Video Party Games: Guessing Word Games as Board Games – Pictionary

Pictionary (video game) falls under video party games in guessing word games of board games, in which 4 teams of unlimited players can participate either in "Regular Game" mode or in "Alternative Game" mode.

The game was introduced in 1990 by LJN Toys Ltd. and Pictionary Incorporated as an NES puzzle game that was designed by Software Creations Ltd. that wrote its software as well.

In the "Regular Game" mode, a "designated drawer" draws a picture on the topic that the computer assigns to her/him. If the team guesses the word correctly, the honor system gets activated to note the score. A virtual die is rolled telling how many squares on the screen board are to be moved. Whichever team reaches the finish space first, wins the game.

In the "Alternative Game" mode, the honor system doesn't get activated and the drawer her/himself decides if the guesses were correct or incorrect, which in this mode are done by all the teams and not only by one. Whichever team guesses right gets the chance to roll the die and move further along the board in their pursuit to come out as the winner team.

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