Pictionary

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This article is about the game. For the 1989 game show, see Pictionary (1989 game show). For the 1997 game show, see Pictionary (1997 game show). For the video game, see Pictionary (video game).
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Pictionary

Two unrelated drawings from an actual Pictionary game: for the clues "dragon" and "return address." The key is to draw just enough to get your teammate to figure out the clue.
Players 4 or more
Age range 8 and up
Setup time < 5 minutes
Playing time 1 hour
Random chance Medium
Skills required Drawing, Team play

Pictionary is a guessing word game published in 1985. The game is played with teams with players trying to identify specific words from their teammates' drawings.

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[edit] Objective

Each team moves a piece on a game board formed by a sequence of squares. Each square has a letter or shape identifying the type of picture to be drawn on it. The objective is to be the first team to reach the last space on the board.

[edit] Gameplay

The team chooses one person to begin drawing; this position rotates with each word. The drawer chooses a card out of a deck of special Pictionary cards and tries to draw pictures which suggest the word printed on the card. The pictures cannot contain any numbers or letters. The teammates try to guess the word the drawing is intended to represent.

There are five types of squares on the board, and each Pictionary card has a list of five words printed on it. Players must draw the word which corresponds to the square on the board on which the team's marker is:

AP category (and a few other words) are designated as "All Play". For "All Play," the teams compete against each other. Each team designates a player whose purpose will be to draw pictures. The team that guesses the word first gets to advance and take the next turn. If none of the teams guess the word, the turn passes to whichever team should have been next.

A one-minute sand timer is used to compel players to rapidly complete their drawing and guessing.

[edit] Winning a turn

If a team wins its turn by correctly guessing a drawing inside the time interval, that team then rolls a die and advances that number of squares to take another turn. If the team runs out of the time allotted for guessing a word, that team does not advance and the next team takes a turn. Also if the drawing member of a team does not draw the right picture and the team guesses what s/he is drawing and s/he is caught, then that turn is rewarded to the next team in line.

[edit] Editions

The newest addition to the Pictionary portfolio includes the Uniquely Singapore Pack. The game revolves around 300 words submitted by real users in and around Singapore. The word collection occurs in June of 2009. Submit your words at Pictionary.sg The Uniquely Singapore Pack is expected to launch during the latter part of Summer 2009.

[edit] World Championship

There is a World Championship of Pictionary, which began in 2001. Since then, every two years this competition takes place.

The current World Champion is Alan Yates, who defeated 3 times champion Paul Hendry in what as been described as the greatest final ever. Former champions include Jamie Mcgillivray and Blarat Stran of Khazakhstan.

The next World Championship will take place in Autumn 2009, in Santiago, Chile. Exact dates, a well as the draw for the group stage, a new format for this tournament, will take place on July 5th.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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