Pictionary is the rousing board game that is played like charades, only on paper. Instead of acting, you and your teammates try to guess the identities of various words by sketching clues to each other. You don't have to be an artist to play--all that's needed is imagination and a fast pencil.

Can you sketch frog, noodle, or pumpkin? Too easy? Try test, drought, or turbulence. The tricky part is to do it without using letters or numbers. A one-minute time limit adds still more excitement to the game.

Words come in five color-coded categories: Person/Place/Animal, Object, Action, Difficult, and All Play. All Play is unique. When this category is occupied, all teams sketch the same word simultaneously. Imagine eight people playing. Two sketch as six others continuously yell their guesses in a frantic rush to be the first to identify the word being sketched. It gets crazy!