Telestrations Game from Ideal

I say this because we play as a family of 5 and it's great fun but I would say that I see 5 as a minimum number as the pads with their pictures get passed round and the further they travel the greater the hilarity as you try to write what the image is in the pad that has just been passed to you, the next person then has to draw what you thought the previous image was (without looking at it) and so it goes on.We go from 9-50 and all love it (especially the children). As well as being funny it's interesting to see how differently everyone interprets the words and conveys them as images. Wipe clean pads, pens and cards, it's fast moving and great fun and you can get into it instantly so is a great one for keeping a group of kids entertained even if they've never played it before.One thing I will probably change is to get some dry wipe pens with a thinner nib as the ones supplied are a bit to chunky for the small pads. It's great to have some family games which are not too heavy and this is certainly one of them. It's social, fun, a great laugh and keeps the kids off electronic devices for a while. Wholeheartedly recommended.

I've tried this game with groups of adults, as well as as a Christmas Family Party game. In both situations it has been absolutely hilarious - in fact with one group of my friends we ended up playing all evening and didn't realise we'd been playing for *three hours solid* without a break! Everybody who played said the same thing: "Where did you buy this? I really want to buy my own copy!!"Although the game does come with a scoring system, we've found that after the first few rounds everyone tends to ignore that and just gets on with enjoying the experience. I'd say this is definitely better with big groups - ideally 6 or 8 people. It's even better / funnier if people are bad at drawing! We've added one "house" rule - nobody is allowed to draw an 'arrow' to highlight an object in their drawing. This usually makes it much harder to guess what is meant... which just adds to the fun.This is an ideal family game, but also works really well with a big group of mildly inebriated adults... ;-)Highly recommended!

Nice simple game. Played mainly for fun. There is a scoring system, but we abandoned that in the first few minutes of play. The game is a pictorial version of Chinese whispers where you draw a word, then look at a drawing and guess what word it is. This game is best played in large groups and the more the merrier. What I especially liked was the fact that the game transcends age groups. Anyone can play, even if you cannot draw. The whole experience is light hearted fun. If this is what you are looking for, then you could do a lot worse than this game.

Played this several times already and it’s always been a great laugh. Seeing how the drawings and guesses change is invariably very funny. The cards and equipment are all high quality and the drawing pads seem like they should last a long time. If you’re playing this game with 8 people, which we’ve managed once, then it’s flat out 5 stars. However, if you have less than that then you either have to stop the drawings early so you don’t get much of a journey or, you have to try and find a way of mixing the pads up in such a way that the game can carry on which doesn’t always work out, so dropped the rating to 4 stars for that reason.

Loved this gamePlayed with six family members aged 30 to my parents in their 70s...this included an accountant, an artist, a designer and a pharmacist. (Loved seeing how everyone interpreted the words)We didn't used the timer - instead just shouted when people took too long.Loved how the game goes from complete silence whilst everyone is drawing to belly laughs at the end going through each page of the books.Superb game - can certainly recommend it (and can't wait to try the Cards Against Humanity hack- maybe I won't play that one with my parents though) ;-)Would love some finer or coloured pens

This is the BEST game i have ever played! When playing with 8 people it's truly hilarious and I don't think I've ever laughed so much. It's brilliant because you're always participating in the game unlike other games when you're waiting around for your turn. It can be played with all ages and if you fancy an adult version... we scraped the cards and left the drawings up to our imaginations, the outcomes were as dirty and awful as predicted. Could not recommend this game any higher! (Only bad note is that we've only played the game 3-4 times and some of the white board pens are already running out but that's no biggy)

Everyone loves this game which can be described as chinese whispers pictionary. If you like games that are just a bit of fun rather with a winner this one is for you. This is ideal for larger groups. Everyone plays at once drawing then passing to next person who writes on next page what you've drawn. Next person then draws what you've written and so on and so forth. There isn't much scoring but its a great and funny game to play with 4 - 10 people

Fantastic family fun game just a shame that half the pens didn't work nor did the timer