For the second month in a row, Andrew is our puzzle winner. Good job! Most of the answers were figured out by at least one person. Castaway was a nice alternative answer to 15…which was better than the attempted James Bond character answer for 12. Ahem.
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The next play-by-email word game will be Codenames. I’ve never played it but it sounds interesting. You can learn about it here. Basically, there is a group of 25 words which are the codenames of spies. Some belong to blue team, some belong to red team, and there is also an assassin and innocents in the mix.
Each team has a spymaster who knows which words belong to spies on their team. It is their job to give one word clues to get their teammate to correctly find one ore more of their team’s spies. The team who finds all their spies first wins. Incorrect guesses will help your opponent. Guessing the assassin will end your game.
Hoping for 12-16 players, but can probably accommodate any even number. Whether we play this round-robin, Swiss system, etc will depend on the number of signups.
Sign up by responding in the comments. You can choose your partner or let it be decided randomly.
Tags: Codenames, codenames_01
Tags: Name That Tune, name_that_tune_01
This one may not be as hard, or at the least adds some variety to the puzzles. There is a kids version with similar type puzzles as well.
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Answers for the monthly puzzle for both adult and kids puzzles inside.
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o·ver·kill
/ˈōvərˌkil/
2. the amount by which destruction or the capacity for destruction exceeds what is necessary.
Even if the town had had the time and stomach for it, they likely wouldn’t have been able to put this puzzle together. The bloody pieces were strewn across the town square. It was only once everyone had gathered and they noted her absence that they knew who the pieces belonged to.
Day ends at 9:30 p.m. CST
5 votes needed for a majority
Special Poster: Annette (1 post of 100 words or less)
1 post of 10 words or less for everyone else
Colin Wolfson: Mason 2, no trial, some errorNibbish: Nosy Neighbor, forgot to mind his own businessChris: Wolf Cub, too young to handle the club scene8BSEMT8: Delinquent, his life was never taken seriouslyjoepunman: Wolf Charmer, choked on his unLucky CharmsMelissa D: Journalist, finally made the 10 o’clock news
The Recluses
Annette Baron, married villager
Beau
Bret Highum
Daneekas Ghost, married villager
DarkHorseAsh
Jonathon Pope
Matt Novak
TDO
todashy
Tags: Reclusion
Tags: Name That Tune, name_that_tune_01
It was no surprise Daneekas Ghost was having trouble sleeping tonight. After a five hour rotation of turning off the light, turning on the light to read for awhile, he finally gave up two books into it.
He started a pot of coffee then opened up his closet and retrieved his suit so he could iron it one last time. He grabbed a lint roller that was down to a scant few sheets and eyed his suit for any stragglers but he could fine none. Today was his day, and he was going to marry Annette in this suit.
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Starting singups for the next game after werewolf. It’s a new play by email game I came up with (maybe it exists already, I don’t know). Think of it as musical chairs crossed with Scattergories…kind of.
Each day you will be given a category. You provide an answer that fits that category. However, you do not want your answer to match anyone else’s answer. Everyone who provided the most popular answer will receive a strike. Three strikes and you are out.
The game will continue until there is only one person left. As the number of participants decrease, the broadness of the categories will decrease to match.
Sign up in the comments below or email me if you want to play.
Final Standings
| Place | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Beau |
| 2 | Kari B |
| 3 | Prestidigititis |
| 3 | The Dread Pirate |
| 5 | mbnovak |
| 6 | Aaron |
| 6 | Hungry Joe |
| 8 | Annette Baron |
| 9 | freealonzo |
| 10 | Viola Bee |
| 11 | DarkHorseAsh |
| 11 | Rhubarb_Runner |
| 13 | Randy |
| 13 | ZG |
| 15 | Christina |
| 15 | Heather |
| 15 | todahshy |
| 18 | 8BSEMT8 |
| 18 | TDO |
| 20 | joepunman |
| 21 | daneekasghost |
| 21 | eschapp |
| 21 | spookymilk |
| 24 | Peggy |
| 25 | Alyson |
| 26 | Jonathon Pope |
| 27 | Chris |
| 27 | Melissa D |
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