Each team moves around the playing board, landing on coloured squares. Each square corresponds to a category on the playing cards. Players have to attempt to draw whatever is on the card for their team mate to guess to keep control of the dice. First time to get around the board wins. There are three starting points so you can choose to play shorter games.
You don't have to be a great artist, in fact the worse your attempts, the funnier the game. Being on the same wavelength as other players helps. You have to sketch against the clock using the timer. The categories include people and places, actions, objects, difficult words and miscellaneous. Some words or phrases are really tricky and as the seconds tick by the tension rises...especially when your other half doesn't guess the brilliant illustration that you do for the word "Export"!!!
This game really is a lot of fun and I like the fact that 10 year old Kizzy could play alongside the grown-ups. As long as the child is a competent reader then they can join in. We really enjoyed our game of Pictionary and I'd definitely recommend this as a family must-have!