Have you heard of the game “Broken Telephone”? It’s like that, but with drawing! Works better with 8-12 people.

How to do it

This is a game that’s all about how well (or not!) we communicate. The idea is to pass a message from one person to the next in secret, except that it alternates between words and a picture.

As the facilitator, start by drawing something a bit cryptic (not too easy, and not too hard!) on a sticky note, fold it in half so that nobody else can see it, and pass it to the first person. Ask them to draw what they read on another sticky note, fold it, and pass it to the next person. That next person has to write a short description of what they see on another sticky note, and so on.

Keep going around the group until it comes back to you. Reveal the beginning and the last sticky notes, to see what difference there is.

Variations

You can also play this game online using the Drawception website (needs registration with email address to play).

Source: Alishah Novin