Codenames is a guess-word game what is extremelysuitable for party and almost applies for any condition. It is convenient tocarry, but also the rule is easy. In addition, it is guess-word mechanism thatmakes it common for replay and playability.
Relying on those advantages, it’s famous to thewhole world and its sale exceeded one million sets in short term. Also, it wonthe awards of 2016 Spiel des Jahres Winner，2015Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Winner and 2015 Golden Geek Best Family BoardGame Winner and other awards’ dominate. Now, it ranks BGG’s overall 19.
Codenames is based on the background of spy agents.During the game, all players will divide into two teams keep balance on numbersand ability. Then, each team elects one captain as their spy chief. Regardingthe setting, you should spread out cards by five-and-five grid. Note: each cardrepresents a vocabulary corresponding to its personalIdentity. The captain need provide a clue to his (or her) teammate for guessingwhich card is corresponding to correct identity. Whatever, you will resolve theresult. In one word, it is the whole game’s key which team can guess theirvocabularies firstly and correctly, that’s to say, which team has the most richdivergent ideas.
