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66 of 74 found the following review helpful:
 Great Game Sep 23, 2008
By Jane Dough
"Michelle"
This game is so much fun! You draw on the little man and his two props, to make the other team guess what he is.
1) Of COURSE it takes batteries. It is electronic.
2) I love the electronic aspect of it. It makes it so much easier, no cards, easy to keep track of. Much simpler!
3)The scoring is EASY. Just a wipe off board that you write your point (or no point) for that round on.
4) 30 seconds is more than enough time to act out the word or phrase. We even felt like this was a lot of time for some words. The word comes up on the bottom of his foot, so you are able to hide the word from your teammates even if they are right next to you.
We never have encountered any words yet that a 12-14 year old wouldn't understand. The more difficult category is TV, where the man will be a TV character. You may not know some of the TV shows, but hey, that's pictionary.
The only criticism that I would have is that some players will just try to draw a picture on the block, and play it like regular pictionary. (not even use the man). So for the first few rounds we didn't use the block. It is fun because you can not only draw on him, but he an act things out with the props. I kind of wish he was bendable.
All in all, this game was so much fun!!! I just brought it to a party of 8 people, and we had a blast!!!!! There really isn't anything to NOT like about it! Wow!!!
47 of 53 found the following review helpful:
AMAZING fun for all ages Nov 28, 2008
By Phlogiston
I got this product on the day before Thanksgiving and the next day my parents, my wife's parents and other family members came over to the house. We had folks varying in age from one another by over fifty years. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE had an absolute blast with this game.
The rules are easy to learn and it is easy to master the interface (one power switch and two buttons) on the digital menu that assigns the subjects that folks have to digitally represent.
The set includes:
1) The Pictionary "Man" which is a blank human shaped figure made of, what seems to be, a dry erase board type material. On the bottom of the foot of the "Man" one finds an on/off switch, an LED display and two buttons (labeled 1 and 2, respectively). After one turns the switch on, one presses the #1 button to get one's general subject (Person, Title, Misc., Role Play, Action, etc.). One announces the general subject to one's team. One then presses the #1 button again to get the specific topic (if it is a person it might be anyone from Ghandi to Moe from the Three Stooges). One DOES NOT tell anyone else what the specific subject is. One must use items 1-4 to convey, visually, what this specific subject is. If one's teammates guess the subject successfully, then the team gets a point. The first team to 15 wins. The #2 button is used only in the "Challenge" round, which is played after seven questions. One can learn more about the "Challenge" round by purchasing the game.
2) A rectagular object made of the same material that opens up and stores various other game pieces.
3) A cylindrical object made of the same material that does not open up to store items.
4) Two blue markers (one for each team) that are used to draw on items 1-3 in order to create visual clues that will allow one to guess the subject offered by the Pictionary "Man".
5) A cloth that erases the blue marks but, miraculously, does not turn blue as it erases!
6) A score card that has "Team 1" and "Team 2" printed on it. Next to each team name, there is a series of 15 boxes, which one checks off, respectively, as each team earns points. The score card is marked with the provided markers and cleans as easily as items 1-3. You never create more than two teams. With more people, you just increase the size of the teams.
7) The rules of the game are also provided.
BATTERIES ARE NOT INCLUDED. You have to provide three AAA batteries on your own, but that is a small sacrifice to make for the joy of playing such a wonderful game.
For the first few questions, we had a hard time. We were getting subjects like "Ribeye Steak" or "Groin". As the game went on, though, we started doing things more creatively. For instance, we once got the action subject "slide". We didn't even draw. All we did was take the rectangle, put it at an incline and slid the Pictionary "Man" down it. It took only a few guesses before somebody got slide. The other team then got the action "mount". They drew a picture of a horse on the rectangle and then moved the Pictionary "Man" in such a way that he appeared to be mounting the horse.
At the end of the evening, and this is the most important part, I told everyone that I would be reviewing this game and I needed their input. I asked them, "How many stars, out of five, does this game deserve?" Men, women, senior citizens, middle aged folks, newlyweds and youngsters all agreed, FIVE STARS.
The game made for a great introduction to a fabulous family get together. Everyone enjoyed it and it really loosened people up. Folks who used to just come to eat and who barely spoke were really getting involved. We all had lots of fun and it really inspired us to be creative. Even though the first few words felt impossible to us, we quickly found new ways to convey messages visually and had a blast doing it.
So, five stars for fun, five stars for durability, five stars for being a great social activity for every demographic and four stars for educational value. It might not be a day at school, but it does inspire one to think in new ways, and that's good enough for something that's just so darn fun.
18 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Fun but short lived? Jun 21, 2009
By S. Vanhoose
"kitagrl"
Our friends and we LOVE this game. However we are pretty disappointed because we have played this game a total of four times (slightly different groups each time but a few of us played all of the times) and by the second game, we were already getting words we had gotten in the past. The box says there are over 2,000 words but it doesn't matter if the computer is random and picks old words before new words! In this case I think cards would be so much better because then you can make sure you never get repeats. Otherwise the game is fun, easy to understand and play, and I love how it incorporates charades, in a way, with the pictionary. Its great! I just may be contacting the company though to ask about what to do when you pay $31 for a game that starts repeating itself after the second game....
76 of 93 found the following review helpful:
 So Disappointed! Sep 08, 2008
By A. Bailey
I saw this at Wal Mart and grabbed it first thing, it looked like so much fun (especially with my group who love the artsy side of Cranium and Pictionary)... I was so disappointed!
How the game is played:
You have to have batteries AAA (I found this to be annoying as most games take AA, but not annoying enough to not purchase). The ages recommended is 14+ (needs to be) and can accommodate from 4 players-large groups.
The Pictionary man is a white erase doll essentially and comes with a white erase circle and rectangle. If you look on the box you see people drawing a cute surfer character with a sun and a surfboard or a man with an apron on (kiss the cook), barbecue grill, and spatula.
I'll go ahead and tell you that this will not happen in your game. You get (I think) 30 seconds to draw whatever character that comes up on the electronic foot of the Pictionary man. You want to get your team to say the word (like regular Pictionary). If it says surfer... you won't go through the trouble to make a cute little sun and drawstring trunks... You will as quickly as possible scribble a surfboard on the rectangular thing, not draw anything on the Pictionary man and act it out.
This gets very boring very fast and is also very limited.
Another thing that was annoying was the electronic aspect. Usually I like the electronic parts in games because they make it simpler. Not in this game! We were a little confused on the scoring. The electronic screen appeared like an old nano/gig-pet (small, black and grey, very digitalized)... The options were difficult to maneuver through and the challenge rounds were confusing.
Some of the words or people listed will actually be unknown by your 14-18 (or even more) age group.
I think this game has a lot of potential, but within 15 minutes we had put it back in the box and I was looking for the receipt. My suggestion: stick with regular Pictionary.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Stick it to the man! Apr 06, 2009
By John Doe
"media man"
Pictionary is a great game, but Pictionary Man is a mass market miss. If you understand how to play Pictionary, then you understand how to play this game ... they are basically the same; however, instead of drawing on paper, you draw on hard white plastics objects (with a dry erase marker) in the following shapes:
- The man (a cartoon shaped person, about 12 inches tall)
- The board (a block about 1.5" x 6" x 3"
- The puck (a hockey puck about 1" think and 2" across)
The pros:
Pictionary is a great game, and loved by most people
The cons:
The dry erase markers are quickly mashed by frantic players drawing and pointing with them - if you play the game often, these will frequently need to be replaced at your own expense. Batteries are not included - to run the timer and score board. Drawing on "the man" is time consuming, distracting, difficult, and ineffective. We quickly discovered that in most cases, the player would discard the man and use "the board" as a blank drawing pallet - in essence using a marker and tiny white board instead of pencil and paper.
In summary:
Pictionary is a great game and I highly recommend it; however, Pictionary Man is just trying to get his hands on your wallet ... instead, "stick it to the man" and stay with the original version.
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