If any card actually makes it all the way around the circle and the final interpretation matches the card, it’s an automatic three points.Īs you can imagine, Scrawl results in some fairly dubious drawings and some fairly wacky explanations of what those drawings have been interpreted as. Whoever draws each picture simply decides which other image or interpretation of their starting card was best, then gives that person a point. The game even comes with a couple of wipe-clean scoreboards and the winner is the player who reaches a point for each player, plus two more. In terms of the gameplay’s actual structure, there is a prescribed method for how to win or lose in Scrawl, but it’s rare for anyone to care about that. The next player receives that description and attempts to draw it on another card, each time clipping their written or visual interpretation over the previous one. In this way, a card might begin with ‘side boobs’ on the official card, but a picture of a crescent moon next to some kind of stick-person could easily morph into a description of ‘The Grim Reaper riding a pig’. They take a clip and attach it to their board, then pass it secretly to the next player.Īs each player receives the clipboard from their neighbour, they look at the picture, take a new (blank) card, then write what they believe the picture might have depicted.
Card in hand, the player draws their word as a picture on one of the thick, wipe-clean cards. This, inevitably, results in drawings that are at best interpretive and at worst, just pictures of penises. In a nutshell, players must draw cards secretly, agreeing on one of the four colours on each card, then draw a picture of what that card says without revealing it to the other players.Ĭards include all kinds of silly, rude, funny and irreverent nonsense for players to draw, ranging from body parts to physical acts and even emotional states. Because of its raunchy, adults-only nature, is also ideal when accompanied by a few drinks. Scrawl is a very straightforward game that fits firmly into the party game genre. The only downside for me is that the use of clips and individual cards to draw on a is a bit fiddly. The overall quality in Scrawl is high, with decent-quality boards, cards and pens - it even includes tiny cloths to wipe the boards clean again.
There are tonnes of cards and the variety of keywords on them ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous, but almost every single one converts into a hilarious sequence of drawings. This latter deck of cards is really what makes Scrawl what it is.
After that, there is a huge pile of blank cards for the players to draw on, as well as an even bigger pile of cards (each of which has four keywords or phrases in different colours) to prompt the players into action. Each of these comes with a clip hooked over the top of it. There are eight pens in the box, plus eight thick, numbered, player boards. Inside the box, you’ll find everything you need to play the game right away, including a very brief manual, which I will more or less replicate entirely just by describing the game… Broadly speaking, Scrawl is a really attractive addition to any gaming shelf, with a shiny yellow box that (from the side, at least) masks its provocative, NSFW nature. In an unusual twist to my normal review format, I’m going to describe the components in Scrawl before I go into the overview and structure since they flow into each other. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined the classic childhood game known as Chinese Whispers (in the UK) or Telephone (in the USA) with childish drawings of things like poo, boobies and gentlemen’s appendages? If so, you should read this review about Scrawl, a fantastic party game from Big Potato Games.
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