Telestrations Original 4-8 Player | Family Board Game | A Fun Game for Kids and Adults | Game Night Just Got Better | The Telephone Game Sketched Out | Ages 12+

Love playing this game. It's hilarious and fun for the whole family. Highly recommend the after dark version for more mature audiences also!

Okay, let me tell you, Telestrations is one of my favorite party games. We played it at our last friend's gathering, and I don't think I've laughed that hard in ages! It's basically the telephone game, but with drawings instead of whispers, and the results are absolutely hilarious. Like, seriously, tears-streaming-down-your-face funny.Even if you think you can't draw (and trust me, I'm no Picasso!), that's kind of the point! The worse the drawings, the funnier the misinterpretations. We had everything from a "birthday cake" that turned into a "fire hydrant" to a "squirrel" that somehow morphed into a "flying taco." It's just pure, unadulterated fun for everyone, no matter their age or artistic ability.The 8-player version is great, but honestly, if you usually have bigger groups, definitely go for the 12-player version. We had a few people sitting out and wishing they could join, and I can only imagine how much more chaotic and hilarious it would be with more players. It's perfect for game nights, parties, or just a fun get-together with friends. If you're looking for a game that will have everyone laughing until their sides hurt, Telestrations is a definite winner! Five stars, no question!

Fun game

One of our favorite group games that can be played over and over without getting old. Always produces a lot of laughs, and we've found people of all ages really enjoy it!

We have played this game before and I wanted to own it so we could play it at home. It is very fun. It is hard for some younger kids. It is a fun game to play with a group of teens, and adults enjoy it too. Make sure to always erase your drawings or the boards will start to look grey rather than white.

Love this game, and happy to support a Canadian small business.

QUICK SUMMARY: This game is a lot of good, clean fun and really delivers a lot of laughs. But it'll only be really fun for 6, 7 or 8 people.We played this game last night during our New Year's Eve party. We had a houseful of people, and couldn't break this game out until late in the evening, shortly before midnight, when the crowd thinned to just those families who were going to ring in the new year with us. That's an important point, because this game only works well with 6, 7 or 8 people, I think. You can play with fewer, but the results won't be as fun because the chances for the gameplay to go awry are fewer (going awry = funny outcomes). You can't play with more than 8, as that's the maximum number that the game is equipped to play.What I LIKED:- It leads to unpredictable, sometimes very hilarious outcomes, as people try to guess one another's sketches.- It kept everyone's interest level up who were playing. In fact, we had too many people who wanted to play, so we swapped people in-and-out so more than 8 could experience game play.- Once everyone got the hang of it, game play is pretty easy to do. It does take a strong game facilitator to LITERALLY make sure that "everyone is one the same page," especially at the very beginning.- Game length for an 8-person game was about right, that is, about 90 minutes. Long enough to really enjoy the game, not too long that it gets boring.What I DON'T like:- The game will only be really fun for 6, 7 or 8 dedicated players. Too few, and the outcomes aren't as funny. The game limit is 8, and you really wouldn't want to play with more than that, because it takes a while for each person to share his or her own sketchbook story at the end of a full round. It's not a great party game for larger parties.- Young kids can't play it (well, anyway). The recommended age is 13+, as you need to have a fair amount of knowledge to recognize the words (like, "Cleopatra"), and to spell words that younger kids won't know how to spell (even phonetically). I like that we didn't have any words leading to R-rated (or worse) sketches.- It can be challenging to make sure everyone knows what to do, whether they're guessing a word or sketching a word. In three rounds of play with 8, we had one time where a sketchbook got screwed up because someone earlier didn't erase one page of their sketchbook.CONCLUSION: If you have the sweetspot of 6, 7 or 8 players who are 13+ years old, this game will deliver great results. It's a good game to have in your arsenal of party games, but you won't be able to pull it out at every event you host.

This game was a great new addition to game night. Alot of great laughs and everyone enjoyed.