Codenames: Play by Forum

[Bobchillingworth]

Okay, I vote for Mug, Wall, Ring and either Mercury or Ham, in that order.

[David Corperial]

I think I'm higher on Mercury than Ham and am fine with the rest

[Bobchillingworth]

Feel free to call them in then if you agree, Psi.

[Molach]

This is a job for Action Man!

Point to wall
Point to Mug

To start us off

[Psillycyber]

Assuming wall and mug are good for cupboard, I'd be tempted to go with berry for the last cupboard word. I can imagine putting some sort of berry jelly in a cupboard (at least as long as the jar has not been opened yet). I could not imagine storing ham in a cupboard due to lack of refrigeration spoiling the meat.

And I'm still a fan of mercury for "cool," although "ham" seems plausible too, now that I think about it.

Since ham has been offered as a guess relating to both "cool" and "cupboard," perhaps we should take a stab with "ham" as our next guess? Of course, if it turns out to be correct, we won't really know whether it was fulfilling the last "cool" or "cupboard" clue word, which would make guessing the final word tricky.

[BRickAstley]

Wall is blue.
Mug is blue.

BERRY	FLY	GOLD	ALIEN	CENTER
SERVER	LAB	FILE	BOW	BAND
HORN	RING	EYE	MERCURY	WALL
FAN	IVORY	TIME	HORSESHOE	PAPER
MUG	BARK	BUG	WATER	HAM

[Psillycyber]

Another thing to consider: although it doesn't sound like a lot that Red only has 2 words left to guess, the odds are that, if these were the two words left until the end, then there is probably a reason for that. They might be particularly hard to pair up with any other words with a clue (thus why they were left until last). We could always play it safe and bank on Red mis-guessing with their next clue.

[Bobchillingworth]

I'd rather we try to wrap things up this round rather than rely on red falling apart. Plus as Molach said there's a fair chance that we'll hit grey if we guess wrong, meaning no harm done.

[Molach]

I think we should make our educated guesses.
a. We could be right (25% chance?)
b. Enemy team has done 3-words this far. I think they will nail a 2 (80-90 % chance?)
c. Odds are, if we miss, we hit a grey word (70 % chance) and no harm done. (Apart from slightly narrowing the field for team red).

What to guess is trickier.
paper/ring
mercury/ham
are my best guesses.

[Bobchillingworth]

I say Ring and Mercury. I still don't actually care much for the latter, but I was completely off about File, so my instincts aren't the greatest :P