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 CODENAMES. Vlaada Chvatil, not content with rebuilding Pictionary, turns his madness to Taboo. Of course it turned out loving brilliant, and now all the boardgoons wish they had friends to play it with. They don't, so I'm making a thread.  MISSION BRIEFINGTEAM BLUE  , the time has come. Your sleeper agents are in position, awaiting your orders. Your couriers must find and activate all of your agents before the commie bastards in TEAM RED  can activate their agents. You will know your agents by their Codenames. Of course, we cannot transmit these classified codenames to all agents, for fear of interception by the enemy.Spymasters, you must guide your couriers to the correct agents through encrypted communications. Be careful not to mislead your agents into giving sensitive documents to ignorant bystanders--or worse, enemy agents. And we have word that a mysterious and deadly extremist lies in wait, ready to slaughter the agents of either side. We know this man only as THE ASSASSIN. TEAM BLUE , deploy to the field. AMERICA is counting on you. FREEDOM is counting on you.(TEAM RED , copy, paste, find-replace with THE MOTHERLAND and THE PROLETARIAT.)RULES OF ENGAGEMENTThe full rules are here, but in brief:
CRYPTOGRAPHER'S GUIDELINESSpymasters must not violate any of the following rules.
If there is a dispute, I will ask the spymaster to explain their logic to me via PM. If I'm not satisfied by the explanation, I'll declare the clue INVALID. If a Spymaster gives an INVALID clue, that team's turn immediately ends, and the enemy Spymaster may reveal one of their agents on the board for free. I reserve the right to be as lenient or draconian as I drat well please. Spymasters have a few special clues they can give. FEATHER: 0 is a valid clue, meaning "none of our words relate to feathers." Alternately, FEATHERS: UNLIMITED is also a valid clue. In either case, the team may guess as many words as they wish, until they guess a wrong word or pass the turn. Also, for this thread, I'm engaging an optional rule: Rhyming clues are completely allowed. KNIGHT is a valid clue for FIGHT. Of course, Spymasters can't tell their Couriers that they're using a rhyming clue, however. Have fun with that. SPECIAL THREAD RULES In order to keep the thread moving, I'm implementing a time limit. A team has 24 hours from the timestamp of the spymaster's clue to make official guesses. After the 24 hour mark, you can keep guessing...but the enemy Spymaster may end your turn immediately by posting their own clue. Likewise, Spymasters have exactly 48 hours after the enemy turn has ended (from a pass or a bad guess) to issue a clue. If they don't make the deadline, I will treat it as an invalid clue. (If a Spymaster has an extenuating circumstance, they can PM me.) All game communication must be in the thread itself. Until game end, Spymasters may say nothing to their Couriers except clues. Couriers can say whatever the hell they want, but must do so in full view of the enemy team. The peanut gallery can cheer/mock as they like, but can't help either team. Official clues and guesses should use this format: ## BODYPILLOW: 4 or ## GUESS ANIME. Bold, allcaps, with # signs. This makes it much easier for me to find when scanning pages of thread chatter. SIGNUPS I need eight players for the initial game. Signup by posting ## MISSION ACCEPTED below. Please specify which team you want (red/blue/don't care) to be on and what role you want (spymaster/courier/don't care). ADDENDUM: Please also specify whether or not you have PMs. You must have PMs enabled to be a Spymaster. I intend to run multiple games so long as interest holds, so if you miss your chance, you'll be added to the queue for future games and/or substitutes as necessary. This OP will self-destruct in 30 minutes. gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Sep 24, 2015 |
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CURRENT GAME RED TEAM  rchandra (spymaster) ETB Cocks Cable OmegaGoo BLUE TEAM Barry Shitpeas (spymaster) Little Mac Ripley Hauki TEAM DUMB LOSER Joseph Stalin Nikita Khrushchev Leonid Brezhnev Mkhail Gorbachev QUEUE Max Peck BonHair (c) Aston (s) Chekans 3 16 Fat Turkey (s) silvergoose Some Numbers (b) unpronounceable (b) ExtrudeAlongCurve burger time The Minister tofes ETB (rs) OmegaGoo Phi Fi Fo Fum (c) Little Mac Ripley ActingPower (If you haven't played before, you'll get added to the front of the queue on signup.) Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 3 Mission 4 Mission 5 Mission 6 Mission 7 Mission 8 Mission 9 Mission 10 Mission 11 gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Oct 4, 2015 |
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silvergoose posted:I assume guesses are simply first come first serve, if a courier guesses before another courier, is the result: first courier's guess resolves, if it's correct, second courier's guess resolves? Yep. Seems the only sane way to do it, given the format. I'm actually hoping the time pressure will give the teams a bit of an itchy trigger finger, so we're not sitting around while the Couriers discuss themselves in circles.
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And that's eight! TEAM BLUE Blackmongoose (spymaster) silvergoose SilverMike Some Numbers TEAM RED Merauder (spymaster) Tekopo Lichtenstein BonHair Fellis will be added to the substitute list.
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RED TEAM STARTS (This means that Red has nine agents to activate, and blue has eight.) president urge nuisance workshop tense invalid gasoline kidnapping dealing tender seven heap listener name concentration fuss chest sun desert numeral want female fallacy squeeze conception (Thread secret: I'm doing this from work, and I don't have my copy with me. So I'm using Random.Org and a random word generator. If anyone has a problem with not playing the game as given by the One True Vlaada to his children, you can duck out now.) The Master Key has been sent to Merauder and Blackmongoose. MISSION ONE | TURN ONE RED SPYMASTER (Merauder), submit your clue!
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BonHair posted:Total agreement! Never hold off!  may guess again!
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Tekopo posted:## female  , will you take a stab in the dark? (If not, someone please say ##Pass.)
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MISSION ONE | TURN TWO BLUE SPYMASTER (blackmongoose), submit your clue! president urge nuisance workshop tense invalid gasoline kidnapping dealing tender seven heap listener name concentration fuss chest sun desert numeral want fallacy squeeze
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Some Numbers posted:##Want  may guess again!
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silvergoose posted:Yeah looks good to me. Full agreement! ##urge  , take the risk or pass?
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MISSION ONE | TURN THREE RED SPYMASTER (Merauder), submit your clue! : president nuisance workshop tense invalid gasoline kidnapping dealing tender seven heap listener name concentration fuss chest sun desert numeral fallacy squeeze
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BonHair posted:Anyway: ## Workshop  may guess again!BonHair posted:Suggestion: Maybe dividing team by geography could be good, so it's eurogoons vs muricagoons (Australia can gently caress right off I guess). That way, there will be less downtime and less chance of on player sleeping though a turn. This is a neat idea, and I might try it with the next game. I'm in southwestern America myself, so I'm awake on that schedule BTW, Spymasters are free to answer the guesses now, so you don't have to wait for me to wake up. (Just don't give any additional information, like "well, that wasn't what I meant, but...")
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Lichtenstein posted:##TENDER  MISSION ONE | TURN FOUR president nuisance tense invalid gasoline kidnapping dealing  seven heap listener name concentration fuss chest sun desert numeral fallacy squeeze EDIT: Beaten by a mile. gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 7, 2015 19:49
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Fixed.
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Some Numbers posted:I don't see anything else that fits, so sure, let's go with ##SEVEN  may guess again!
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SilverMike posted:The ##SUN shines brightly on our proud American patriots!  , bonus guess or pass?
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MISSION ONE | TURN FIVE RED SPYMASTER (Merauder), submit your clue! president nuisance tense invalid gasoline kidnapping dealing heap listener name concentration fuss chest desert numeral fallacy squeeze
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Aug 7, 2015 23:26
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Tekopo posted:NO FEAR ## DEALING  may guess again!
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BonHair posted:gently caress it: ##Heap of God drat communism!  Bystander found. MISSION ONE | TURN SIX BLUE SPYMASTER (blackmongoose), submit your clue! president nuisance tense invalid gasoline kidnapping listener name concentration fuss chest desert numeral fallacy squeeze
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Some Numbers posted:##PRESIDENT IS THE BLUEST WORD  (Yeah yeah, you already knew. But I've got these stock images lined up and I'm gonna use 'em.)
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silvergoose posted:Let's just get it over with  may guess again!
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MISSION ONE | TURN SEVEN RED SPYMASTER (Merauder), submit your clue! nuisance tense invalid gasoline kidnapping listener name concentration fuss chest desert numeral squeeze
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Lichtenstein posted:##NUISANCE  BonHair posted:I was thining kidnapping, but I suck, so ##FUSS  Bystander found. MISSION ONE | TURN EIGHT BLUE SPYMASTER (blackmongoose), submit your clue! tense invalid gasoline kidnapping listener name concentration chest desert numeral squeeze
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Some Numbers posted:Agreed. ##LISTENER  , bonus guess or pass?
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MISSION ONE | TURN NINE RED SPYMASTER (Merauder), submit your clue! tense invalid gasoline kidnapping name concentration chest desert numeral squeeze (MOD ADVICE: is one correct guess away from victory. Now might be a good time for a Hail Mary. Remember, CLUE: 0 and CLUE: Unlimited are valid, and both give your team unlimited guesses.)
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Hey, it's in the OP. EDIT: Though I should clarify, "unlimited" guesses still means your turn is over if you gently caress up.
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Tekopo posted:gently caress it! ## GASOLINE  Bystander contacted. MISSION ONE | TURN TEN BLUE SPYMASTER (blackmongoose), bring it on home tense invalid kidnapping name concentration chest desert numeral squeeze
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Some Numbers posted:Fair enough.  president urge nuisance workshop tense invalid gasoline kidnapping  dealing tender seven heap listener name concentration fuss chest sun desert numeral want female fallacy squeeze Alright, we're almost set to launch a second game. We have 7 people in line, and need just one more to launch. Players of previous games, feel free to resubmit back into the queue. Priority will be given to players who haven't played yet, however.
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Nope! Sorry, fell asleep after work. New game up in like fifteen.
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YOUR MISSION, IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT TEAM BLUE Fellis (spymaster) unpronounceable Mister Sinewave golden bubble TEAM RED ActingPower (spymaster) Cerepol Gimnbo Davin Valkri MISSION TWO, TURN ONE BLUE TEAM STARTS Opera Giant Face Pirate Beach Date Pound Shot Bill Dress Lawyer Spider Cell Laser Tail Tick Pilot France Net Bed Cross Round Field Hole Knife
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Messages sent to players above (except golden bubble, who doesn't have PMs). Players may begin, starting with Fellis and the Blue Team. Any player who doesn't post in the thread within the next 24 hours may lose their seat to someone else in the queue.
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Mister Sinewave posted:Make hay while the sun is shining! I'm going to go ## GUESS CROSS next.  Enemy agent contacted!MISSION TWO, TURN TWO RED SPYMASTER (ActingPower), submit your clue! Opera Giant Face Pirate Beach Date Pound Shot Bill Dress Spider Cell Laser Tail Tick Pilot France Net Bed Round Field Hole Knife EDIT: DAMNIT. Beaten. gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Aug 12, 2015 |
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 The glory of the soviet state believes in you, and you should believe in him. (It is required by the Kremlin, comrade.)
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 ATTENTION Golden Bubble has not checked in with the thread yet within the 24 hour time limit. I'll give them the next hour or until Blue Team starts their turn, whichever is longer. If Golden Bubble hasn't checked in by this point, I will return them to the queue, and Aston will join Team Blue.
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Davin Valkri posted:That's two out of three, then.  Enemy agent contacted! MISSION TWO, TURN THREE BLUE SPYMASTER (Fellis), submit your clue! Giant Pirate Beach Date Pound Shot Bill Dress Spider Cell Laser Tail Tick Pilot France Net Bed Round Field Hole Knife
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Also, I'm calling it. Golden bubble has been remanded to the queue. Aston is now in Team Blue. Godspeed.
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Gimnbo posted:Sorry guys, I thought the spymaster was leading us down a sequential line of logic. And the blood of Americans will be on your hands.
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Mister Sinewave posted:Maybe TAIL rather than Giant, but giant is more consistent (being an actual organism instead of a part of an organism) but Giant could be considered imaginary, Tail isn't.  may guess again!
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Some Numbers posted:
Mysterious sources.
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Where are you finding these pictures?
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Aston posted:I think ##SPIDER is our other pretty safe bet.  unpronounceable posted:##DATE since I didn't actually guess anything on our last turn.  , you have 2 more guesses!
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