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18 games like Telestrations

The best games like Telestrations are Pictomania (Second Edition), Eat Poop You Cat and Say Anything 10th Anniversary — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Pictomania (Second Edition) shares humor, party game, real-time with Telestrations.

Every alternative below links to its own Telestrations-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s humor / party game shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Telestrations’s 1.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Pictomania (Second Edition) (2018)
   3–6 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Real-time, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
   View Pictomania (Second Edition) on Amazon →
2. 2. Eat Poop You Cat
   3–99 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 99 · ~10 min shorter · same complexity
   View Eat Poop You Cat on Amazon →
3. 3. Say Anything 10th Anniversary (2008)
   3–8 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
   View Say Anything 10th Anniversary on Amazon →
4. 4. Scrabble Scattergories (1988)
   2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.2 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Party Game, Real-time, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
5. 5. Mutabo (2017)
   3–6 players · 25–45 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
6. 6. Things... Humour in a box (2002)
   4–15 players · 45 min · ★ 6.1 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · scales to 15 · ~15 min longer · same complexity
7. 7. 1000 Blank White Cards (1996)
   3–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.7 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 99 · ~30 min longer · +0.3 heavier
8. 8. Celebrities
   4–30 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · scales to 30 · ~60 min longer · same complexity
9. 9. Cranium Hoopla (2002)
   2–8 players · 20 min · ★ 6.2 · Light
   Shares with Telestrations: Party Game, Real-time, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
   vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · ~10 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
10. 10. Blank Slate (2018)
    3–8 players · 20–35 min · ★ 6.8 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
11. 11. Why Did the Chicken...? (2004)
    4–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.2 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
12. 12. Cranium Booster Box 1 (1999)
    4–0 players · 60 min · ★ 6.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: ~30 min longer · +0.6 heavier
13. 13. Cranium Party Playoff (2008)
    4–99 players · 30 min · ★ 6.0 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · scales to 99 · about the same length · same complexity
14. 14. Wits & Wagers Deluxe Edition (2005)
    3–7 players · 25 min · ★ 6.9 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–7 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
15. 15. You Must Be an Idiot! (2005)
    3–6 players · 45 min · ★ 5.7 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~15 min longer · +0.3 heavier
16. 16. VisualEyes (2003)
    2–8 players · 30 min · ★ 5.6 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Party Game, Real-time, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
17. 17. Cranium The Family Fun Game (2005)
    4–0 players · 45 min · ★ 5.6 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
18. 18. Cranium Cadoo (2001)
    2–16 players · 45 min · ★ 5.3 · Light
    Shares with Telestrations: Humor, Party Game, Paper-and-Pencil · 1 of Telestrations’s 1 mechanics (100%)
    vs Telestrations: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 16 · ~15 min longer · same complexity

Looking for the original? See the full Telestrations fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.