Pictionary game rules

Pictionary Play-off

 Instructions to play

1.    Set up

·        Each team should have a pad of paper and pencil and will begin on the "Start" square.

·        Each team selects a picturist to do the drawing for the first word. This duty rotates to all players in turn.

·        Each team rolls the die, and the team with the higher number selects the first card. The first word sketched is an AP (All Play) word and all teams participate.

2.    Game play

·        At the beginning of each team's turn, a card is drawn. The category of word is chosen by the color space your team token is on.

·        The picturist has five seconds to examine and think about their word (a dictionary is provided) and without using verbal or physical communication begins to draw. Drawing or including letters or number is not allowed.

·        The Picturist has one minute to get their team to guess the word.

·        If the word is identified in less than a minute, the same team rolls and advances themself on the Pictionary board and draws a new card.

·        If the word is not identified within a minute, play continues to the left to other team.

·        Every time the picturist draws a card, he can change to another card but only once.

3.    Other rules

·        An "X" can be used to cross things out or locate something but not as a letter.

·        Identically sounding words can be used to guess the correct word. For example: "mail" can be drawn for "male."

·        Secret or pre-arranged clues are against the rules. These include drawing an ear for "sounds like" or lines to indicate the number of words to be guessed.

·        If the answer is a singular word, the plural form counts as correct, and vice versa.

4.    The winner

·        The playing time for each round is 40 minutes. If time is up before any team lands on the Finish square, the team that covers more squares wins. The wining team gets 5 points and the other team gets 3 points.

5.    Match rules

·        Each team should have 3 participants.

·        Estimated no. of teams: 8

·        For one table 2 teams participle.

·        Each team will play 3 rounds during the preliminary round.

·        The 2 teams with the highest points will proceed to the finals.

·        During the finals, the rules are the same except that the team has to reach "Finish". The teams compete for 1 last round to determine the winner.