# Hilarious Picture-Based Games Telestrations is the New Pictionary Boardgame By Kara Steyn | Published 2013-08-18 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/outrageous-board-game References: [telestrations](http://www.telestrations.com) Telestrations, the "laughter-in-a-box" board game, is a must have for game enthusiasts. It combines 'broken telephone' with 'Pictionary' to create the most outrageous results. Each player gets a [secret word to draw](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lingo-battle) and after 60 seconds, their sketch book is passed to the player on their left, who must then guess (in words) what the person has drawn. The books are passed again and players must [draw what is written](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/boring-canvas); the process repeats until the reveal of the original word. Try not laughing when "pigeon" turns into "chicken in jail." Don't be embarrassed if you laugh to the point of mania; it's worth it for a board game like this. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.6/10 - Popularity: 27% | Activity: 42% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Humor](https://www.trendhunter.com/humor) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Picture-based Games:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a new generation of picture-based games that combine different elements to create hilarious and outrageous results. - **Social Drawing Games:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create interactive and multiplayer social drawing games that can be played online or through mobile devices. - **Creative Word-guessing Games:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design word-guessing games that incorporate creative and unexpected twists to make the gameplay more interesting and entertaining. ### Who This Affects Most - **Board Game:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introduce innovative board games that offer unique and engaging gameplay experiences. - **App Development:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop mobile applications that allow users to play interactive and social drawing games on their smartphones or tablets. - **Party Game:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create party games that can be played with a large group of people and encourage laughter and social interaction. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [AI Drawing Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pictionary-vs-ai.md) - [Word-Shouting Party Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/really-loud-librarians.md) - [Bathroom Humor Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pass-the-ass-game.md) - [Monster Drawing Party Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/monsdrawsity-unusual-suspects.md) - [Absurd Answer Card Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/that-escalated-quickly.md) - [Chaotic Cat-Themed Board Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/exploding-kittens-the-board-game.md) - [Strategic Swine Board Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/silly-strategy-board-game.md) - [Daily Word Game Pastimes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wordle-the-party-game.md) - [Phone-Inspired Card Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/game-of-phones-1.md)