The game is simple... everyone chooses a card with various words/phrases on it (like Pictionary) and then someone rolls the die. Whatever number it lands on is your "secret word." You write it down on your pad (they are dry-erase pads with pens, which is so much better than paper!) and then draw it on the next page. There is a timer, so you have to draw quickly! Once the timer runs out (or everyone is finished drawing), everyone passes their pad to the next person. They look at the picture, then flip the page and write what they think the picture is. Then you keep passing the pads around, each time either writing, or drawing... until the end, when we all reveal what the original word was. It is so funny to see how a word like "Nachos" can become "Passover Seder", just like the old "Telephone" game!
The Telestrations Party Pack can have up to 12 players. But even though several people couldn't make it, and we only had 4 players, it was still fun! You'd be surprised how mixed up the words can get, even in a short "chain"... it is definitely a game we will be coming back to, again and again.
Pros of this game:
Anyone can play... kids and adults alike; no strategy or deep thinking involved
No small pieces... easy to play even with lots of little kids running around
Gets you laughing... perfect "get to know you" game for a group
You can keep score... but you don't have to. The fun is just being silly together
