How to Play Pictionary Game Rules Guide

The Start space is a yellow square. Thus, first word played is from the yellow category. The die is NOT rolled to start.The starting team’s Picturist takes a card from the top of the appropriate card deck (if a team has young children, always use the Junior Card Deck). Picturist secretly looks at the word to be played.

Start the timer by turning it over. The Picturist has one minute to sketch clues to their team. Sketching and guessing continues until the word is identified, or the time is up.

If team guesses correctly, they continue to play by rolling the die and moving the number of squares shown and choosing a new Picturist (changes each time a team sketches a new word). Take a new card from the appropriate card deck and sketch the word matching the colored square that they landed on. Team continues to roll die, sketch and guess words as long as they keep guessing the words correctly.

If current team is not able to identify the word within the time limit, the die is passed to the left team. The team receiving the die begins its turn by taking a new card from the top of the pack, NOT by a roll of the die. The word matching the color of the square on which the team’s cube is on is the word to be played. The timer is turned over and a new turn begins.

The ONLY time the die is rolled to advance a cube is when a word is identified within the one-minute time limit, or a team is first to identify the word in any ALL PLAY situation (see the ALL PLAY section).
A team must occupy a square for as long as it does not identify the given word. More than one playing mover can occupy the same square at the same time.

When landing on an ALL PLAY square, ALL teams guess the clue AT THE SAME TIME. Once the card is drawn from the appropriate card deck, show the word card to the Picturists on each team.

In the Adult Card Deck, Picturists will draw the CATEGORY clue that corresponds to the color of the All Play Square.

In the Junior Card Deck, the Picturists will announce the category aloud, and then draw the clue in the BAR that corresponds to the color of the All Play Square.

The timer is turned over and all Picturists sketch the same word simultaneously to their respective teams.

NOTE: if, during an All Play, it occurs that one of the picturists is an adult player and one is a junior player, both teams will draw a clue from the Junior Card Deck, EVEN IF THE ADULT PLAYER’S TEAM LANDED ON THE ALL PLAY SQUARE.

The team that guesses the clue correctly first wins the round and immediately gets to roll the die and advance the number of spaces indicated. This team now continues their turn with a new word.

If no team identifies the word within the time limit, the die is passed to the next team on the left. However, this team does NOT roll the die, but begins its turn by taking a new card and sketching the word corresponding to the colored square they are currently on.

Be the first team to land on the Finish Square and correctly guess the word. The word can be guessed on another team’s All Play word or on your team’s turn.

Reach the final ALL PLAY Square for the chance to win (an exact roll is not
required). To win, you must control the die and be the first team to identify the word during the subsequent All Play round.
If no team identifies the ALL PLAY word within the time limit, the die is passed to the left. If another team identifies the ALL PLAY word first, the die is passed to that team.
A team already on the final ALL PLAY Square cannot win the game by winning a round controlled by another team. It must regain control of the die to attempt a winning word.