Story makers · Family Lines · the family reunion pack
Family Album Doodles
A phrase becomes a drawing becomes a guess, all the way round the family. See how far it drifts.
- ~15 min
- 3–10 people
- One device, or phones
- In the Family Lines pack
- Ages 10+
Family Album Doodles is one of the ten games in Family Lines, a pack bought once and kept by your group.
What it feels like
Every family album has one photograph nobody can quite explain. Tonight, you draw a few more. 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
- “Grandma winning at cards”
- “The family car packed for a holiday”
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.
