August 16th, 2016, 06:33
(This post was last modified: August 16th, 2016, 06:33 by pjabrony.)
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To review: Red team has three words to guess, but has one Fingering word left. So a two-clue could give them the game. We are on an unlimited clue, with two more words to guess
I think that our spymaster gave us an unlimited clue because he sees a path to victory for the other side if they get control of the board. No one here is adamant about passing, so I will guess. L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace. May fortune favor the foolish.
Point to STRING
Point to MERCURY
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String is blue
Mercury is grey
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| MARBLE | PANTS | STRING | DRAGON | PLAY | | MODEL | MERCURY | CAST | PIANO | CONDUCTOR | | MUG | BOND | COPPER | LIGHT | QUEEN | | MASS | CAPITAL | STAFF | BERLIN | FOOT | | TAIL | AUSTRALIA | THUMB | GAS | KID |
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(August 15th, 2016, 22:01)El Grillo Wrote: Mea culpa 
Its fine I should have argued my case more clearly. I think passing is almost always the least optimal option.
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Seems reasonable. I agree that THUMB/PLAY could've been clued more directly, perhaps with Twiddle or Joystick.
Point to BERLIN
Point to GAS
Point to PIANO
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August 16th, 2016, 12:14
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Well played, rho. When I looked at your set of words, I thought they were pretty scattered, but you aptly illustrated the old "slow and steady wins the race" theme.
As for my clues:
Mass as an answer for Commonwealth never even crossed my mind. I thought that was the best possible clue for Queen/Australia/Capital; obviously it didn't work well for the team. By the way, State is a bad clue with Gas on the board.
I knew we were in trouble after the first round, so I tried to sweep up three more words with Thunderbolt. I would have liked Lightning better, but couldn't use it with Light on the board. Conductor/Cast/Staff is not a very cohesive group, but I couldn't come up with anything better. Musical clues for Conductor, String, and Staff were problematic while Play and Piano remained in play.
In a perfect world, I would have used Kite for tail and string, but I thought I needed to steer the team back to Cast (which didn't seem to be clicking, despite being used in a couple discussion posts*). I did think of Mercury, but thought it was only tangentially connected to Thunderbolt.
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(August 12th, 2016, 18:54)David Corperial Wrote: I like CONDUCTOR and LIGHT as well but was looking at STAFF as in a magic spell cast by a staff, but I like going CAPITAL and QUEEN third and fourth. (August 12th, 2016, 19:17)pjabrony Wrote: ... even if we were talking about magical lightning, that's shown just as often being cast by the fingers (Think of the Emperor in Star Wars).
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