Bookish Challenges discussion

Codenames



Rules

Welcome to the Bookish Codenames Challenge! This game will test your bookish instincts and reward you with exciting reading tasks. Here's how to play:

Objective

Your goal is to complete as many tasks as possible, earn points, and avoid penalties. The game ends when all connection tasks, word in title and word in cover are revealed.

Setup

The List: The game features a list of 25 words (everyone will receive a different set). Each word is secretly assigned a category:

Connection Tasks (5 words): Choosing these will mean you would need to read any book that somehow connects to that word

Cover Tasks (5 words): Choosing these will mean you need to read to have that particular object on cover

Word in Title Tasks (5 words): Choosing these will mean you need to read to have that particular word in the title

Neutral Words (5 words): These have no effect—just your lucky break! You need to read any book that meets general guidelines

Penalty Words (5 words): Landing on these triggers a penalty. You need to either give 2 points or complete one of the penalty tasks

Clue master will provide clues to guide you through the list (Be aware and make the correct choice as sometimes clues can make you tempted on penalty words).

How to Play

Clues and Turns:

The clue master will give you a one-word hint (e.g., Magic). The clue master's objective is to hint toward words which are related to connection tasks, cover tasks, or words in title tasks (avoiding the neutral and penalty). The hint relates to one or more words in the list.

Based on the clue, you pick a word from the list that you think matches.

Revealing Words:

If the word is a Connection Task / Cover / Word in title , you will complete the challenge.

If the word is Neutral, nothing happens, just read any book that meets general guidelines and you move to the next turn.

If the word is a Penalty, you must complete a small penalty task.

Scoring

Connection Tasks: 2 points each

Cover Tasks: 4 points each

Word in Title Tasks: 3 points each

Neutral Tasks: 1 point each

Penalties: -2 points or complete one of the penalty tasks from below

Wild Words: 4 randomly assigned words may have special powers:
1- Swap a task for another eg: if you have "home" as cover - you can switch it to word in title / ask for challenge / change to neutral - you will get points based on the task you change it to
2- Skip a task completely
3- Skip a penalty completely
4- Substitute that word with any other word and complete that challenge accordingly eg: if you "home" as cover but you are reading a book with "girl' on cover you can change the word home to girl and complete that challenge

Skips

1 free skip is available, then 4 points per skip

Progress
Connection: xx / 05
Word: xx / 05
Object: xx / 05



Your list
1- Affair - Connection
2- Horse
3- Apple
4- Ruin
5- Devil
6- Mountain
7- Phone
8- Hotel
9- Hot
10- Song
11- Magic
12- Star
13- Tide
14- Locket
15- Husbands
16- Swimming pool - Object
17- Marriage
18- Circle
19- Bookshop
20- Teacher
21- Sisters - Word
22- Fantasy
23- Kiss
24- Shades
25- Beautiful


Wildcards unlocked
1. Substitute that word with any other word
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Penalty Tasks

1- Read a book that you own
2- Read a book with author initials in "PENALTY"
3- Read from a series that you have already started
4- Read a book published before 2015
5- Read a book with any 3 letters of PENALTY in title

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First 3 cluemaster clues are:
a. Lovers
b. Family
c. Chlorine

These 3 clues relate to 3 different words. You now guess 3 words from the above list which you think fits the clues and I will reveal what they relate to. You can complete the first 3 tasks in any order

a - 1
b - 21
c - 16

Congrats! You revealed 3 correct words!

1. Affair - Connection
Read a book that you can connect to affair in any manner

21. Sisters - Word
Read a book with "Sisters" / "Sister" in title
Congrats you revealed 1 wild card - Substitute that word with any other word
You can use your wild card at any point in the game

16. Swimming Pool - Object
Read a book with swimming pool on cover

You can read them in any manner. Only books completed after 01 February 2024 will be accepted. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!

Book/Author: Crystal Iris by Blair M. Shadows
Date Read: February 10
Task: 1. Affair - Connection
Read a book that you can connect to affair in any manner
How it fits: FMC's fiancé suspects her to have an affair with the MMC

Book/Author: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Date Read: February 10
Task: 21. Sisters - Word
Read a book with "Sisters" / "Sister" in title
How it fits: Using my wild card to replace sisters with girls