Why I Don't Play Board Games… Pictionary Nuffnang Competition

by | Jun 1, 2011 | Advert, Competition

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I’m an only child so growing up board games were never my favorite pastime. It’s kind of hard to play them with one or two people-me and my mum. James however has 2 siblings so he grew up loving them and his love has forced me into many a game of Scrabble!

So when Nuffnang contacted me to test out the new incarnation of Pictionary I was well… apprehensive. I’ve never played Pictionary before so I don’t really have anything to compare it to but I took it along to our romantic getaway at the Langham to see if we could have some fun. That’s what happens on romantic hotel getaways right? People play board games? Uhuh. Well this is what happened…

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Of course we totally read the instructions. James and I were Team Awesome and Shakespeare and the apple were Team Not As Awesome. The game was fast paced and full of smack talk. Some of the clues were very hard, we considered switching to the children’s deck of clues.

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So the idea is that you roll the dice, move your piece and then pick a card. You have to draw the item on the card with the corresponding colour for your partner to guess. If you do it within the time limit you get to roll again. There are several versions of the game but this seemed the simplest to me XD

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Unfortunately we are both very competitive with short tempers.

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It’s all done in 60second time limits but considering we were the best, most awesome Pictionary players ever that didn’t bother us!

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Who knows what James was trying to draw there! Try and guess in the comments if you want, I bet no one gets it mwahaha!

We would definitely never let a game effect our relationship…

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Luckily, when you’re playing with fictional opponents you are pretty much in control of the outcome…

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And we were very gracious winners.

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For some reason everyone left after that… noooooooooo idea why.

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So competition time!

Here’s what regular-people-non-scary-competitive-Pictionary is all about…

– Quick sketches and crazy guesses
– You don’t need to be Picasso to have fun! The worse you draw the more fun it is.
– You can play anywhere, anytime
– Fast-paced game of imagination, comical drawings and players’ ability to interpret them.
– It will transform your next family get together into an uproarious occasion where anyone has a winning chance.
– Kid-directed clues/cards make the game more accessible to a wider audience and levels playing field for kids ages 8+ playing with their parents
– Fun, vibrant and engaging family game play experience.
– Game play is collaborative, social and engaging for everyone involved

If you want to win your own copy of Pictionary so you can have heartwarming family moment just like ours all you need to do is guess what James was trying to draw in his picture. The winner will be selected on creativity. Click here for the Terms and Conditions.

Here’s his picture again incase you forgot:

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Good luck everyone and I hope your board game experiences aren’t as traumatic as mine 😛