Pictionary

Pictionary ( , , ) is a charades-inspired word-guessing game invented by Robert Angel with graphic design by Gary Everson and first published in 1985¹ by Angel Games Inc. Angel Games licensed Pictionary to Western Publishing. Hasbro purchased the rights in 1994 after acquiring the games business of Western Publishing. The game is played in teams with players trying to identify specific words from their teammates. Its name is a portmanteau of "picture" and "dictionary".

Pictionary ( , , ) is a charades-inspired word-guessing game invented by Robert Angel with graphic design by Gary Everson and first published in 1985 by Angel Games Inc. Angel Games licensed Pictionary to Western Publishing. Hasbro purchased the rights in 1994 after acquiring the games business of Western Publishing. The game is played in teams with players trying to identify specific words from their teammates. Its name is a portmanteau of "picture" and "dictionary". ==Objective== Each team moves a piece on a game board consisting of a sequence of squares. Each square has a letter or shape indicating the type of picture to be drawn. To advance to a new square, a player must guess the word or phrase being drawn by their partner. If a player lands on an "all play" square, one player from each team attempts to illustrate the same concept simultaneously, with both teams racing to guess first. The first team to land on the last square and guess correctly wins. ==Gameplay== Teams must first be formed; between two and four teams can be formed, with no limits on the number of player per team. Once formed, the teams must choose a colored playing piece. An odd amount of players may play; in which case one person always draws for both teams. Each team rolls the die, and the team with the highest roll plays first. The team chooses one person to begin drawing ("the picturist"); this position rotates with each word. The drawer chooses a card out of a deck of special Pictionary cards, examine it for up to five seconds and tries to draw pictures which suggest the word printed on the card. The pictures cannot contain any numbers or letters, nor can the drawers use spoken clues about the subjects they are drawing. One may not point or gesture to an object. The teammates try to guess the word the drawing is intended to represent. A one-minute timer, usually a sand timer, is used to compel players to rapidly complete their drawing and guessing. If the sand timer expires before the team guesses the word, the team does not advance and the turn passes to the team on the left. If the team successfully guesses the word, they roll the dice, advance and pick a new card. To win, a team must reach the Finish square on the gameboard and correctly guess the word in the ensuing round. There are five types of squares on the board, and each Pictionary card has a list of five words printed on it. Players must then draw the word which corresponds to the square their playing piece landed on: ==Television series== In 2022, an American television debuted a game show based on the game, entitled simply Pictionary hosted by Jerry O'Connell. In 2024, a British version of the show, hosted by Mel Giedroyc, launched on ITV1. Previously, the television adaptations of Pictionary were presided over by Brian Robbins and Alan Thicke. ==Reception== Games included Pictionary in its top 100 games of 1986, saying, "The frequent All Play rounds, in which all teams try to identify the same word, are especially exciting. Artistic talent is not a requirement; ingeniously simple drawings almost always win. The 2,500 color-coded words provide real tests of imagination." ==Reviews== #53 Family Games: The 100 Best ==See also== Befudiom, a game in which players guess idioms that are acted, shouted, drawn, or spelled out Charades, a game that inspired Pictionary, in which players act out words or phrases Draw Something, an asynchronous mobile game with a similar concept Fast Draw, a 1968 game show with a similar concept to Win, Lose or Draw and Pictionary iconary, a Pictionary-like online game where players partner with an AI player iSketch, a Pictionary-like online game Pictionary (1989 game show), Pictionary (1997 game show), and Pictionary (2022 game show), television shows that were based on Pictionary Pictionary (video game), a video game based on Pictionary released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990¹ Win, Lose or Draw, a game show with a similar concept to Pictionary ==References== ==External links==

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