Draw and guess game: Sketch Signal

What it feels like

Once upon a time, everyone wrote down one thing from their life together. Here's how it works. Each round, one of you gets someone else's word on your phone and draws it. No letters, no numbers. The drawing goes up on the big screen and everyone else guesses on their phone. A right guess scores two, and the artist scores one for every right guess. Whoever wrote the word sits that round out.

How to play

1. In a private turn, name one thing from your group's life that someone could draw: a dog, a car, a place you went.
2. Each round, one of you draws someone else's thing on their phone. No letters, no numbers.
3. The drawing goes up on the big screen and everyone else guesses on their phone. Whoever wrote the word sits that one out.

Scoring: 2 points for a right guess. The artist gets 1 for every right guess.

You'll get prompts like

• “Something in one of our kitchens”
• “A place this group has been together”

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.

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