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Our favority party game and a hit on game nights
This is by far the most popular party game when we have a game night. We have the 8 player version, but so many people enjoy playing it, we decided to get the 12 player version. The premise is that you have a word that you have to draw in a book, you then pass the book to the player next to you. He or she then writes down what they think the word is based on your drawing, and then passes the book to the next player. That player looks at the word that was just written and then draws it, passes, and so on.
For example, let's say your word was "ocean." So you draw a body of water with fish in it and then pass the book. That person looks at just the picture and then tries to guess what word you were drawing. They think the word must have been fish so they write "fish" in the book and then passes the book. The next person sees the word "fish" and draws a fish, and passes the book. They next person looks at the fish, but thinks it looks like a shark so he thinks the word must have been shark and then writes "shark" and passes. Etc..etc..
Basically, it is a "telephone" version of Pictionary. The hilarity comes at the end when everyone has passed all of the books around. The goal is that the original word that a player started with is the last word in the book, but this is rarely the case. Instead, what happens is that you go through the book and look at the words/pictures and laugh when someone couldn't figure out a word or how terrible a drawing is. Because you're under a time crunch, some pictures get very funny.
I think you'd have a great time with this party game. It comes with 12 books, dry erase markers, erase pads, word cards, and a timer.
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June 2016 · Toys and Games · verified purchase