Codenames is a recent smash hit party game.  Two teams, red and blue, compete against each other to find the most words of their color out of a grid of 25 words, based on clues given to them by their team leader.

 

The grid has 25 words; for example:
 

Card    Odor    Shirt   Burp    Mist
Tie     Wings   Lip     Rake    Napkin
Axe     Seed    Slipper Game    Island
Crowd   Shake   Booger  Butter  Love
Bed     Wall    House   Bucket  Fur

There are four types of words, which are known to the team leaders but not the guessers.  Some of the words in the grid are "red"; the red team leader wants to give clues to their team so that they can guess all of the red words. The same applies for the blue team and blue words. Some of the words are "neutral", and one of them is the "assassin"; if guessed, the team automatically loses.

For example, suppose the red team leader gave the clue, "Rummy 2" (one-word clue, which can't be on the board, and one number, which is the number of words associated with the clue).  The red team's guessers would look through the board and try to find 2 words associated with "Rummy".  For example, they could pick "Card" and "Game".  When the guessers pick a card, the type of the word gets revealed.  If a team guesses correctly (the word is in the team's color), they get to guess again; otherwise, play passes to the next team.  After a team is finished guessing, the opposing team can give a clue.

 

Anyone want to start a forum game of Codenames?  We'd need at least 4 people (two team leaders and two guessers), but the more the better!

I'll play again

I'll play again, I wouldn't mind taking a shot at being a team leader. I know what you mean sffc, it looks difficult to lead, but also kinda fun.

I'm in, and I would like to try out being the other team lead. Did you get the board from a website that randomly generates them?

Congrats to the winners. 

 

I'll have another go. 

Sounds good: Chaplain and Sqrdsqr can be the team leaders.

 

I used http://ninjabunny.github.io/KodeNames/ to generate the board. I had a PM chat with D34THBR1NG3R where I shared the solution key and discussed clues and stuff.

 

So yeah, post the board and your first clue when ready

We also need teams