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Cranium Scribblish box art
2009 Ranked #7,785

Cranium Scribblish

A drawing-and-caption party game has players transform one another’s ideas through a chain of sketches and words. The resulting reveal challenges everyone to identify where their original picture ended up.

Party Games Dice Party Game Line Drawing Voting

Players

4-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.29

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The hilarious scribbling game of "How did THIS become THAT?" Grab your pencils and get ready to giggle. Everyone chooses a caption and draws a picture.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Line Drawing

Draw lines to connect, divide, trace, or claim parts of the play area.
Voting

Players collectively approve, reject, or select an outcome through votes.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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The hilarious scribbling game of "How did THIS become THAT?" Grab your pencils and get ready to giggle. Everyone chooses a caption and draws a picture. You all then take turns adding drawings or captions. At the end can you guess which picture was yours when you started? Which one is funniest? Vote for your favorite to win! CRANIUM SCRIBBLISH includes six scrolls, 60 cards, timer, pad, die, tokens and instructions. Includes 2 "cell" batteries.

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Type

1
Party Games

Category

2
Dice Party Game

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Line Drawing Voting

Family

1
Game: Cranium

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
4–6
Best with
5
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Brian Weinstock

Artists

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

2
Cranium, Inc. Hasbro

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