Story makers · Another Trip Round the Sun · the milestone birthday pack
Birthday Card Doodles
A phrase becomes a drawing becomes a guess, all the way round the party. See how far it drifts.
- ~15 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the Another Trip Round the Sun pack
- Ages 10+
Birthday Card Doodles is one of the ten games in Another Trip Round the Sun, a pack bought once and kept by your group.
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What it feels like
The best birthday cards are the ones somebody drew themselves. Tonight's get drawn, guessed, and drawn again. Here's how it works. The first person gets a secret phrase and draws it, with no words or letters. The next person sees only the drawing and writes what they think it is. The next draws that, the next describes the drawing, and so on round the room. At the end, the whole chain is revealed, and the room picks its favourite moment. Whoever made that drawing or guess scores two points.
How to play
- The first person gets a secret phrase and draws it — no words or letters.
- The next person sees only the drawing, and writes what they think it is.
- The next draws that, the next describes the drawing, all the way round the room.
- At the end, the whole chain is revealed. The room picks its favourite moment.
Scoring: 2 points for the drawing or guess the room picks as its favourite.
You'll get prompts like
- “A cake with far too many candles”
- “A balloon making its escape”
What you need
3 to 10 people and one phone, tablet or laptop to pass around — or everyone on their own phone in a room. Nothing to download, no accounts. The best lines can be sealed into your group's Almanac and come back in later games.
