Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Scribblish Review and Giveaway


I can remember the first time my grandmother beat me at Go Fish.  I was eight years old and we were on a road trip in her RV.  I also remember knowing that she had been letting me win up until then.  I liked winning.  I think I even asked her why she didn't let me win.

It took me a while to get over not always winning, but eventually I did.  And I still love games.

I am not as nice as my grandmother.  We play games all of the time and I rarely, if ever, let my kids win.  Instead of teaching them that winning is fun, I try to teach them that playing is fun and winning is just the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae.

There are so many games we love to play, mostly classics that have been around longer than I have been alive, but every once in a while we find a new game that we really love.  When my oldest son was learning his letters he received the Cranium game Cariboo for his birthday.  It was with Cariboo that my love of Cranium games began.  We have quite a few, so when I was asked by Hasbro and My Blog Spark to review their newest game, Scribblish, I jumped at the chance.

So what is Scribblish?  Have you ever played The Telephone Game (the game where you sit in a circle and whisper a message to the person beside you until it makes its way around the circle and emerges as something completely ridiculous).  Well, imagine playing without using any words, but drawing pictures (scribbling) instead.  That is Scribblish.

You start with a prompt and you have a short amount of time to draw it out.  You then pass the picture to another player and they have to guess the prompt by looking only at the picture.  The picture is then hidden (using the handy scrolls that come with the game) and the next person has to draw a picture from the newly created prompt.  It sounds a little confusing, but it took my kids, 6 and 9, about two minutes to catch on.  You can even see an online demo HERE.


When all is said and done, you get a token for being able to recognize your original prompt and are awarded tokens from other players when they think one of your pictures or prompts is funny.  It is a great game that is more about enjoying playing than actually coming out the victor.


The recommended age is 8, but you really can adapt the game to any age as long as they can read and spell.  We played without the timer to give my daughter a little more time and she did really well.


If Scribblish sounds like a game your family or friends would enjoy, leave a comment on this post.  Let me know who you love playing board games with an you will be entered to win a Scribblish game of your own.

For a second entry, leave another comment and let me know what Cranium games you have enjoyed playing.

You have until midnight (EST), Friday October 15th to enter.  One winner will be chosen at random from all eligible entries.




Hasbro provided me with the product, information, and prize packs through MyBlogSpark.  The review reflects my actual opinion of the product.

79 comments:

  1. My husband and I love playing board games with our friends. This sounds right up our alley!

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  2. We love the original Cranium game!

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  3. Cranium has been the catalyst to some of our family's favorite memories.

    Like how my funny sister kept acting out the parade when President Kennedy got shot. And we would guess "JFK"
    and she kept saying "NO!"
    And when the time ran out, she shouted (super frustrated) "Richard Nixon!"

    Ummm...wrong President sweetie! It was hilarious! And we had to stop playing because we were all laughing so hard. GOOD TIMES!

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  4. i like playing board games with my daughter and hubby. such a nice way to spend some family time.
    thanks!
    shenais
    divertida at fastmail dot fm

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  5. My husband is THE KING of board games. Whenever we have company he breaks out the board games and we always have the best time b/c he likes to make up a lot of "house rules"!!!!

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  6. I love playing board games with my husband and my in-laws. We get husband's family a new game every year for Christmas. This one would be great!

    standout-in-a-crowd@hotmail.com

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  7. We've played the original Cranium until the wee hours of the morning when we were waiting for our household goods to be shipped to us when we lived in Spain. Those were some good times!

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  8. My kids and I love playing board games-especially
    Clue and Life

    aunteegem@yahoo.com

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  9. That sounds like a great game, if I don't win I am thinking Christmas gift!

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  10. we really love playing cranium, this sounds really fun!
    annemolino at hotmail dot com

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  11. This sounds like a fun game! I love to play with my boys. They are finally out of the Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders stage and I couldn't be happier!

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  12. so far I've only played the original Cranium game, but I've wanted to try cariboo with my kids

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  13. We love to play games with my husbands whole family! There are about 20 of us and we have a great time!
    Robyn
    emtysmom@yahoo.com

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  14. Oh fun! We are a game family for sure!

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  15. We have the original cranium and we love it!

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  16. We love to play the original Cranium. We played a few weeks ago with friends and had so much fun!
    Robyn
    emtysmom@yahoo.com

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  17. My favorite Cranium game is called Cranium Jr (or maybe 'for kids' or 'family') It is the junior version of the original and it is perfect for a group that has younger players.

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  18. I love playing games with my Dear Husband and four daughters..... It is always so much fun, and we enjoy the time together!


    Michelle Torres
    decorater4life@aol.com

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  19. The original Cranium is always alot of fun!!!! That is the only one we have played so far! Maybe soon we can add another to play : )


    Michelle Torres
    decorater4life@aol.com

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  20. Nothing is better than playing games with my niece and nephews!

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  21. I just saw this advertised on TV. This would be great for our family game nights! Thanks for the giveaway!! Amy Raggedyamy24@aol.com

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  22. SO fun! Love to play board games with my family. Especially over the holidays.

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  23. We love playing games at my house. I have two grands living here. We are on the lookout for new ones to try...Paula

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  24. Sounds fun to play with the family especially with the upcoming holiday seasons!
    bluebird1018@gmail.com

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  25. I don't know if I have played any Cranium games, so would love to try this one.
    bluebird1018!@gmail.com

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  26. We have played Cranium (the original) a lot!

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  27. Love to play board games with my husband and kids. But when my family comes into town, we REALLY like to play board games.

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  28. We like to play the original Cranium too!

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  29. We lu-hove board games and have the original Cranium as well as Cranium Kid Cadoo! Such fun, specially at parties!

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  30. My hubby and I LOVE playing games! We can't wait until our toddler is old enough to join us in "Family Game Night"!

    (I actually saw a commercial for Scribblish just today and thought, "Wow! That looks fantastic!")

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  31. And we LOVE the original Cranium game. We already have Cariboo waiting patiently in our game cabinet for our little one to grow big enough to play it!

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  32. My husband and I love to play new games and we LOVE to be the ones to take a new game places!! We are both college students so we are saving our money for the future and would LOVE to win a new game to play that could help relieve some of the stress of school and the upcoming dreaded finals week!

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  33. we are a game family this one sound fun

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  34. We love to play games with our Grandkids. This would be great to add to the mix.

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  35. Our family has always enjoyed Cranium.

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  36. This sounds like a great game to play with my teenage son (and his friends!). Thanks for the opportunity to win.

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  37. And for my second entry, we love to play the original Cranium. Good times!

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  38. My husband and I often play games for our "date nights" (otherwise known as get the kids in bed super early!)

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  39. I love playing games with my sister and her family! This looks fun!

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  40. Original Cranium is always fun. We also like to play the Cranium card game, Zigity with the kids.

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  41. I love playing games with everyone I know :) We have an entire cabinet of "kids" games and another one of "family" games, and then of course "grownup games" get their own cabinet as well!

    amoberly at gmail dot com

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  42. I love playing games-anytime with anybody. I just had a game night with a bunch of young girls I teach last night. So fun.
    This looks like a fun new game!

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  43. Original cranium is one of my favorite games. It has something for everybody.

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  44. Cariboo is probably my kids' favorite :)

    amoberly at gmail dot com

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  45. We love playing board games at our house. We still pull our 16 year old to the table to play. He grumbles. But once he's playing. He loves it. Our 2nd grader pulls out Cranium all of the time!

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  46. My husband and our 4 wee ones love games. I have been so excited about Scribblish since I saw the commercial the other day.
    tsvanacker at yahoo dot com

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  47. Our kids love Cranium Hulabaloo. I love it because they don't need me to help them play.
    tsvanacker at yahoo dot com

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  48. Games with my dad, at the cabin, in Greer, Arizona. Great memories!

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  49. We love playing games with our kids! Zarahemla has been a fave lately for us :)
    We also like having game nights with our whanau and friends :)

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  50. I love to play games with my kids or have my sisters over for a girls night.

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  51. we like to play balloon lagoon with the kids and zigity with my sisters

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  52. FUN! I come from a family of nine and we've always enjoyed playing games together! HOW FUN!

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  53. We usually play board games with just our two daughters, although we've been wanting to do more game nights with friends and their families!

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  54. We love every Cranium game we've ever played! Cariboo was an early favorite for our kids, plus Zigity, Hullabaloo, and Whoonu is our favorite!

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  55. I love playing games with my kids! We love cariboo and hullabaloo too! We try to play a family game every monday night. My two girls love it!

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  56. I love playing board games with anyone who will play them with me! They are such a small simple thrill, and yet transform your night into one of the best ones you might have all month. AWESOME.

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  57. For my 2nd entry-- I still love the original Cranium. Its such a good mix of various skills that anyone can play and find a category that they dominate at!

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  58. LOVE board games. I usually play with my son. On Thanksgiving we usually play games with the whole family and this would be a fun one to play.

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  59. We have Cranium Cariboo and love playing with my son ... even at 7 years old he still loves it. We also have Kabookii for Wii and LOVE it.

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  60. I love playing board games with my family and boyfriend. We're real cut ups!

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  61. I've always loved Cranium. I'm been waiting for Scribblish to go on sale, because it looks great!

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  62. Looks fun! My husband and I are undefeated in Cranium, so now it is time to dominate in another game!!

    dixonsblissathotmaildotcom

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  63. I also love playing Hullabaloo with the kiddos, but my hubby and I like the WOW edition that you can dress up your character.

    dixonsbliss at hotmail dot com

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  64. We love playing games with family!

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  65. Our favorite so far has been the treasure hunt game....I just can't remember the name of it!!

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  66. Wow! this looks so fun!! Love playing new games with my kids!!

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  67. i love playing games with whoever is up for it!!

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  68. i'm sad to say...i've never played cranium!!

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  69. Well, I'm sure my fam would just love to play this game. Although, both of my girls draw like professionals so I'd better prepare to have my pride handed to me many times over! Thank you so much for hosting such a fun giveaway!!

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  70. The neighbors and I would LOVE a new game for game night!

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  71. I love playing games with anyone!! I love games!

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  72. and the original Cranium game...that was a blast!

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  73. My husband and i love playing games with our friends. So fun! This game sounds like it is a lot of fun! I hadn't heard about it until now.

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  74. I love playing board games with my friends or my younger brother.

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  75. I love the original Cranium! I bought my nephew Hullabaloo and we had a blast with that game too.

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