Codenames 29

[pindicator]

Here is the board for Round 1

LAWYER	MISSILE	GRASS	BOX	FOREST
NEW YORK	DOG	HELICOPTER	CAP	SPIDER
PIT	BLOCK	ROUND	WHIP	CROWN
FALL	PLASTIC	JAM	CROSS	HOOK
MAPLE	BUG	BAT	TORCH	PASTE

PM has been sent to the spymasters and red is up first.

Have fun!

[JR4]

Just waiting on JR4 to weigh in, then i can send the pm.

I forgot to post here yesterday as I just assumed that you were taking the first round. Lead us to victory.

[superdeath]

terrorist 4

[DaveV]

NEW YORK, because we chauvinistic Americans think that's the only place terrorists have ever struck
PLASTIC explosives are often used by terrorists
Blasting CAPs are used in bombs
Guantanamo terrorists had LAWYERs
There was a big PIT left over after 9/11
A MISSILE is a little high tech for a terrorist, but maybe?
The unabomber hid his bombs in BOXes
A terrorist might be caught by BUGging his communications

Apparently superdeath learned nothing from my disastrous opening 4-clue last game. I'd say NEW YORK and PLASTIC are pretty sure things, we just have to guess what he had in mind for the other two.

[Azoth]

NEW YORK for 9/11
Some terrorists have taken down aircraft with portable MISSILEs?
MISSILEs and HELICOPTERs are also used in counter-terrorism.
And now I'm reaching: terrorists TORCH villages?


After reading spoilers:
I see I wasn't nearly as creative as Dave.
In my head, this clue was military words plus NEW YORK, which is one interpretation.
Would you really see NEW YORK/PLASTIC/CAP/BUG and think Terrorist? Maybe.

I'd start with NEW YORK and MISSILE, and then pick between PLASTIC/CAP/BUG.
LAWYER and BOX are too generic, I think. Not sure about PIT.

[JR4]

Okay, let`s see. NEW YORK is surely right. PLASTIC is my second guess as it can be used to make bombs.

MISSILE AND HELICOPTER both make some sense but I`m a bit hesitant to go with either of those over PLASTIC.

How about JAM as in jamming the radio network? I`m having a hard time deciding between CAP, BOX and BUG too. Um, I`m really unsure about what to do next..

Point to New York

[DaveV]

As Azoth pointed out, MISSILEs fired by remotely piloted drones are the main weapon used against terrorists (and collateral damage, but that's for the political threads)

I'd be on board with going MISSILE before PLASTIC, but I like those two for our next guesses.

[JR4]

I think we have enough support for both MISSILE and PLASTIC (in that order).

Point to Missile
Point to Plastic

[superdeath]

NEW YORK
MISSLE
PLASTIC

are RED

[Azoth]

Hey, that's not bad.

PLASTIC being Red makes me more confident in blasting CAP, since superdeath must have been thinking of bombs. (This is the person who interpreted BAR as some kind of rifle, on another board, so I doubt he overlooked the connection.) And blasting CAPs would be something a terrorist would use, as opposed to electronic BUGs and JAMming, which are more associated with the "good guys"? On that (rather thin) basis, I lean CAP, but it is a stab in the dark, so I could be convinced to pass.