Codenames

HTM

22:01

I’ve also been through some dark times recently, and I know that having even one person that cares and is willing to help out makes a world of difference

Rubiksmoose

Red: Grimm's Fairy Tales (3)

Avi

Dishes aren't that bad

HTM

Speaking of “dark” times...

Avi

Bathrooms get dirty way too fast (< months) and are way grosser to clean

I hope every mold has a Grimm destiny

El'endia Starman

@HTM Ha, indeed!

HTM

22:03

I actually don’t see anything directly related to the brothers or their tales or stories in general

El'endia Starman

I'm not very familiar with Grimm but I have a vague sense that Disney, err, "borrowed" a lot of stories from them. So NEEDLE is probably one word.

HTM

Was Sleeping Beauty a Grimm tale?

I thought it was just a regular folk story

El'endia Starman

oi dunno

HTM

Maybe AMERICA if what you say about Disney is what was intended

El'endia Starman

I'm not confident in that.

No particular reason: NEEDLE > COURT > CHAIR.

HTM

22:07

@El'endiaStarman Any time you say that, it’s either the most amazing plan in the world or you placed the assassin as the first word

El'endia Starman

If the assassin is in there, then we get to start over and do better on the next one. :D

HTM

Hmm, if we’re intended to look for storytelling words, then maybe LAP?

As in the stereotypical image of a young boy on his grandmother’s lap as she reads those stories out of an old leather-bound book?

El'endia Starman

I mean, the only one I have any confidence at all on is NEEDLE, so whatever you feel like is a good choice, go ahead and guess. :P

HTM

Yeah, we do have to guess at least one word

OK, I’m gonna try NEEDLE then. Playing:

NEEDLE

Shiro

NEEDLE is Red

El'endia Starman

22:09

sweet

HTM

@Shiro Someone’s been on a stabbing spree

Do you just wanna pass? I don’t see anything that makes me feel comfortable either

Were the Grimm Brothers LAWYERs? Were they related at all to the LOCH NESS monster?

El'endia Starman

(afk)

HTM

Actually, I’m starting to like COURT a little bit better, since a lot of fairy tales involve royal courts

Still not confident enough to guess it on this turn though

So I guess that leaves us with...

[pass]

Shiro

HTM

Next up: COURT > LAP ~ CHAIR > AMERICA

Oh wait! Peter PAN? Is that a Grimm tale?

Maybe PAN up there with COURT then

As in COURT ~ PAN > LAP ~ CHAIR > AMERICA

John Dvorak

22:17

Blue: Palpatino(6)

HTM

(insert shocked reaction to high enumeration)

DJMcMayhem

As usual, amazing clue that I have no idea what it means

I do not even have a guess what that might mean. It makes me think of Palpatine from Star Wars

So FORCE I guess? It's probably wrong

FORCE

Shiro

FORCE is Blue

DJMcMayhem

And cloak?

CLOAK

Shiro

CLOAK is Blue

El'endia Starman

22:20

(possibly afk for half an hour ..... which probably won't matter lol)

DJMcMayhem

CHAIR

Shiro

CHAIR is Blue

HTM

Palpatino sounds like a LAWYER that might put up a billboard ad in the middle of a Kansas freeway

DJMcMayhem

@Shiro I didn't think I would get this far

Anything else would be pure guessing, and that's already a decent start, so I'm gonna

[pass]

Shiro

HTM

22:23

I suspect something about that clue, but I’ll save it ‘til I read the SM’s logs

@El'endiaStarman merp

DJMcMayhem

@Mithical Gesundheit

Brandon_J

!joinblue

HTM

@Mithical r/ihadastroke

Shiro

BLUE: John Dvorak, DJMcMayhem, Brandon_J

Rubiksmoose

Red: divorce settlement (4)

John Dvorak

22:25

Sounds more like a stroke to me, than a sneeze

HTM

@Brandon_J You know El’endia’s AFK, right?

Brandon_J

@HTM no

DJMcMayhem

@Brandon_J Welcome, any idea what Palpatino means?

HTM

Yikes, this clue is making me think of horrible stuff

Brandon_J

@DJMcMayhem well, Palpatine is from Star Wars

HTM

22:25

Like partners BEATing each other

Brandon_J

I dunno about Palpatino

DJMcMayhem

@Brandon_J That's all I could think to go off of too

HTM

Well, at least I know that COURT is confirmed

Mithical

It would appear that my pocket had a stroke

Brandon_J

is that like Palpatine's brand of Jell-O?

HTM

22:26

COURT

Brandon_J

Palpatine-O?

Shiro

COURT is Red

HTM

LAWYER

Shiro

LAWYER is Red

HTM

If it’s a settlement, it could be which things are MINE or who gets the BANK account

CHICK is related to romance, but we’re talking about married couples here

Lots of divorce cases in AMERICA, but it’s not a localized phenomenon

I like BANK the most. If it works, I may have to pass after that since I’m not confident of the fourth

Playing:

BANK

Shiro

22:31

BANK is Blue
Uh... what?
It is now Blue's turn

HTM

If it doesn’t work, the MINE > BEAT > CHICK > AMERICA

Maybe BACK as in give stuff back to the other party

And PAN is still on my list for “Grimm”

Brandon_J

@enharmonic would you like to join?

HTM is by himself right now

John Dvorak

blue: Pesticide(2)

DJMcMayhem

GRASS comes to mind

Brandon_J

I like GRASS and ROUND

DJMcMayhem

22:33

Because of roundup?

Brandon_J

yes

oh wait

that's herbicide

er...

do they make both?

DJMcMayhem

Good point

@Brandon_J I don't know. I also don't know if that's an international brand

Brandon_J

hm.

I guess we can go ahead and play GRASS

DJMcMayhem

Perhaps CHICK because chickens are good for getting rid of bugs

GRASS

Rubiksmoose

Dang I just got an unexpected call. I'll have to go in 20 minutes.

Shiro

22:35

GRASS is Blue

Brandon_J

!board

Shiro

HTM

Alexa, set a timer for 20 minutes

Brandon_J

ROW as in garden ROW?

DJMcMayhem

Hmm, not sure

Brandon_J

22:35

LAB whee the pesticide is made?

DJMcMayhem

I just considered that too

Brandon_J

CHICK or ROUND, it looks like

Not a fan of LAB or ROW

DJMcMayhem

What do you think of chick? I think that's my favorite

Brandon_J

ROUND seems a little obscure

let's play CHICK and see what happens

CHICK

DJMcMayhem

OK, playing it

Shiro

22:36

CHICK is Red
Uh... what?
It is now Red's turn

DJMcMayhem

Nvmd

Brandon_J

snap

Shiro

DJMcMayhem

Hrmm

Brandon_J

I guess ROUND after taht

*that

HTM

22:37

New headcanon: CHICK was a “Divorce” word, so that leaves me with MINE or BEAT

DJMcMayhem

Can you think of other palpatine words?

Rubiksmoose

Red: US Army (0)

HTM

Altthough LAWYER + CHICK + COURT + BEAT = “Domestic violence”

Brandon_J

@DJMcMayhem none come to mind

HTM

Well, probably not MINE or BEAT then

AMERICA is definitely out too

I guess you can SQUARE away the settlement?

BACK is also still possible too

I’m still not entirely sure of the fourth for “Divorce” if CHICK was the third. So I’m gonna try guessing “Grimm” words

Playing:

PAN

Shiro

22:42

PAN is Red

HTM

Not sure if COURT was an overlap or not, so don’t want to go for LAP just yet

Yikes, I’m stuck with a bunch of plausible words that I’m not confident enough in playing

I was also eyeing WASHER for both “Grimm” and “Divorce”

Rubiksmoose

I don't mean to pressure but I do have to go in 10 minutes :(

I'm sorry it was an urgent and unexpected call.

HTM

OK, then I guess I’ll let RNG make my call then

BB = LAP, BR = BACK, RB = SQUARE, RR = WASHER

!flipcoin

Shiro

Red

HTM

!flipcoin

Shiro

22:46

Red

HTM

WASHER

Shiro

WASHER is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Blue's turn

HTM

I’m sorry, I can’t rank my backlog because everything seems plausible now

At least I know which words to avoid

Rubiksmoose

There doesn't happen to be anybody around that can pick up my game?

John Dvorak

blue: Curved(3)

Brandon_J

22:49

ROUND

Shiro

ROUND is Blue

DJMcMayhem

BOW?

Brandon_J

I see BOW, CAP, and LAP

DJMcMayhem

SQUARE? (jk)

Brandon_J

AMERICA!!! lol

I like BOW and CAP

in that order

DJMcMayhem

22:51

I like BOW, unsure on CAP

BOW

Shiro

BOW is Blue

Brandon_J

what about LOCH NESS?

DJMcMayhem

Maaaybe?

Are you thinking of CAP like a hat?

I think I like LAP a little bit more

Brandon_J

Cap as a hat or a bottle CAP

I will let you call this one

DJMcMayhem

Oh no the pressure!

!board

Shiro

22:53

Brandon_J

I can call it too

my only reservation is that I feel like Palpatino is somehow related to Loch Ness

DJMcMayhem

Huh? o_O Just a hunch or some reason behind that?

Brandon_J

I have no real reason.

purely a hunch

DJMcMayhem

OK, I think I'll go for LAP

LAP

Shiro

LAP is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Red's turn

Rubiksmoose

22:55

Red: Hard hat (2)

Shiro

Brandon_J

:/

DJMcMayhem

Hey, it wasn't black or red! :D

HTM

Can’t even win this turn now

Rubiksmoose

Probably the last clue I can give for a bit.

HTM

22:55

But I guess we must play on

CAP

Shiro

CAP is Red

Brandon_J

phew

that was close @DJMcMayhem

HTM

And yet again, I’m stuck

DJMcMayhem

Oh hey, maybe it was BACK. Like the curve in your spine

Brandon_J

ohhhh

HTM

22:57

I’m either incredibly stupid or my SM was really in a hurry

Brandon_J

clever

DJMcMayhem

But we'll get another clue, so we shouldn't rely on that :P

HTM

I think it’s either LAB or STAFF for “Hard hat,” but I’m having trouble deciding which one

Brandon_J

My thinking for Palpatino = Loch Ness: I don't know much about Loch Ness; I don't recognize the name Palpatino @DJMcMayhem

Rubiksmoose

ping me if we get another turn and I'll give last clue

HTM

22:58

Or it could be BEAT, even though “US Army” might discount that

Well, I can’t win this game anyway, so might as well try things...

SQUARE

Shiro

SQUARE is Yellow (neutral)
It is now Blue's turn

HTM

Tentatively saying “Good game”

John Dvorak

blue: Spine(1)

Brandon_J

we might hit assassin.

DJMcMayhem

Ha!

Brandon_J

22:59

BACK

Shiro

BACK is Blue

DJMcMayhem

gg

Rubiksmoose

437754381

LAWYER MINE LOCH NESS PAN CAP CHICK COURT NEEDLE VET

AMERICA is the assassin (heh)

Grimm's Fairy Tales = LOCH NESS, NEEDLE, PAN

So starting off with an iffy one off the bat (bleh). I'm hoping that they recognise I'm talking about fantasy things, but specifially needle which several Grimm tales revolve around IIRC.

At the very least it should definitely not hit AMERICA (knock on wood).

"So NEEDLE is probably one word." Nice!

"Was Sleeping Beauty a Grimm tale?" It is according to the wall of a restaurant in Michigan XD (also I'm 99% sure it is regardless)

Brandon_J

America the assassin

John Dvorak

20200203

Second game of the day

Blue: Round, Back, Grass, Bow, Cloak, Bank, Force, Chair
Black: America

Family matters; thankfully, it's still red turn

Back/Round/Bank/Force seems like they could be connected, but Cap gets in the way of Turning

Magnate for Bank/Chair/Force? Force weak.
Grass/Round[up] => Pesticide? Can't see any third. Perhaps Beat.

Red plays Grimm's fairy tales (3). Not sure which.
Best case: Grimms have been to America.

What does Spine give us? Back for sure. Bow tenuous for shape? Chair likely. Cloak tenuous. Needle for acupuncture might get knocked out by red thi…

Rubiksmoose

23:00

@HTM I'm so so sorry

HTM

!finalboard

Shiro

Rubiksmoose

Not my best game by a long shot.

DJMcMayhem

My country, tis' of thee
If I guess you, you'll kill me

3

Rubiksmoose

It definitely was not your fault

Brandon_J

23:01

@JohnDvorak Palpatino lol

HTM

@Rubiksmoose Hey, you were in a rush, so it wasn’t the ideal conditions to begin with

John Dvorak

It worked anyways :/

Brandon_J

it did

just kind of funny to me

Rubiksmoose

@HTM Kinda sketchy from the get-go though. Too many mind reading clues.

Brandon_J

@/

Rubiksmoose

23:02

Anyways, it was fun but

HTM

> HTM suspects something about the clue. I don't know what, but I suspect he might be right.

Rubiksmoose

I'm definitely out.

\o

HTM

o -> e

El'endia Starman

Back....aww, missed it.

John Dvorak

yep, I thought that was your suspicion

HTM

23:02

If you had the right spelling, it would’ve been game over for us right then and there

DJMcMayhem

@HTM I mean, I was already thinking of Palpatine and only got 3

John Dvorak

Perhaps

@DJMcMayhem you gave up too soon

DJMcMayhem

Yeah apparently

HTM

@Rubiksmoose “US Army” also discounted VET too. Something like “Jazz (0)” might’ve worked

John Dvorak

ooh, yeah. It did.

HTM

23:07

Anyway, I also gotta get going, can’t be missing classes for this anymore

o\

John Dvorak

\o

and that's GameN, I believe

HTM

GAmen

Brandon_J

GamEn

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