How to Play

Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack

4-12 players 30-30 min 7.7 Board Game Geek Rating

Telestrations Party Pack blends telephone with drawing for up to 12 players. Participants alternate between sketching what they see and guessing others' drawings. Messages transform hilariously as they pass through the group. Victory comes through the entertainment of discovering how original concepts evolved into completely different final results through miscommunication.

Published 2011

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Place shared components

Put the card box, sand timer, clean-up cloths, and die in the center of the group

Choose card side

Decide as a group which side of the cards everyone will use: "THIS SIDE" or "THAT SIDE"

Distribute player materials

Each player selects one sketch book, one marker, and one card

Personalize your book

Write your name on the front of your sketch book and remember the color of your coil

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Roll for your word

One player rolls the die to start the round, then everyone matches the number rolled to the word on their card

Write your secret word

Secretly write your word in your book without saying it out loud or showing anyone

Check player count

If playing with an even number (4, 6, or 8), turn to "SKETCH IT" page 1 and prepare to draw; if odd (5 or 7), turn to "SKETCH IT" page 1 and pass the book to the player on your left who will secretly look at your word and draw it

Sketch your word

Flip the 60-second timer and secretly draw the word on "SKETCH IT" page 1 without using letters or numbers

Guess the sketch

When on a "GUESS IT" page, flip back to secretly look at the previous sketch, then write your guess on the current page

Continue passing

Everyone continues to sketch, pass, and guess until players get their own book back

Wait before passing

When finished sketching or guessing, flip forward a page and wait until all players are ready before everyone passes books at the same time

Reveal the results

Once everyone has their own book back, take turns flipping through and sharing the sketching and guessing outcomes

Winning

How to claim victory.

Have fun to win

If you had fun, you've won the game

Use friendly scoring

After revealing outcomes in your book, give 1 point to the player with your favorite sketch, give 1 point to the player with your favorite guess, and give yourself 1 point if the last guess matches your secret word

Use competitive scoring

As you reveal outcomes, guessers earn 1 point if their guess matches the secret word or previous guess, sketchers earn 1 point if their sketch helps a guesser make a match, and you earn 1 point if the last guess matches your secret word

Record points

Use the score sheet in the front of your book to record points during each reveal

Complete three rounds

Play 3 rounds, total up your points, and the player with the most points wins

Play again

Erase pages 1-8, return used cards to the box, get new cards, and reverse passing direction for another round