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Codenames

A team word game built around the connections people make. One player sees a secret key and offers clues; everyone else has to turn those clues into the right guesses.

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How to play

  1. Lay out the word grid. Spymasters use a secret key showing their team’s agents and the assassin.
  2. A spymaster gives one word and a number to connect some of their team’s words.
  3. Teammates point to guesses one at a time; an incorrect choice ends their turn.
  4. Identify all your agents first to win. Revealing the assassin immediately loses the game.

This is a short introduction. We can explain the basic flow when you arrive.

Publisher’s rules & game information

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Codenames afternoon

Saturday · 1pm–2.30pm

Meet over a team word game and explore how different people read the same clue.

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