(credit: Czech Games Edition)
Your team stares at you, looking for guidance.
On the table before them is a 5×5 grid of cards, and each card holds a single word. Their mission is to select only those words that belong to your team; choosing a word that belongs to the opposing team could give away points, while accidentally selecting the hidden assassin immediately ends the match. The only clue as to which cards are safe to select comes from you, the team’s spymaster, and it can only be a single word—followed by the number of cards to which it applies.
Codenames
Price
$20 (when in stock)
Author
Vlaada Chvátil
Publisher
Czech Games Editionp
Players
2-8+
Age
14+
Time
15 min
BGG rank
#1 party game
It sounds simple enough when you first look out over the board. According to the secret diagram viewable only by the two spymasters, you must get your team to select the words “star” and “fire.” You rack your brain for a single word that will suggest these other two words and eventually decide on “gas.” What are stars but burning balls of gas? And gas burns in the controlled fires we set every day on our stove tops. A perfect clue!
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