Codenames: Pictures
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Can a clue's number carry extra information, such as encoding the card layout?
The rulebook's Valid Clues section rules this out, and forum replies agree.
- Codenames: Pictures rulebook · Rulebook · Valid Clues
- JonBob · Community · 2021-02-16
- grant5 · Community · 2021-02-16
- russ · Community · 2021-02-16
- revtiedye · Community · 2021-06-24
No. The number must be only how many pictures the clue connects. The clue also has to be about the pictures themselves, not the layout or patterns the cards make on the table, so encoding the grid in the number breaks both rules.