January 1, 2018 6:56 am at 6:56 am #1440331

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

(You might have noticed that 9 of our words, 8 “opponent’s” words,
and 7 neutral words don’t add up to 25…)

“Fence” was not one of our words. It was the “Assassin” –
guessing it means an instant loss. In my defense, I’d never
heard of a suspension fence until I Googled it. Our last word
was “berry.” Thanks for playing! (Any questions?)

January 1, 2018 9:07 am at 9:07 am #1440408

YW Moderator-29 👨‍💻
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No questions, comment. I enjoy word/language/reasoning games very much but i learned (knew?) I don’t enjoy playing a game when I don’t have the rules.

January 1, 2018 7:22 pm at 7:22 pm #1440726

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
Participant

Would you have enjoyed the game more in this case if instead of
posting more of the rules as the game went along, I would simply
have marked guesses correct or incorrect and informed you that
certain words were no longer in play?

Here’s a game overview (not copied from any website).
It doesn’t have the details of what clues are legal, but you
don’t need those until you’re actually about to play.
Codenames – A party game for 2 teams in which each team’s captain
attempts to have their teammates correctly guess which of the
words in a 5×5 grid of word cards their team has been assigned.
(200 double-sided cards are included.)
The captains sit on a different side of the table than the
rest of the players, with a grid card in front of them that
shows them which words belong to which team.
8 words will be assigned to one team and 9 to the other,
7 words will remain neutral, and one word will cause an
instant loss for the team that guesses it. Demonstration:
1 – 1 – 2 – 2 – N
2 – N – X – 1 – 2
1 – 2 – N – N – 1
N – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1
N – 1 – 2 – 1 – N

The captains also have 25 corresponding markers.
(The team with 9 words goes first.) On a team’s turn, their
captain gives them a 1-word clue (following certain rules)
and also gives them a number, which tells them how many
of their words the clue refers to. (The captains may not communicate
in any other way with their teammates over the course of the game.)
The rest of the team must then attempt to guess words that belong
to their team – they must make at least 1 guess, but can make up to
one more than the number they were given (allowing them to also
guess words from previous clues – the captain might give an inflated
number for that reason – or to make random guesses when desperate).

Teams can and should discuss their thoughts. To guess a word,
a team member puts their finger on the word card. When a word
is guessed, the team’s captain marks it with the correct marker;
that is, whether the word was theirs or not, its identity is revealed.
If the word did belong to the guessing team, their turn continues,
but if they guessed a neutral word or one of the other team’s words,
their turn is over. If the guessed word was the Assassin, the team
immediately loses the game. Otherwise, play continues until all of
one team’s words have been identified – that team wins.
(The game includes a timer in case of slow players.)

[2-player variant: The 2 players are the team with 9 words.
After each of their turns, mark 1 of the other team’s words.
The object is to win as quickly as possible (and not to lose).
3-player variant: One player acts as guesser for both teams.]

(Codenames Pictures has the same gameplay but instead uses a 4×5 grid
of black-and-white pictures, each with strangely combined elements.)

January 2, 2018 7:11 pm at 7:11 pm #1441341

☢️ Rand0m3x 🎲
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I forgot about Codenames Duet, a cooperative 2-player version with
double-sided grid cards in which both players give clues to each other.
(They have 15 words, 3 of which appear on both players’ sides, and
each side has 3 Assassins, 1 of which is one of the other side’s words.
Players take turns in any order, but there’s a limit on the number of turns.)
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