Codenames

Sid

17:00

So, the (2) probably means I am right with Moscow/Spring. I am also not sure about the second ATM although Capital(as in money) looks likely.

CAPITAL

Shiro

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

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

GG

North

gg

Sid

Shite

North

Blue: TUNA (1)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:00

unless something really stupid happens

FISH

Shiro

FISH is Blue

Sid

GG

North

that was... almost a perfect game

Sid

!finalboard

Shiro

El'endia Starman

17:01

454765344

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

Red words: BUTTON, BANK, MOSCOW, SOLDIER, GERMANY, CAP, SCREEN, TUBE
Blue words: ROULETTE, SATELLITE, AFRICA, FISH, LEPRECHAUN, MISSILE, GRASS, DRAGON, THEATER
Yellow words: CAPITAL, EMBASSY, PRINCESS, SPRING, GENIUS, OIL, CHEST
Assassin: STADIUM

At first glance this seems like a pretty decent board for me. I wonder if I can do WINTER MARCH OF 1918 (3) to get GERMANY, SOLDIER, MOSCOW. I'll ask the other SM.

---

Blue: MYTHICAL (2)

"they're not here right now" hahaha

John Dvorak

Bank + Capital = Money

North

454765344 Seed:

Blue words:
Roulette, satellite, leprechaun, dragon, missile, grass, theater, Africa, fish

Red words: Moscow, soldier, Germany, button, cap, screen, bank, tube

Okay clues mythical for (2). Dragon and leprechaun. Seen and got.

El'endia send me a secret. Asks if Winter March of 1918 is a valid clue. Probably going for Russia, Germany, and soldier. I think it's valid. I don't know if Sid would hit all of them though....

Sid guesses Germany and Soldier correctly.
I didn't know Germany was communist

Sid

Oh, crap. Button. ATM buttons.

Screw me

North

I wanted to see MOSCOW is RED

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@El'endiaStarman I think you were thinking of WWII but Napoleon ALSO marched on Moscow

I just don't know when that was

germay marching on russia was WWII

North

17:02

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I yes, generals January and February

Yeah, I forgot that that was in WWII

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

google time

El'endia Starman

Yup, WWII in 1941/1942: Battle of Moscow.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

1812 was the other famous failure to invade russia

North

Isn't that also the bloodiest battle in history?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

one of them i'm sure

North

17:04

I know one of the battles in Russia had the heaviest causualties from a single battle

Sid

Duh. Should have gotten Button. Sorry, @El'endiaStarman

North

I wouldn't have seen button, tbh

El'endia Starman

is okay

North

Okay @Shiro you need to get your facts straight. Germany was not communist. Russia was.

El'endia Starman

[googles "bloodiest battles of ww2"] Aaand Battle of Moscow tops the list.

@North Nazi flag was pretty red though.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:06

also East Germany was communist

North

@El'endiaStarman Actually, I guess West (or was it East Germany) when occupied by like Russia was commnunist\

Yea

well I'm up for another round, though I would like to guess this time

0/

Sid

same

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I don't want to SM

o/

laundry to do and stuff

North

@JohnDvorak?

I'll sm if needed hence 0/

Sid

I can SM too, if we have enough people for another game

North

17:09

@El'endiaStarman?

El'endia Starman

o/

North

hmm i'm gonna wait on john

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

cool, because I need to clean up and put my laundry in

John Dvorak

Count me in in ten minutes

North

okay

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus You have ten minutes to do your laundry XD

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:13

I just have to put it in the machine

North

lol

If Beethoven Composed Billie Eilish's 'Bad Guy'

►

ping me when john comes

i'm changing my status to o/

John Dvorak

I do suppose it will take the SMs ten minutes to generate a clue

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I'm ready

El'endia Starman

Still o/ with a hard stop in 40 minutes.

North

have a lot of time still

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:20

@El'endiaStarman that's fine, I only wanted to play one more game anyway

North

same

Sid

Are we starting? Or what?

North

well unless more people come

@JohnDvorak?

John Dvorak

0/

North

okay we have two sms and three players

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:22

I don't like SMing that much, sorry

it's really difficult

North

someone should probably be on the same team as El in case the game goes over 40 minutes

sid can sm right?

eyyyy mith!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

and they're gone with a refresh

Mithical

o/ mobile

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

oh that makes sense

North

okay we have two per team

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:23

I don't play on mobile, it's annoying

North

imma start it

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@sid?

John Dvorak

I don't mind playing on mobile.

Sid

Yes, I am in.

North

!newgame Sid, John Dvorak, Mith, ThePuzzlingPlatypus, North, El'endia Starman

Shiro

17:25

RED: John Dvorak, North, El'endia Starman

BLUE: Sid, ThePuzzlingPlatypus

North

!leave mith

Shiro

RED spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/7tx7zq48srtdsjtjko8jqax3c26o1aj
BLUE spymaster only, please click on this link to see the seed: https://onetimesecret.com/secret/act4pmlzxq55rd0n0dp30ozikilc44p

Please save the seed somewhere! As a last resort if any of you happens to forget the seed, you can type !recall to get a new link.

RED goes first!

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

yes! Blue again

Shiro

North

!leave Mith

Shiro

17:25

BLUE: Sid, ThePuzzlingPlatypus

North

!joinblue Mithical

!jointeamblue Mithical

Shiro

Hi Mithical, you'll be joining team red!

RED: John Dvorak, North, El'endia Starman

North

Okay there we go, sorry

wait what

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

but now they're on the wrong team

North

!leave Mithical

Shiro

17:26

RED: John Dvorak, North, El'endia Starman

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

does mith have to do it?

North

!join Mithical

Shiro

Hi Mithical, you'll be joining team blue!

BLUE: Sid, ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Mithical

North

okay that's fine

ping me when you're ready

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

no it worked this time

@North

North

17:27

No I mean ping me when red clyes

clues*

msh210

!join

Shiro

Hi msh210, you'll be joining team red!

msh210

and hi

Shiro

RED: John Dvorak, North, El'endia Starman, msh210

El'endia Starman

eyy \o

North

17:30

ey o/

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

let's go!

10 stars

North

?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Avi summed up this game perfectly

North

ah

Mithical

!who

Shiro

17:31

We are currently waiting for a clue from the Red spymaster.

msh210

@James My family and I played it for the first time today. Wow, that's a long game.

(Pandemic)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That was my question @msh210

North

doooo doooo dooooo johhnnnn

msh210

It was almost three hours. We lost.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Isn't there also a video game that works by those rules?

msh210

17:32

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Sorry?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

the game you played

I was going to ask, and then you said it

John Dvorak

red: Winter(3)

msh210

!board

North

!board

Shiro

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:32

Is pandemic the one where there are jokes about it being impossible to get Madagascar?

North

Good grief

msh210

North

Okay

El'endia Starman

There's a board game Pandemic and online game Pandemic and they are not the same.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

they never got ethiopia

North

17:33

I'm thinking definitely ice

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I might be thinking of the online one

msh210

I was referring to the board game.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I kind of thought they were the same game but in different formats

like Codenames

El'endia Starman

Anyway, I saw NEW YORK, BUFFALO, and MAPLE first. Definitely a northerner hahaha. But yes, ICE is better than all of those.

msh210

yeah ICE GLOVE

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:34

I'm not familiar at all with the board game

North

Glove?

Kinda dubious about glove

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@El'endiaStarman is the online one the one with the Madagascar thing?

msh210

@North really? They're good adding the cold

El'endia Starman

Gloves are indispensable during winter.

North

Hmm alright

msh210

17:34

against*

El'endia Starman

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Yeah.

North

@msh210 Sorry I live in Southern California, I wouldn't know

Sid

Is there no trash talks in this game these days?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I knew that from tvtropes and got it mixed up with the board game

msh210

Maybe HOLE as in hole fishing?

North

17:35

@Sid Not really, no

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@Sid not when John isi SMing instead of playing

@El'endiaStarman and thanks for the answer

North

@El'endiaStarman What's winter XD

El'endia Starman

SNOW-AND-COLD

msh210

Anyway are we safe with ICE at least? Who's our official guesser?

North

Should we go with ICE first

El'endia Starman

17:36

ICE first, yeah.

North

msh i choose you!

msh210

I definitely think GLOVE next, beyond that I'm not sure

El'endia Starman

WOBBUFET!

msh210

ice

Shiro

ICE is Red

North

17:37

@El'endiaStarman Used COUNTER

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

MEOWTH THAT"S RIGHT

El'endia Starman

No, ice is blue.

I like GLOVE next.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

are we just going to shout pokemon now?

PSY-Y-Y..DUCK!

msh210

!teams

Shiro

RED team: John Dvorak, North, El'endia Starman, msh210

BLUE team: Sid, ThePuzzlingPlatypus, Mithical

North

17:37

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Please do not talk while the opposing team is discussing

it ruins the flow

Thank you

msh210

glove

Shiro

GLOVE is Red

North

ok

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

the flow of what? Pokemon quotes?

msh210

And?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:38

but in all seriousness, I'll stop

North

hmm

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus thank you

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

no problem

msh210

North

!board

Shiro

msh210

17:38

Sorry, I'm on mobile it's a pain to scroll

North

I think I have a crush on shiro guys

El'endia Starman

I'm leaning towards NEW YORK.

msh210

Who are Shiro guys?

El'endia Starman

Or MAPLE for maple syrup.

North

@El'endiaStarman Hmm what was BUFFALO for?

@El'endiaStarman Maple's more like a fall thing

msh210

17:39

@El'endiaStarman it's not like it's winter there for longer than anywhere else

El'endia Starman

Worth noting that John is not an American so BUFFALO (a city in New York that gets tons of snow) is probably out.

msh210

I still like HOLE as in hole fishing

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I hate when I see something but it's not my turn

North

@El'endiaStarman Don't you live in New York or around East Coast so only like you'd know?

Drop as in snowflake drops?

El'endia Starman

@North Is it? Just a couple days ago my wife was excited about spring coming because the sap of maple trees gets runnier.

North

17:40

@El'endiaStarman No, but the leaves of maples fall during fall

I should know, I'm a tree

msh210

BEAR??

North

I don't know about the saps of maples as much

El'endia Starman

BEAR came to mind as well 'cause they hibernate during winter.

msh210

MASS as in midnight Christmas Mass??

North

Hmm

El'endia Starman

17:41

MASS is too much of a stretch.

North

Yea, I think so too

So as of now, we have BEAR, NEW YORK, and DROP

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

final jeopardy music intensifies

msh210

POST as in what your tongue sticks to??

North

I like BEAR the most

msh210

I don't think DROP

North

17:42

hm

El'endia Starman

I'm leaning towards BEAR now.

North

yeah that seems pretty likely

msh210

I think BUFFALO is better than NEW YORK

North

John has openly admitted that his knowledge of America is limited

so I don't think it's as likely

msh210

@North oh and maybe it's called ice fishing rather than hole fishing?

@North yeah but BUFFALO comes up frequently in this room

North

17:44

I still like BEAR better

msh210

fine so BEAR?

North

Also, he could've clued BUFFALO and NEW YORK together if that was intended

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

inb4 Sid wrote every single clue during this round

El'endia Starman

BEAR is my top choice.

North

same

msh210

17:46

bear

Shiro

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

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

wow, really?

Shiro

North

Oh I guess not

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That's the one I saw too

Sid

17:47

Wow... I had forgotten how long this game can take..

North

Whoops sorry @msh210

So Buffalo in the backlog?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

@Sid so did I, honestly

North

It usually goes pretty long when John is SM-ing

msh210

@North what for? that's the way the game goes

El'endia Starman

BUFFALO > MAPLE > NEW YORK > HOLE methinks.

msh210

17:48

@North maybe....

Sid

@JohnDvorak onetimesecret.com/secret/rac1ltsh9sqldlqk3cgt0wyu84ee86m

North

@El'endiaStarman Honestly, same

Though I still think

Buffalo--> Maple (maybe)--> New York --> DROP

I'm not comfortable having New York right after Buffalo

John Dvorak

onetimesecret.com/secret/jz2djvkidgo5qb5bya03sxyc5nldzt3

msh210

@El'endiaStarman I'm less and less confident in HOLE as time goes on

@JohnDvorak is that for me? :-)

North

lol

John Dvorak

17:50

@msh210 no

msh210

darnit

North

I love how straightforward his response is

Sid

Blue: msh210 (3)

North

wait what (laughing)

msh210

I'm very curious what the words are.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

17:51

I believe msh is originally from New York, but i'm not sure

North

Oh I have several ideas

But I can't say anything

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I see nothing Israel, Judaism, or trademark related

@Mithical you still here?

Mithical

...POST, MASS, HOLE

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I don't see why

Mithical

Those are the last three words msh mentioned

msh210

17:52

I'm ⅛ Aztec, as most of you know. (Kidding.)

Mithical

And that's typically how clues that are just a username work in this room

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

This is a person who made a puzzle out of a Billy Joel song; that's a very New Yorker thing to do

and New York would fit for that winter clue

Sid

@Mithical It's always fun to do it, however

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

so thanks

let's go for that

POST

Shiro

POST is Red
Oh, dear.
It is now Red's turn

North

17:53

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Mithical

Wack

Sid

lol

North

@Sid You shouldn't talk as SM during a game lmao

El'endia Starman

Okay guess that's not how username clues work in this room... ;)

John Dvorak

Red: Christmas(3)

El'endia Starman

17:54

MASS for sure.

North

yea

Sid

@North Yes but I am not giving any extra information

North

Deck

El'endia Starman

BOX for presents?

North

Box

@Sid hmm

El'endia Starman

17:54

DECK? Why?

msh210

Mass

Shiro

MASS is Red

North

Mass, box, beck?

Mithical

@El'endiaStarman Or just breaking the convention. (:

msh210

@El'endiaStarman the halls

North

17:54

DECK the Halls... oh that's illegal

El'endia Starman

@Sid Or so you think. It's generally a good idea for SMs to keep extra chatter to a minimum.

msh210

@North why?

North

Wordplay?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

no why is it illegal

North

oh ack

msh210

17:55

@North no, it's a meaning of the word

North

Sorry I'm not thinking straight

Yeah DECK the halls, the Christmas carol

hmm

I think

DECK--> BOX

msh210

@North yeah

North

Oh my god that looks like Yugioh

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

also every other trading card game

North

shhh

don't tell them that

@El'endiaStarman what's your opinion? Any other we possibly missed?

I could see KID on the backlog

In case one of those don't work

uhh guys?

El'endia Starman

17:58

BOX > DECK for me.

North

hxdfbdxib ugh

msh210

Would John know English-language carols? I'm guessing Yes, but whaddaya think?

North

Hm

I mean, yes, but no?

msh210

@North huh??

North

Idk

Msh you decide

msh210

17:59

box

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