Components

• 1 Playing Board
• 1 Card Box
• 204 Pictionary Mania Cards
• 2 Category Cards
• 2 Reusable Drawing Tablets
• 36 Category Tiles
• 2 Detachable Styluses
• 2 Playing Pieces
• 1 Sand Timer
• 2 Turn Tokens
• 1 Rules Sheet
• 6 Challenge Chips

Object of the Game

Setup

• Separate into two teams, as evenly as possible.

• Set Card Box and Timer on the table next to the board (these will be passed from team to team).

• Each team picks a color: blue or green. Distribute one Playing Piece, one Turn Token, three Challenge Chips and one Drawing Tablet, of the same color, to each team.

• Shuffle the Category Tiles and deal six to each team face down.

• Without looking at the tiles, each team lays their six tiles face down on the board starting at the yellow arrow. There will be empty tile spaces leading up to the center, the Winner's Circle.

• Lay five Category Tiles face down in the spaces in Winner's Circle. The balance of the Category Tiles are placed face down in a pile in the center of the Winner's Circle. This is the draw/discard pile.

Playing board

• Teams place their Playing Pieces on the first tile next to the arrow.

• All team members will take turns being the Picturist, the player who sees the card directs the action and tries to get their team to guess the word on the card. Take turns in the same order throughout the game.

• The Turn Token is the game piece that lets everyone know who the current Picturist is for each team. As you take turns, move the Turn Token in front of the current Picturist.

• Distribute one Category Card to each team; it'll help you remember which category is which.

Game Play

Teams vie to see who will start the game by playing an ALL-PLAY. Both teams play an ALL-PLAY simultaneously. One member from each team draws the same item trying to get his teammates to guess first! (More on ALL-PLAY below).

For this initial ALL-PLAY, use the Classic Play category (see category definitions below). The team that wins this first ALL-PLAY starts the game; they will flip over the first Category Tile under their Playing Piece to reveal which category they'll play.

You don't need to use the Timer for the ALL-PLAY; it's a race between the teams!

The icon and colors on the Category Tiles indicate two things:

The Categories

The six items on the card correspond to the listed categories.

• The Picturist should draw a card from the Card Box, look at the corresponding item, put the card face down so no one can see it, and attempt to draw, do or direct the item.

• The opposing team will turn over and monitor the Timer when the Picturist begins play!

  • If the turn team guesses the correct answer before the Timer runs out, they may advance their Playing Piece forward to the next tile. However, do NOT turn over the next tile yet; it's a surprise until the next turn!

  • If the team does NOT guess the answer in time, they do NOT get to advance to the next tile, and they must replay that category on their next turn with a new card. Continue to play a new card in that category each turn until you guess it correctly.

• Some answers may be oh so close to the written item. We'll let you decide if it's good enough to count as "correct". Get a group consensus here (or fight it out; we don't mind).

• Once the time runs out, play passes to the opposing team, and again the action is directed by whoever is the Picturist. (Place the Turn Token in front of the Picturist each turn as a reminder).

• Continue play, alternating teams. When a team completes the last Category Tile on their path, advance to the Winner's Circle and place their Playing Piece on any tile.

  Play in the Winner's Circle continues in the same manner as before, only when one team completes three of the five tiles, they win!

Pictionary Mania Play Tips

Do's

Don'ts

All-play

Every third space on both paths has the All-Play symbol. ALL-PLAY allows a member from each team to draw the same item trying to get his teammates to guess first!

The winning team gets to go again! There is no challenging during an All-Play and you don't need the Timer. Continue alternating teams afterwards.

Challenge

Each team has the option of challenging their opponent three times before either team gets to the Winner's Circle. The three Challenge Chips keep score of how many times each team has challenged.

When

When you see your opponent on a Category Tile that you'd like to try or you think they're "challenged" at doing, now's the time to challenge them!

How

When you initiate a challenge, place one Challenge Chip off to the side of the board. Now, the bidding begins! Bid back and forth for the right to play that Category Tile. It should go like this:

Challenging team: "We'd like to challenge! My team can complete 2 items in the same amount of time for that category!"

Playing team: "Oh yeah. My team can complete 3 items!"

This goes back and forth until one team concedes to the other. NOTE: Challenge wisely: it may be tough to draw 4 items with your eyes shut in one minute! The Picturist taking the challenge is the player whose turn would be next.

Then, What

The Challenging team's Picturist will pick as many cards as items they've bid. Example: If a team has to guess 3 items in one minute, the player will draw 3 separate cards and play the items corresponding to the category they're playing.

The Challenger must complete the number of items he has bid in the time allotted in order to succeed. For the team that is taking the challenge, there will be a penalty or a reward. The other team can just watch and enjoy the show...

Winner's Circle

Once one team completes all the tiles in their path, they may place their Playing Piece on any tile in the Winner's Circle. Once one team is there, there are no more challenges.

However, you may still play an ALL PLAY. As on the main paths, play one tile at a time. If your team successfully completes a Category Tile, take it and put it in front of you. If you do not succeed, keep your Playing Piece on the same tile, wait for your next turn and keep trying until you get it.

End of the Game

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