Codenames 8

[DaveV]

BELL	INDIA	CONCERT	DRAGON	PASS
WASHINGTON	AMERICA	LINK	FIRE	BOND
ROBIN	DRESS	GREECE	ROME	DEGREE
LAP	BELT	SHOT	SHOP	CHURCH
HOOK	HAND	DRAFT	NAIL	HORSE

Bouncer 3

I'm missing something again. All I can think of is the burly guy who:

1. Keeps your out of a bar or CONCERT.
2. Unless you have a PASS.
3. Which you HAND to him. A hand also bounces a ball.

[Lewwyn]

concert is easy. After that it gets tough.
I like hook because when someone is bad on stage they give them he hook and pull them off, that is also a bouncers job.
Hand makes sense because a bouncer has to throw you out.
If you pass out a bouncer takes you out.

I like concert and hook best. I am iffy in hand and pass


Dave I like your pass reasoning too. I'd elevate pass into my top three over hand. Hand is too general in this case

[sunrise089]

Concert
Lap - bounce on your knee, like a little kid (or lap dance, like at a strip club)
Shot - the alcohol kind, like at a bar

[DaveV]

I don't like HOOK together with CONCERT. I think of a concert as a paid engagement, where the performer is unlikely to be pulled offstage. That's more for open mic nights and talent shows.

I also think the SHOT connection is pretty tenuous, if Sunrise is going Bouncer->Bar->Shot. If there's something bouncy about shots (Jello shots just occurred to me), then maybe. LAP is also kind of a reach: as you said yourself, you bounce a kid on your knee, not your lap.

I'm losing enthusiasm for HAND. So my list at this point is Concert, Pass, ????.

Meta analysis: if we can get three, we win. The red team needs three to win on their turn. Do we guess until we miss, or pass and count on the other team failing to close out the game?

[sunrise089]

Dave, doesn't Usher clue Concert and Pass (and Hand too) much more directly than Bouncer? My sense is Bouncer is adding bouncing as in moving up and down and/or clueing a bouncer-specific location.

[DaveV]

Spoiled to avoid influencing Bob:

No, I'd look for Ticket instead of Pass for Usher, and don't really see Hand. An usher will use his flashlight to examine your ticket, and conduct you to your seat without collecting said ticket.

A bouncer has one of two functions at a concert: keep the crowd from rushing the stage, or keep people from accessing the backstage area. In the latter case, a backstage pass will get you past the bouncer.

I agree that bouncer as "one who bounces" should be considered, which was one of my reasons for suggesting Hand.

Added in edit: my big fear here is that there's some British meaning that's obvious to Twinkletoes but not to me.

[sunrise089]

Ok, I didn't realize you weren't using Pass and ticket as synonyms here. I'm not sure how common "backstage pass" is or if that term is used in the UK, but I concede it ties to Bouncer better than Usher

[Bobchillingworth]

Unspoiled impressions-


Concert and Pass seem clear.


Besides that, I'm not sure. This is our last word, right? I considered Hand, but I think that might actually be a red word which they managed to not guess twice.


Bouncers sometimes get Shot, or they might shoot you, if it's a rough enough joint.

Bouncers might hit you with a nasty right Hook. Or Belt you.


I guess one of those three words. Slight preference toward Belt.

[Bobchillingworth]

Okay, read your all's posts.


Case for Hand as a red word: if we're going with the bouncer at a club theme here, the bouncer is who you'd hand your concert pass to. Pretty straightforward. And if you act up, they'll manhandle you with their hands.


Case for Hand as a blue word: this may only make sense in my fevered imagination, but I think this was actually supposed to have been one of the Paladin words; D&D paladins (and many derivative depictions) are famed for their ability to "lay on hands" to heal their allies; mechanically, being tough warriors who can also heal in combat is like their whole niche. I think Horse was a lucky accident for them. Plus for the second clue Hand would have worked as in "handbill".

[DaveV]

I'm leaning toward Shot as third on my list. In addition to Bob's "shot with a gun", there's Sunrise's "shot of alcohol".