Oink Games • 2011
Everyone draws the same thing — say, "cat" — on a shared piece of paper. You go around the table and each person adds one line or shape on their turn. Everyone has a unique marker colour so you can see who drew what. The catch: one player is the Fake Artist. They don't know the word. They see everyone else drawing and have to add a line that looks like they know what's going on. After two rounds of drawing, everyone votes on who the Fake Artist is. If caught, the Fake Artist can still win by guessing what the word was. The real artists face a dilemma: draw too clearly and the Fake Artist figures out the word. Draw too vaguely and you look suspicious yourself. So you end up with these tentative drawings where everyone is trying to prove they know the word without actually revealing it. Fits in a tiny box. You just need the cards, a big piece of paper, and some markers. It plays 5-10, takes about 20 minutes, and works as a quick starter or filler. The group drawing on a shared page is naturally social — people watch every stroke with suspicion.
