Pictionary & Pictionary Jr!
Pictionary is the classic party game that plays like charades, only on paper. Instead of acting, you sketch clues to your teammates. But you don’t have to be an artist to play. All that’s needed is a little imagination and a fast pencil. This updated version contains the best words from previous Pictionary editions plus over 1,000 fun new words and expressions! For 3 or more players. Game includes: game board, die, timer, 324 cards (3,200 words), 4 pencils, 4 playing pieces, 4 pads of paper, card tray and instructions. Color of parts may vary.
* Playing Pictionary may remind you of Charades, but by drawing on paper instead of acting out the answers!
* 2,800 Secret words plus a 20-card anniversary pack add to this game’s whole new look!
* Roll the Challenge Die and you’ll have to draw with your eyes closed, with your “off” hand, using just one line and more!
* Includes gameboard, one minute hour-glass timer, 324 cards, four movers, four pencils, four pads, a card holder and standard and challenge die
* For 3 or more players
We played this and had tons of fun (we= an ENT resident, a law school student, one 8 year old, and some college students). Goes to show anyone can play. I say even if you’re not in the mood, or you think people will find it lame, the chances are folks will get into it. One person’s whole-hearted rendition of the USA looked like an elephant, and that cracked people up for the rest of the game. Tons of funny stuff came up. When rushed even the super artists begin to produce weird funny looking pictures 
One girl was laughing so hard at this other guy’s drawings that she literally had tears coming out of her eyes.
Highly recommend having around.
The rules are confusing at first especially with the “all play,” but if you read the instructions and play every now and then, that’s not a big issue. You’ll pick it up.
Also, the game may not be “educational” per say, BUT it definitely improves young kids’ vocabulary, and their knowledge of sayings and general knowledge (ex. “space needle” came up and several people didn’t know that was a building structure in Seattle). They also learn team work and patience…that’s huge! The 8y/o would keep getting frustrated at the time crunch and her confounding problem of bad drawings. She relaxed a little and learned to go with the happy flow as the game went on.
Some specifics:
- Easy and fun
- For any age
- laugh at people’s funny drawings
- Great interactive group game that’s not based on chance like most others
Speed, not artistry, is the key to Pictionary Junior, a party game that stole the show from Charades in the ’80s. The kids’ version, which has been updated with hundreds of new words to draw, has hints and two levels of play. There are 144 two-sided cards. The red side is more challenging, and the blue side is easier–for younger players. Both include a theme to be read aloud and start everyone thinking on track. Teams go head-to-head to guess the word their “picturist” draws within 60 seconds. How fast can you draw an apple pie, an eyebrow, or a coin? It takes a quick hand and good guesswork to move around the game board from start to finish before the other team. A timer and easy-to-read instructions are included. –Lynne Sampson
Sixty seconds! That’s all the time you’ve got to draw a raccoon, pizza, or bowling ball. Pictionary Junior is the fun-filled game where clues are sketched and teammates have to quickly guess the word. And it’s designed especially for kids ages 7 to 12! Each card also has a theme that gives a hint to the word being sketched. You don’t have to be an artist to play – all you need is a little imagination and a fast pencil! For 3 or more players. Game includes: game board, die, timer, 144 cards (1,440 words), 2 pencils, 2 playing pieces, pad of paper and instructions.
One of the games my son got from his Grandma for Christmas was Pictionary Jr. My husband, myself and our son was on one team, and my brother, his girlfriend, and her son was on the other. We were having so much fun that Grandma begged us to play the next game!
When rolling the die and landing on an All Play square (shown by an image of four pencils), the “Picturist” for one team shows the Picturist from the other team the word that matches the color of the square landed upon. BOTH Picturists draw the word and then it’s a race as to who draws the picture the fastest. For Single Play (shown by a single pencil), one team rolls the die and sketches until someone on the team does NOT guess the picture.
This game comes with a white side with easier words (for smaller children), while the blue side has more challenging words. For example, the white side of one card may have Bell, Baby, Box, Button and Branch (Starts with “B”), while the blue side will have Team, Goal Post, High Five, Quarterback and Cheerleader (Football Game). Of course, which word is actually drawn depends on which colored square that is landed on.
There are two game pieces and a sand timer. The game comes with two small pencils and a pad of paper, but get this: the pencils aren’t even sharpened! They’re just pieces of unsharpened wood. Sheesh…they don’t make ‘em like they used to!
If you like drawing games, Pictionary Jr. is a fun option for the whole family–even for children who can’t yet read (they can always guess what the pictures are!). Unfortunately, there needs to be at least 3 players for this game. In the case of 3 players, one person serves as the permanent Picturist for both teams.
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