“Backseat Drawing” (by Out of the Box Publishing) Game Review

Last night, Tony and I hosted a game night with our neighbors where we tried a brand new game called Backseat Drawing, created by Out of the Box Publishing. There were 10 of us and it worked out perfectly to play girls vs. guys.

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BackSeat Drawing is a game where each team designates a Director and an Artist. The Director sees the word that must be drawn but then has to describe HOW to draw it to the Artist by giving specific step-by-step instructions. For example. Draw a square. On top of the square, draw a triangle… then the Artist (who doesn’t know WHAT he/she is drawing) and the rest of the team has to guess what it is being drawn. It is quite crazy to be the Artist and being told what to draw without knowing WHAT you are drawing… On the flip side, it is challenging as the ‘director’ to have to explain the image you see in your mind and break it down into one shape and step at a time.

The first team to guess what the picture that their Artist is drawing wins a point… and the first team to seven points wins… but as Tony would say: “The object of the game is… to have fun.” And FUN, we had.

It is hilarious to see a picture that is ultimately the result of how YOU were able to describe it. What you saw in your head as an ‘earring,’ ended up looking like a crazy monster on the whiteboard. By the way, one fun (and eco-friendly) feature of this game is that it comes with two whiteboards and markers instead of wasting all that paper!

Everyone at our game night loved it… and here are what a few people had to say:

“Learn your shapes.”

“It’s a very fun game!”

“A spike IS a shape!” (This is referring to an earlier challenge that using the word spike is against the rules… because you can’t say: “Draw a handle on top of the rectangle.” You have to describe HOW to draw a handle instead of telling them what to draw.

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