Pictionary is a team drawing and guessing party game in which one player from each team draws a picture representing a given word or phrase within a time limit while their teammates try to guess it from the drawing alone, without speaking or writing letters or numbers. It was created by Rob Angel, along with Gary Everson and Terry Langston, and first published in 1985. The game popularized the drawing-and-guessing format as a mainstream party game genre and has since been released in numerous themed and electronic editions.
Facts
Game TypeDrawing and word-guessing party game 1 Playing Time Band Playing Time Skill or Luck Age Suitability PublisherCEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.) 3 PublisherFratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore) 3 PublisherGrow Jogos e Brinquedos 3 PublisherJoseph M. Cornacchia Inc. 3 Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Player CountLarge Group or Variable 1 Sport
Game Type (category) Connections
Derived From
Pictionary creator Rob Angel first played an early form of the game with roommates who called it charades on paper before he developed and published it in 1985, crediting charades as its direct conceptual predecessor with drawing substituted for acting.
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1. Pictionary, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph, publication statement
first published in 1985 by Angel Games Inc.
Lead paragraph, first sentence
a charades-inspired word-guessing game
Infobox: playing_time
90 minutes
Infobox: random_chance
Medium
Infobox: ages
+12
Infobox, players field
3-16
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Pictionary is a team drawing and guessing party game in which one player from each team draws a picture representing a given word or phrase within a time limit while their teammates try to guess it from the drawing alone, without speaking or writing letters or numbers. It was created by Rob Angel, along with Gary Everson and Terry Langston, and first published in 1985. The game populariz
View the Source2. Wikidata: Pictionary
Wikidata Q565449, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. Pictionary (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 90
- Designer: Rob Angel
- Publisher: (Unknown)
- Publisher: APEX Spiel und Hobby
- Publisher: AS Company
- Publisher: CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.)
- Publisher: Desyllas Games
- Publisher: Diset S. A.
- Publisher: Eskifell hf.
- Publisher: Falomir Juegos
- Publisher: Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)
- Publisher: Grow Jogos e Brinquedos
- Publisher: Hasbro
- Publisher: Hobby
- Publisher: Joseph M. Cornacchia Inc.
- Publisher: Korea Boardgames
- Publisher: Mattel, Inc.
- Publisher: Milton Bradley
- Publisher: Parker Brothers
- Publisher: Pictionary, Inc.
- Publisher: The Games Gang, LTD
- Publisher: The Op Games
- Game Category: Party Game
- Game Mechanic: Drawing
- Game Mechanic: Roll / Spin and Move
- Game Mechanic: Team-Based Game
- Minimum Players: 3
- Maximum Players: 16
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