Editing Pictionary (section)

{{Short description|Word guessing game}}
{{italic title}}
{{about|the game}}
{{for|a dictionary where each entry is illustrated|Picture dictionary}}
{{expand Spanish|Pictionary|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox Game
| name = ''Pictionary''
| subtitle = 
| logo = Pictionary game logo.png
| logo_size = 200
| image = Pictionary Party.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = A game of "Pictionary Party"
| other_names = 
| AKA = 
| manufacturer =
| designer = [[Robert Angel]]
| director =
| illustrator = 
| publisher = {{plainlist|
* Angel Games
* [[Western Publishing]]
* [[Hasbro]]
* [[Mattel]]
}}
| date = {{start date and age|1985}}
| years = 1985–present
| genre = [[Board game]]
| players = 3–16 
| setup_time = <1 minute
| playing_time = 90 minutes
| ages = +12
| random_chance = Medium
| skills = Drawing, image recognition, wordplay, vocabulary
| footnotes = 
}}
'''''Pictionary''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|k|ʃ|ən|ər|i}}, {{IPAc-en|US|-|ɛr|i}}, {{Respell|PIK|shuh|NER|ee}}) is a [[charades]]-inspired [[word game|word-guessing game]] invented by [[Robert Angel]] with graphic design by Gary Everson and first published in 1985 by Angel Games Inc.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ravulur|first=Nandita|title=Game Boys|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1997/10/13/smallb1.html|access-date=31 Oct 2012|newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal|date=Oct 12, 1997}}</ref> Angel Games licensed Pictionary to [[Western Publishing]]. [[Hasbro]] purchased the rights in 1994 after acquiring the games business of Western Publishing. <ref name="nytimes" /> [[Mattel]] acquired ownership of Pictionary in 2001. The game is played in [[team]]s with [[Player (game)|player]]s trying to identify specific [[word]]s from their teammates. Its name is a portmanteau of "picture" and "dictionary".