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This is a two-player cooperative game. Each player has their own booklet, with one game per printed page. For each game, players have the same list of words, but the colors of the words are different for each player. Choose a starting player at random, then alternate turns giving clues.
Both players begin each turn by ticking a turn marker checkbox; if none remain to tick, the players have run out of time and proceed to Sudden Death (see below).
The clue giver now says exactly one clue word and one number to their partner, who must then guess a single word that they think is GREEN. Clue words cannot be in the word list in any form and must relate to the meanings of the words. The clue giver may spell the word.
The guesser then chooses a word and says it out loud. The clue giver reports the color of the guessed word on their sheet and tells the guesser the result:
At the end of a turn the partners alternate roles and begin a new turn (if all of a player's green words have been found, they announce this and no longer take turns giving clues).
Sudden Death: If players run out of turns they enter sudden death mode. No more clues can be given nor strategy discussed. Players make guesses in any order, one at a time, in an effort to find all words. Any mistake ends the game with a loss.
Remember: Clue givers can't give any indication about whether a correct guess was the word they were thinking of for their clue, and must refrain from any comments or reactions that could assist the guesser. Just because a word is black on your sheet doesn't mean you shouldn't guess it, it might be a green word on your partner's sheet.
Credits: Based on Codenames Duet by Vlaada Chvatil and Scot Eaton from Czech Games Edition. Play by paper version coded by www.donationcoder.com.