Pictionary

In Pictionary you'll have to draw different words so good that your team mates understands what you are trying to draw. You should also be good at guessing what the other players are drawing. There are five categories of words:

• Persons/places/animals (names are included)
• Objects (things to touch or to see)
• Events/actions (things that can be done)
• Difficult (challenging words)
• All players (This can be all kind of words)

Pictionary is being played by two to four teams. Each team gets a playing piece that is placed on the start square on the game board. There are a total of 56 squares on the game board and each square is marked with one of the five categories. When it is a teams turn they pick one on the team to be the picturist, who is the one drawing. The picturist picks up the top cards and looks at it. On the card there are written five words, one of each category. The picturist is going to draw the word of the same category as the square as which their playing piece is standing on. While he draws the other players starts guessing on what word it could be. The picturist can only express himself with pen and paper. He may not draw numbers or letters, nor speak or use gestures. If the team manage to guess the correct word before the time is up they get to roll the die and move their playing piece. If they don't find the correct word they must stay and it is the next teams turn.

Winning the game

The first team to guess the correct word when their playing piece is on the last square wins the game.

"All players"

Pictionary is a very fun game. It works in the same way as "Taushet Er Gull" og "Fantasi". What makes Pictionary a better buy than the other two is that it has more cards and that the difficult level on the words are where they should be. (Fantasi is too easy and Taushet Er Gull is too hard). Another great thing about Pictionary is the category "All players". When a team is on a square marked with "All players" the picturist on all the teams get to see word and try to draw it - on the same time. All the teams are trying to guess the word and the team who guesses it first gets to roll the die and move their playing piece. The stress factor are much higher when playing an "All players"-word. Not only do you have to guess the word before the time is up, you also need to do it before the other teams.

A good choice

Pictionary will cost you twice as much money as Fantasi, nevertheless I reccommend Pictionary - it is a better choice than Fantasi. Taushet Er Gull is not for sale anymore.

Reader comments

Linda Johnson:

We are looking for extra cards for our pictionary game.

Goran Limic:

How we can order this game? We live in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. How much does it cost?

Thanx,
Nevena & Goran

Bertha E:

We are looking for extra cards for our pictionary game. Where can we get them?

Angela:

I am looking for a new deck of pictionary cards, a second edition set. Could you please help me find them??

sandy:

We are looking for extra cards for pictionary junior. Where can we find them?

Stephanie :

Where can you purchase more cards for the pictionary game?

Kathy:

Where can I find extra hour glasses?

Kathleen:

Where can I get Bible Pictionary cards? I don't need to purchase the entire game. I already have it and it is completely in tact.

Christy:

I am trying to locate just the Pictionary cards, any idea where I can get those?

Susan Heller :

I am also looking for new pictionary cards ,, Is there a second edition?Please tell me where I can find them
Thank you

Ashley, Duggie, Marie, Brett, and Brandy:

We are also looking for a new set of cards. We have already went through the original deck twice!!!!

Dawn:

I know every card of the original deck - if any knows where I can buy a new deck for either addition would be wonderful. Thank you

Jessica:

I am looking to purchase more playing cards for our pictionary. Where can I find them?

Laurel:

The game is awesome. We play as a family, men against women. There are 20 persons involved and we have a terrific time. The girls, women, usually win. Our dilemma, the timer is broken, and the rules do not state the time element. Could someone PLEASE tell me what the time per play is? I am pretty sure it is 3 minutes, but to be absolutely fair to the losing team (usually the guys), I want to be absolutely positive.

Jenelle:

I think you shold make a pictionary game online so everyone around the world could play pictionary together three peolpe chating while playing pictionary, everyone would love it!!!

JoAnne M. Nolff:

I need a new deck of Pictionary cards. Where can I buy them?

acacia:

my comment is the same as everyone else's i'd like to get more pictonary cards for the first or second edition games or both

lovlyant:

I'm looking for new cards.we play so much we know the card by hard. ty

Kylie:

what are the catogories on the cards?

Michael:

I am also looking for new cards, does anyone know how to get them?

Eric:

Do you have to have the exact number landing on the last square to win the game? My son and I were on the second to the last square, so do we need a 1 to win the game?

Yohany:

I am also looking for additional pictionary cards. Where can I find them?

joan:

My husband and I are having a dispute over the word elevate. I drew an elevator and that's what my daughter said, elevator. Would that be a correct guess? Also, do you have to have the exact number landing on the last square to win the game?

Nesia Noel:

We are looking for extra cards for our pictionary game. Where can we get them?

Janet:

I am looking also looking for additional pictionary cards. Where can I find them. Thank you.

sofia:

its so cool, and sometimeWe are looking for extra cards for our pictionary game. Where can we get them? s dificult

Mary Helen:

We are looking for extra cards for our pictionary game. Where can I order them? Also our Minute Timer broke where could I Order another one? Please advise. Thanks

Trond:

I don't think it is possible to buy new cards - you must buy a new edition of the whole game. Regarding replacement parts you should contact Mattel's customer support on this web page: http://service.mattel.com/usor you could call them toll free:
In the US: 800-524-TOYS (800-524-8697)
In Canada: 800-665-6288

Tina:

looking for extra cards where can i get them

Abigail:

In what sites in the computer can I play pictionary in?

jeff:

What are the category cards used for? I was given the game without them. Are they unnecessary? thx

kathy:

could you please include in your site something about how we can get extra cards?

chelsea:

i got given the game and i think its ace and everything but i have not sussed out what the purple dice does with all the drawings on does ?

sophie robinson:

i think this game is ace !!!

alison:

i think pictionary is a great game to play with friends and family

Ieashia:

I love to play pictionary it is so cool i just love to play

knittinglady:

Yes, you can order replacement cards.... Oh, and this is a Hasbro game,not Mattelwww.hasbro.com

Dena:

I am looking for additonal cards for the game. we have memoried the original ones, need new box of cards. I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. where can I buy?

Lyly:

Can you please tell me, where to by the category cards, I missing then.

philkoch:

I have the same question as Eric. Do you need to roll the exact number to land on the last space, or if e.g. you are three away and you roll a four, can you proceed to the last space. Many egos depend on the correct answer ?

suzana:

I would like to buy tihs game.Does anyone know where can i buy it?Thanks

Carla:

the game is brill 10/10

BRETT BRILL:

I READ CARLA'S COMMENT THAT THE GAME IS BRILL. WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

Stancil:

Play the shockwave game "Inklink." Search for it on google, I don't the address. It's fun.

Allen:

Bret, I think she meant brilliant. Not Brill as in your last name. LOL

maria:

is thereanywaytochange therules to playwithout teams>?

Craig:

You don't have to roll the exact number to advance to the end - if you're 3 squares away, and roll a 6, you move as far as you can.Second Edition cards can presumably be bought on Ebay, or by using cards from Trivial Pursuit (for example). Also, Hasbro has released a 20th anniversary edition.

Joy:

I played Pictionary with some friends last night and during All Play, a team member from another team was watching OUR team draw the word. Is that fair? Do the members have to stick to their own teams during All Play? What's the sense of having teams otherwise?! Please let me know! Thanks!

Ali plon:

this game is so awesome at every gathering we play it all day long

Trixi:

Does the exact word need to be guessed or can it be a derivative of the word. For example: packing, packed, for pack; computing for compute; chop for chopping. Thank you.

Dorothy:

we have run out of good words to use any advice? we play it in my pssa math class for fun and its just not as fun without good words

anglelica:

it is a really cool game for kids!!!!!

joe:

pictionary is the best game ever i love it it is really fun for kids and when you have family over!!

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