We need 5 words, is that right? We have one Cheap word, and one Kevlar word left, and some Grocer words. And there could be overlap, particularly between Grocer and the other two.
Grocer:
- Sells LEMONs (although Lemon Oil is definitely a thing in my local supermarket, so there is some risk it's Red - I doubt it though).
- Would a Grocer sell CHOCOLATE? It's not something I would see a Greengrocer doing, but that wasn't the word. Certainly any cornershop or convenience store would sell it.
- If Grocer -> Convenience Store, then ROSEs are also a thing. But then, so is ROSE Oil ...
"Supermarket" seems a have been a more natural option to me if we were to consider things like PORT (drink) or FORK.
Cheap (reprise) -
- FALLing prices?
- LEMON?
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Kevlar
- PARACHUTE (though not everyone agrees)
- HELICOPTER (small overlap with Oil for Red - I've been wondering if the blades are yet another thing that can be made out of Kevlar)
- HOLE (protects you from them - but I think this has too much overlap with Oil)
Of the remaining words, I can't see PIANO, SNOW, MOLE or SATURN fitting us at all. Nor SQUARE, nor VACUUM.
To summarise:
- LEMON
- PARACHUTE preferred to HELICOPTER for the Kevlar word
- FALL, hoping that LEMON wasn't Cheap ...
- CHOCOLATE
- ROSE
It may have looked easy, but that is because it was done correctly - Brian Moore
I have a hard time seeing how Grocer is different from cheap, so I'm going to be sticking to pretty much the same words. I got:
LEMON
CHOCOLATE
PORT
Maybe ROSE/FORK
I say PARACHUTE for the last Kevlar word. Maybe FALL for cheap. We definitely need to guess the Kevlar word last given the overlap between our Kevlar words and their Oil words.
Opening spoilers now.
Well we all have these as top 2:
Point to LEMON
Point to CHOCOLATE
Rose seems to be the next consensus word. I think I would guess PARACHUTE for Kevlar but only as the last word. There's still 1 more word out there but not really sure what it could be...
(January 18th, 2020, 11:17)Krill Wrote: Do we have to win this round?
JR4 is either saying we can wrap it up this turn with few problems, or that the reds can easily win in their next turn. It's probably the latter, but we don't know for sure and should assume that yes we have to win and go for it.
I'm thinking PORT -> ROSE -> PARACHUTE personally but am willing to be persuaded. Aside from PARACHUTE last I'm flexible on ordering too.
(January 18th, 2020, 21:53)pjabrony Wrote: I think ROSE is our strongest word:
Point to ROSE
If we're still alive then I say we go for PARACHUTE, and after that give the whole thing some serious thought and discussion.
This is very much what I would do.
That should finish off Kevlar, leaving the question of whether LEMON or ROSE ( ) was Cheap, so is the last word Cheap, Grocer or both? I wasn't sold on PORT as a Grocer word, but then remembered that wine gives extra health with a Grocer in Civ IV. So it's PARACHUTE (HELICOPTER, HOLE are the alternatives), PORT - Grocer (FORK - Grocer, FALL - Cheap are the others I can see) for me ...
It may have looked easy, but that is because it was done correctly - Brian Moore
"Superdeath seems to have acquired a rep for aggression somehow. In this game that's going to help us because he's going to go to the negotiating table with twitchy eyes and slightly too wide a grin and terrify the neighbors into favorable border agreements, one-sided tech deals and staggered NAPs."
-Old Harry. PB48.
) was Cheap, so is the last word Cheap, Grocer or both? I wasn't sold on PORT as a Grocer word, but then remembered that wine gives extra health with a Grocer in Civ IV. So it's PARACHUTE (HELICOPTER, HOLE are the alternatives), PORT - Grocer (FORK - Grocer, FALL - Cheap are the others I can see) for me ...
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