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Telephone Pictionary is a party game for an odd number of people sitting in a circle (or around a table); it works best with seven to eleven players. Each person needs a sheet of paper, a pencil, and a writing surface. To start, everyone marks their sheet in the lower right-hand corner with their initials, writes a sentence at the top of the paper, and passes it to the person on their left. (Or to the right. Doesn't matter, as long as the same convention is followed for an entire round.) That person is to draw a picture which conveys the same meaning as the sentence. When finished, they fold the paper so that only their drawing is visible, and pass it along. The next person is to write a sentence conveying the same meaning as the drawing, fold the paper, and pass it along. Continue until everyone gets back the sheet they started with.

When the sheets have returned to their original authors, then everyone takes a turn reading out the progressive evolution of their sentence. Describe the drawings, too. Much hilarity will ensue.

Take care that everyone agrees on which way to fold the paper, and try to make drawings small enough that one won't run out of page before the sheets make it all the way around. (If this does happen, it can work to continue on the back, if you're careful about folding so that no one sees what's on the other side.)