Drawing a crowd

When Robert Angel entertained his friends back in 1981 with a game that needed only a dictionary and a little drawing skill.

When Robert Angel entertained his friends back in 1981 with a game that needed only a dictionary and a little drawing skill,little did he know that he would go on to invent one of the worlds best-loved board games Pictionary. It was in 1985 that this game of quick draw became available to the public,and quickly became a party must-have.

As this much-loved game turns 25 this year,Mattel Toys India has launched the special Indian edition Pictionary,which adds new dimensions to a game which has already changed much since it was first played. We have a huge fan base in India. Localising the content by using 500 Indian words will help the youth easily relate to it, feels Rahul Bhowmik,marketing head,Mattel Toys India.

While the game remains the same,this time it has a jazzy gold packaging with typical Indian symbols to go with the theme. The team rolls the dice to move a pawn on the game board. It is compulsory for very member of the team to take a turn to illustrate a given word on a sketchpad,which is included in the kit. To do this,the designated person draws a card out of a deck (which now includes the Indian cards as well) and illustrates the word that corresponds with the colour of the square the teams pawn is on.

The words on the card are categorised: P (person /place/ animal),O (Object),A (Action),D (difficult words) and AP (All play-the teams play for the same word simultaneously). The team has to guess the word before the one-minute hourglass finishes its run. Words like Baraat,Bombay Stock Exchange,Gulab Jamun,Sachin Tendulkar,Katrina Kaif are difficult to draw, he says.

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram