{"id":2309,"date":"2025-06-09T00:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T00:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2025-06-09T00:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T00:12:59","slug":"codenames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/mediabox\/codenames\/","title":{"rendered":"Codenames"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Name<\/td>Codenames<\/td><\/tr>
Players<\/td>2-8<\/td><\/tr>
Type<\/td>Word<\/td><\/tr>
Style<\/td>Action<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Complexity<\/td>Average<\/td><\/tr>
RNG to Strategy Ratio<\/td>30%\/70%<\/td><\/tr>
Rating<\/td>\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50<\/td><\/tr>
Rules<\/td>Catan<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Links<\/td>Board Game Geek<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Two rival spymasters know the secret identities of 25 agents. Their teammates know the agents only by their codenames \u2014 single-word labels like “disease”, “Germany”, and “carrot”. Yes, carrot. It’s a legitimate codename. Each spymaster wants their team to identify their agents first\u2026without uncovering the assassin by mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Codenames, two teams compete to see who can make contact with all of their agents first. Lay out 25 cards, each bearing a single word. The spymasters look at a card showing the identity of each card, then take turns clueing their teammates. A clue consists of a single word and a number, with the number suggesting how many cards in play have some association to the given clue word. The teammates then identify one agent they think is on their team; if they’re correct, they can keep guessing up to one more than the stated number of times; if the agent belongs to the opposing team or is an innocent bystander, the team’s turn ends; and if they fingered the assassin, they lose the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spymasters continue giving clues until one team has identified all of their agents or the assassin has removed one team from play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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