Boxed Pictionary board game made in France by Tonka, 1987

A rectangular, dark blue card box containing the game equipment, a PARKER information leaflet, a 'PICTIONARY^® RULES' sheet and a white, moulded plastic insert which fits into 5/6ths of the box base.

The equipment consists of: game board, one-minute timer, white die, four cubed playing counters in black, red, yellow and pale blue/lilac , four pads of paper, four dark blue pencils and five hundred word cards.

The word cards are housed inside a rectangular card box which fits inside the main game box. Each card has the title 'PICTIONARY' with five colour coded categories in boxes underneath. These are:

P - Person/Place/Animal (yellow box)
O - Object (blue box)
A - Action (brown box)
D - Difficult/Challenging words (green box)
AP- All Play (red box)

The tri-fold board face is printed paper - a dark blue background with adjoining, coloured squares which snake around the edge of the board, in a repeating colour pattern sequence. The colours of the squares correspond to the colour coded question categories and each square contains the letter of the relevant category. The board face has two, white inscriptions of: 'PICTIONARY ^® / THE GAME OF QUICK DRAW'

Pictionary is a game based on the Trivial Pursuit pattern of play, using cards and off board action in what is in effect a simple race game. It was invented by Robert Angel in 1985 and has spawned two TV game shows and a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Pictionary is subtitled 'The Game of Quick Draw' and the aim is to sketch clues to a particular word in order that teammates may correctly guess the word within a time limit. Game play is determined by rolling the die, advancing the counter by the number of squares indicated and selecting a word card from the pack. Teams may only advance if they identify the word within the time limit set by the timer. The objective is to be the first team to reach the last space on the board. Some turns involve all the teams and the game can become a social event as well as a competition.

This Pictionary is an early version of the game and was acquired for inclusion in the Museum of Childhood's Game Plan exhibition, October 2016 - April 2017.

B.65:1 to 24-2015