There’s actually an online game called “Doodle or Die” for playing this. It being an online game, however, there are a disgustingly large number of players who break the chain (willfully or non).
I remember that! I think the biggest obstacle to clarity in the game is actually the rarity of artistic skill, not the vagueness of the written descriptions, though.
I’ve played a similar game in person—I think it was Telestrations. You get a word from a stack of cards, and try to draw that word. The next player guesses which word you were trying to draw, and the next player tries to draw that word (and so on). Fun party game.
Except that the aim of telephone pictionary is to produce hilariously incongruous lists of phrases and pictures, and the aim of this game is, well, the opposite.
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There’s actually an online game called “Doodle or Die” for playing this. It being an online game, however, there are a disgustingly large number of players who break the chain (willfully or non).
We’ve played this at meetups a few times.
It hammered in the illusion of transparency pretty well. (Puppy Trampoline → Drawing → If you jump on a dog you make it stronger).
I remember that! I think the biggest obstacle to clarity in the game is actually the rarity of artistic skill, not the vagueness of the written descriptions, though.
I’ve played a similar game in person—I think it was Telestrations. You get a word from a stack of cards, and try to draw that word. The next player guesses which word you were trying to draw, and the next player tries to draw that word (and so on). Fun party game.
Except that the aim of telephone pictionary is to produce hilariously incongruous lists of phrases and pictures, and the aim of this game is, well, the opposite.
Erm… posted this in the wrong thread, then “retracted” it -didn’t actually know what that button did. Oh well...
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