Telestrations 8 Player Original (2025 Edition)

Telephone, but everyone is drawing, and nobody can draw.

You write a word, pass the book, the next person draws it, passes it on, the person after that writes what they think the drawing is, and eight sketchbooks go round the table simultaneously until every one comes back to whoever started it. Then you read them out. The game is the reading out. Nothing else in the party game aisle produces that particular noise.

This is the 2025 refresh of the original eight-player edition - same game, current production. It needs no reading age beyond the word cards and no explanation beyond one demonstration round, which makes it the box to reach for when the group contains somebody who does not play games. Dry-erase sketchbooks and markers, so it resets in about a minute.

Perfect for: The person who says they cannot draw. They are the reason this game works.

Up to 8 players | Dry-erase sketchbooks | 2025 edition

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