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: 01 / 05
Word: xx / 05
Object: 01 / 05



Your list

1- Garden
2- War
3- Book
4- Day
5- Classic
6- Flower
7- Lady - Neutral
8- Women
9- Duty
10- Crime
11- Light
12- Water - Object
13- Travel
14- House - Word
15- Place
16- Murder
17- Sun - Neutral
18- Star
19- Growth - Connection
20- Train - Connection
21- Love
22- Bridge
23- Night
24- Investigation
25- Weapon


Wildcards unlocked
1. Skip a penalty completely
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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

Points: 7

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First 3 cluemaster clues are:
a. Queen
b. Progress
c. Blue

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. Queen - Lady
b. Progress - Growth
c. Blue - Water

Congrats! You revealed 2 correct words!

7. Lady - Neutral
Read a book that meets general guidelines

19. Growth - Connection
Read a book that you can connect to growth in any manner

12. Water - Object
Read a book with water on cover
Congrats you revealed a wild card - Skip a penalty completely
You can use your wild card at any point in the game

You can read them in any manner. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!

7. Lady - Neutral
Read a book that meets general guidelines
Book: Yours Truly
Author: Abby Jimenez
Date completed: Feb. 3
How it fits: It is a book with more than 150 pages.

19. Growth - Connection
Read a book that you can connect to growth in any manner
Book: Funny Story
Author: Emily Henry
Date completed: Feb. 6
How it fits: The main character Daphne exhibits personal growth by learning to be her own person and not have her life and happiness be solely focused on the person she's in a relationship with.

12. Water - Object
Read a book with water on cover
Book: Piranesi
Author: Susanna Clarke
Date completed: Feb. 7
How it fits: It has water on the cover, at the bottom of the plinth.

a. Building
b. Sky
c. Track

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. Building - House
b. Sky - Sun
c. Track - Train

Congrats! You revealed 2 correct words!

House - Word
Read a book with house in title

Sun - Neutral
Read a book that meets general guidelines

Train - Connection
Read a book that you can connect to train in any manner

You can read them in any manner. Cluemaster will be back with 3 more clues after you complete these tasks!

Sun - Neutral
Read a book that meets general guidelines
Book: Educated
Author: Tara Westover
Date completed: Feb. 11
How it fits: It is a book with more than 150 pages.

House - Word
Read a book with house in title
Book: The Haunting of Hill House
Author: Shirley Jackson
Date completed: Feb. 13
How it fits: The word house is in the title.