Revisions to What are these chatrooms with names like 'Codenames', 'Contact', and 'Spyfall'? What are they for?

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They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.
There's been a generallySome users have adopted a "waving" convention for waving in the rooms to signal readiness to play. Sending O/ (capital O) means that you areyou're able to play and canwilling to take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ (zero) means that you are able tocould do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ (lowercase o) means that you are able tocan play as a normal player but not take on, e.g., defending the "leader" role.
It's generally recommendedYou can always ask if anyone's up for a game, but it's best not to start pingingpinging people to come and play unless you have three or more people around and ready to play (or one below the minimum) people around and ready to play.

They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.
There's been a generally adopted convention for waving in the rooms. Sending O/ (capital O) means that you are able to play and can take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ (zero) means that you are able to do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ (lowercase o) means that you are able to play as a normal player but not take on, e.g., defending.
It's generally recommended not to start pinging people to come play unless you have three or more people around and ready to play (or one below the minimum).

They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.
Some users have adopted a "waving" convention in the rooms to signal readiness to play. Sending O/ (capital O) means you're able to play and willing to take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ (zero) means you could do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ (lowercase o) means you can play as a normal player but not take on the "leader" role.
You can always ask if anyone's up for a game, but it's best not to start pinging people to come and play unless you have three or more (or one below the minimum) people around and ready to play.

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They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.
There's been a generally adopted convention for waving in the rooms. Sending O/ (capital O) means that you are able to play and can take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ (zero) means that you are able to do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ (lowercase o) means that you are able to play as a normal player but not take on, e.g., defending.
It's generally recommended not to start pinging people to come play unless you have three or more people around and ready to play (or one below the minimum).

They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.
There's been a generally adopted convention for waving in the rooms. Sending O/ means that you are able to play and can take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ means that you are able to do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ means that you are able to play as a normal player but not take on, e.g., defending.
It's generally recommended not to start pinging people to come play unless you have three or more people around and ready to play (or one below the minimum).

They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.
There's been a generally adopted convention for waving in the rooms. Sending O/ (capital O) means that you are able to play and can take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ (zero) means that you are able to do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ (lowercase o) means that you are able to play as a normal player but not take on, e.g., defending.
It's generally recommended not to start pinging people to come play unless you have three or more people around and ready to play (or one below the minimum).

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They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.

There's been a generally adopted convention for waving in the rooms. Sending O/ means that you are able to play and can take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ means that you are able to do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ means that you are able to play as a normal player but not take on, e.g., defending.

It's generally recommended not to start pinging people to come play unless you have three or more people around and ready to play (or one below the minimum).

They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

They're for playing puzzley games in real time.

Each of them has a pinned message to explain the rules of the game. Anyone is welcome to take part, and the room owners tend to be people who are particularly active players of the game (or, sometimes, bots whose automatic pinning powers are necessary for playing the game).

Contact

Codenames

Spyfall

Zendo

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

Strupremum

Direct link to chatroom
Summarised rules in a pinned message
Detailed rules here on this meta thread - NEEDS MAKING!

General notes

External research is not allowed in any of the games. This includes, for instance, if you are the defender in Contact or the SpyMaster in Codenames. No Googling, Wikipedia, etc.

There's been a generally adopted convention for waving in the rooms. Sending O/ means that you are able to play and can take the "leader" role in the game - such as defending in Contact, SpyMaster in Codenames, etc. 0/ means that you are able to do the same as O/ but would prefer to be a normal player. o/ means that you are able to play as a normal player but not take on, e.g., defending.

It's generally recommended not to start pinging people to come play unless you have three or more people around and ready to play (or one below the minimum).