Codenames 34

[Lewwyn]

Just FYI too, I'm not in China and have been trapped in America for the last 6 months. I left China for my regular winter vacation to America on Jan 19, and Jan 21 they locked down Wuhan in China. Then they cancelled my return ticket back to China and then they closed China and refused all foreigners even if you had a permanent resident Visa, which I did. I have spent the last 6 months teaching at my Chinese university online and home schooling my daughter with materials from her Chinese elementary school. It still looks bad though and they still haven't allowed people to enter. With the tensions between China and the US growing, not to mention the uncontrolled wildfire of COVID-19 in America, it may be a long time until I'm able to go back.


So my timezone is US Eastern for the foreseeable future.

[El Grillo]

Yep, PM pindicator for a board.

[T-hawk]

I had a feeling Red was on the wrong track with Cyberwarfare as soon as we were given Zealander 1

Wow, I never thought of that, but that's a piece of information that could be used as a stratagem. After a miss, if one spymaster gives a simple and conservative clue, that's a hint that he knows the other team is far off track... which that team could take advantage of to discard their previous suggestions.

[Lewwyn]

I had a feeling Red was on the wrong track with Cyberwarfare as soon as we were given Zealander 1

Wow, I never thought of that, but that's a piece of information that could be used as a stratagem.  After a miss, if one spymaster gives a simple and conservative clue, that's a hint that he knows the other team is far off track... which that team could take advantage of to discard their previous suggestions.

I actually considered it and and was worried that it would be recognized this way and push Red off tube. It's also why I was preparing as if I would have to clue tube just in case. But I also thought Kiwi was such a tough word it might be understandable as a necessary 1 clue. At least I hoped.

[DaveV]

I'm sorry Dave, I though El Grillo was on our team and was just making a somewhat off-topic observation in his spoiler post

Like I said, not a problem. It was a pretty obvious answer.

And yes, I'm willing to spymaster next round for blue.

[T-hawk]

The rule is that an acronym pronounceable as a word is allowable (like RADAR, SCUBA, LASER), but one said by the letters (like FBI or USSR) isn't. Y2K would fall under the latter.

But the broader rule is if you're unsure of anything, ask the opposing spymaster if they think it's okay.

The team doesn't know how many words the "unlimited" is intending. That's the downside of using that stratagem. They have to figure it out from the context of the game state.

[T-hawk]

And this is the biggest piece of advice for a first time spymaster. The game isn't about making clever connections in your head. It's about making connections your team will follow.

[T-hawk]

I guess you can go with that, looks reliable enough to me. Select both the English original and Englist Duet word sets to get more variety.

[Azoth]

I'm cool with whatever.

[DaveV]

thrawn sent me a PM and I generated this board:

JOCKEY	UNICORN	HOSE	PARROT	CASINO
LOCH NESS	COMPOUND	SOAP	MUSTARD	CHEST
NOVEL	SAND	BUCK	JUDGE	SALOON
CROW	TAP	FENCE	SHOE	WING
TEAM	PEA	MODEL	LEMON	FIGHTER

Red team goes first.