Codenames 41

[JR4]

We're still good. Are you all happy about going PALM next before deciding on MODEL or BOLT?

[DaveV]

PALM is red

Red team is up!

[JR4]

Ouch. I lean MODEL for our +1 as it's most straightforward but Shallow_thought made a good case for BOLT too.

[Bobchillingworth]

CASINO	PALM	AMBULANCE	LINK	BOLT
FIELD	WAR	ALPS	SWING	CZECH
CLOAK	MODEL	DISEASE	POUND	CAST
GHOST	TAG	LEPRECHAUN	DANCE	CENTER
NOTE	WELL	ALIEN	STOCK	GREEN

Deception (4)

[Charriu]

I think we are all familiar with the term CLOAK & Dagger. That should count for deception.

A lot of deception is at work in CASINOs.

Deception is also important in WAR, right?

Lastly does deception also count for the STOCK market?

[Tarkeel]

CASINOs feature a lot of games that involve deception.
Deception is an important feature of WAR.
CLOAK and dagger is a term for deception operations.

I'd pick DISEASE for our +1.

After spoilers: STOCK could be the fourth word in the clue.

[Azoth]

We have 5 of 8 words left to guess. 4 Deception words and our +1.
Assuming that PALM was a Beat word:

This suggests that there are:
2 words that are "pure" Deception (because there were only 6 Beat words)
2 words that link to both Deception and Beat
1 word that is "pure" Beat (the +1)

"Pure" Deception
CLOAK and dagger
LEPRECHAUN as a trickster

Deception and Beat
You beat your opponent in WAR by deception.
You beat your oppenent in the CASINO by deception.

"Pure" Beat
Beat the DISEASE

So that's my read: CLOAK -> WAR -> CASINO -> LEPRECHAUN -> DISEASE


After reading spoilers:
STOCK has a weak link to both Deception (insider trading) and Beat. But WAR and CASINO are stronger, I think.
And Bob can't intend for us to guess all of WAR/CASINO/DISEASE/STOCK, because that could have been clued more precisely.
i.e. Coat unlimited would have told us that we needed only 1 new word (CLOAK) because all our previous guesses were correct.
So there must be two words that are not covered by Beat.

[Tarkeel]

I can't believe I missed LEPRECHAUN, agree that it and CLOAK are likely to be the two pure deception words. All in all, I think Azoth's reading is spot on, and am happy to follow that reasoning.

[Charriu]

Agree with Tarkeel and Azoth. Would have switched the position of WAR and CASINO, but in the end it doesn't matter much.

[Amicalola]

To be honest I pretty much also agree with Azoth's reasoning. I missed leprechaun too but it's a good catch. Maybe prefer STOCK to DISEASE, but not strongly. I'm about to head to bed, but will start us off. 

Point to CLOAK
Point to WAR
Point to CASINO