Codenames Reviews

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Codenames, a party game suitable for 2-8 players, will see you working alongside your teammates and nominated spymaster to work out where your fellow agents are in the field, while also making sure to avoid the innocent bystanders and the dangerous assassin! Czech Game Edition's Codenames is a fantastic, easy to play word association game that sees players split into two teams, each team having a nominated spymaster. These spymasters are given a grid that details the exact location of all their agents in the field. It is up to those spymasters to communicate the locations of the agents to their teammates however there is one big catch!The locations are all associated with words and the only way to communicate these is to give one word clues! Once a clue has been given, it's up to the team to work out which words the spymaster is trying to communicate to you. If you select a correct word, then well done, you’ve found a fellow agent! Be careful though, select a wrong word and one of three things can happen! You could have mistaken an innocent bystander for an agent, a rather foolish thing to do! You could have found on of the other team's agents which will simply give them the upper hand! But worst of all, you could find the dangerous assassin. Find him, and it's game over for you my friend! Work together to find all your agents and you will be victorious and successfully complete your mission! This game will have you on the edge of your seat and be careful because when you think you’ve found the word, you may just start second-guessing yourself! Codenames is a great party game and one that has grown in popularity massively! It's an essential game for anyone's collection and one that is sure to be a hit with all! Player Count: 2-8 Time: 15 Minutes Age: 14+
 

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Excellent word association game. Easy to understand and pick up. Replayability factor is there due to the amount of cards included. Expansion packs are also available. All the family enjoyed this one.
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Posted 4 years ago
Fun party game that is easy to explain and pick up. Works best when people start yo get how each others mind's work. Choose a word that will be able to link groups of words that are displayed, to win points for your team. Another game that brings something different to game night or a family party. Great fun.
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Posted 4 years ago
We played this 2v2 in our family (youngest being 10 years old). The rules were easy and it’s a quick play so you can have lots of rematches (it’s quite easy to keep saying “shall we have one more go?”) It is quite hard though to find a link to more than one card but I can only see us getting better at this, the more we play it. Could actually be seen as educational!!
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Posted 4 years ago
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Posted 4 years ago
Super quick and fun game, this is one of your new in between games games.
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Posted 4 years ago
A fun game, easy to pick up the rules and play yet still allows for competitive souls to get their fix! We played with 8 adults and it made a great “after dinner” game which didn’t go on overlong.
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Posted 4 years ago
Codenames is a party game for two teams. Each team will have a clue giver each round who is attempting to communicate words from a grid by one using a one word clue that links as many of the words as possible. The clue givers have a key card that tells them which words in the grid belong to their team, which to the other and which is a word that if suggested will be an instant loss. It’s easy to learn and a laugh to play and with the other versions you can now pick up a pictures version and themed versions too.
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Posted 4 years ago
Code names is a great group game. Simple to learn however lots of fun two team go against each other. Quick set up time with lots of replay ability.
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Posted 4 years ago