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El'endia Starman

23:14

Red: FLYSWATTER (2)

@JohnDvorak I finally posted a clue. :P

John Dvorak

Roger, thanks

BUG

Shiro

BUG is Red

John Dvorak

Huh... am I pounding the creature to death?

Is it a cranefly?

Does the swatter look like the palm of a hand?

Is it an act of war?

HTM

Is this your new way of communicating with your SM?

John Dvorak

PALM

Shiro

23:17

PALM is Blue
Seriously?
It is now Blue's turn

John Dvorak

yes

Shiro

John Dvorak

OK, pound next

crane + bug would be better as just "fly"... I think

I don't really like pound...

Eh... Crane should be safe even if not red

ElizB

Blue: OASIS (2)

HTM

WATER

Shiro

23:22

WATER is Blue

HTM

Thanks Shiro, I already knew that

(Sorry I’m having connections issues on my phone, might take a bit for my msgs to send)

Maybe GROUND for “groundwater”?

TEMPLEs are often found near oases in the desert

A caraVAN might come across an oasis during a long trek

Also thought of BED and FORK, but those are river terms

Im gonna try GROUND since groundwater is strong, if it doesn’t work then TEMPLE next

GROUND

Shiro

GROUND is Blue

HTM

Cool

[pass]

Shiro

HTM

I’m wondering if “Oasis” was initially a 3 cause of PALM

El'endia Starman

23:28

Red: ANIMAL (0)

John Dvorak

No cranefly, gotcha

HTM

Wow

John Dvorak

POUND

Shiro

POUND is Red

John Dvorak

and, that means I"m out of clues

[Pass]

Shiro

23:29

John Dvorak

It also possibly means nothing that can be combined with Pound is mine, or that a clue is incoming that might collide with bear or buck

... or that one should be inferred. Whoops.

ElizB

Blue: EXPLOSIVES (2)

HTM

BOMB

Shiro

BOMB is Blue

HTM

A VAN might contain a bunch of explosives

Explosives are used in WAR

A BED could explode (only semi-joking)

I’m gonna go WAR > VAN

John Dvorak

23:40

depends on if ES is an avid Minecraft player

HTM

WAR

Shiro

WAR is Blue

HTM

[pass]

Shiro

El'endia Starman

Red: MOSQUITOES (0)

HTM

23:41

...huh?

John Dvorak

Huh...

I've already ruled out the cranefly

other crane-stuff?

Also, no screen for me it seems

Unless... is a cranefly actually a mosquito? If not, I should guess it!

... or maybe the intent is that bug screen = no mosquitoes?

HTM

@JohnDvorak If that’s it, then that’s gotta be the most genius use of 0 I’ve seen so far

John Dvorak

SCREEN

Shiro

SCREEN is Red

John Dvorak

huh...

CANADA

Shiro

23:46

CANADA is Red

John Dvorak

too cold for them

CHEST

Shiro

CHEST is Blue
Maybe you'll do better next time.
It is now Blue's turn

John Dvorak

I'm still unsure how to react to this strategy... or how to recognize it

HTM

An anti-clue that’s actually a normal clue in disguise...

John Dvorak

Note to self that ES seem to like these?

ElizB

23:52

Blue: GORING (2)

HTM

A KNIGHT might gore their opponents

Same thing with a BUCK

BEARs don’t have horns but can mutilate people just the same

John Dvorak

I think he was a German architect

HTM

Goring something might produce a ROUND hole

Horns are made of IVORY, but that’s a degree removed

John Dvorak

I've heard getting gored is FORKing painful

and that you'll have to stay in BED for a long time

HTM

@JohnDvorak Worse than getting demonetized, right?

John Dvorak

23:56

definitely

HTM

BUCK > KNIGHT > BEAR > ROUND

Just a last look around before I play

I don’t think there’s a MOUNT Goring

John Dvorak

There is...

Wait, no, that's Rushmore

HTM

A LOG might get gored in a lumber mill, but I’d call that stripping

Yeah, I think I’ll play according to my krder

Fingers crossed!

BUCK

Shiro

BUCK is Blue

HTM

KNIGHT

John Dvorak

23:58

Getting gored strips you of your clothes, no matter if you are a log or not

Shiro

KNIGHT is Black (assassin!).
Game over. Red wins!

HTM

AIYEEEEEEEE

John Dvorak

Whoa.

El'endia Starman

550196022

I am the Red SM, up against ElizB for Blue.

Red words: BUG, POUND, SCREEN, CANADA, LOG, MOUNT, VAN, BED, FORK
Blue words: BOMB, WATER, GROUND, PALM, BUCK, WAR, IVORY, CHEST
Yellow words: CHAIR, TEMPLE, LITTER, CRANE, SERVER, BEAR, ROUND
Assassin: KNIGHT

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Just as a gut feeling, this feels like an easy board for me. TBD

BUG + LOG = COMPUTER (2) runs afoul of yellow SERVER.

BED + FORK + VAN = RESIDENTIAL VEHICLE (3)? Runs afoul of yellow CHAIR.

POUND and MOUNT both have animal connections, but yellow LITTER and blue BUCK interfere.

ElizB

SM Duel with El'endia! :P

I'm Blue, Red goes first!

550196022

Assassin: Knight
Red: BUG POUND SCREEN CANADA LOG VAN MOUNT BED FORK

Blue: BOMB WATER GROUND PALM BUCK WAR IVORY CHEST

Aquifer, Oasis = WATER GROUND PALM... pretty good clue there.
Battle, Pirates, Loot, Treasure? = BOMB WAR CHEST IVORY

Explosives = (na)PALM, WAR, BOMB

Thinking I'll go with Oasis because that's more obvious.

OASIS = WATER GROUND PALM but might hit TEMPLE CRANE(bird) ROUND?

LOOT = WAR, CHEST, IVORY, BUCK? might hit TEMPLE again, possibly knights because they might be known for looting?

I shoulda done BONE or POINTY or something else instead of GORING

El'endia Starman

23:59

I was thinking ANTLERS (2).

HTM

BUCK + IVORY = “Antlers”