Number of players is fairly irrelevant, as down time is minimal thanks to the all-play mechanic. That said the box suggest 2-8 players but I would say 4-6 is still probably best. Like all good party games Six Second Scribbles is easy to learn and fast to play. We debrief while marking because at some point, someone’s guess or drawing will cause amusement around the table. Ultimately that is what this game is set up for. You’ve got a lot in this little box. Enough pencils to go round and a small pad of paper that will last plenty long enough. The pad is purposefully small, as the rules say, drawing small makes you draw fast!

Some of the cards are a little unbalanced in terms of difficulty, I’ve seen friends try and draw okra and kale, while someone else has been drawing a cloud and a bone. I know which I would rather attempt! When playing with children, I tend to allow them to read the card before the timer and make sure they can attempt to draw half of them, or swap the card to make things easier. While talking about things not in the box, there isn’t a pencil sharpener either. If you are a household without these, you might have to reach for a pen instead, it’s not an unsurmountable issue and I’m not even sure why I’ve made you read this paragraph. Sorry. There is no timer included in the box, but readers of my FReNeTiC review will know how I feel about egg timers. With most people having a mobile phone or an oven timer it’s not a problem. However, I know lots of people that don’t want their phones at the table, especially when playing board games. On reflection, using your phone means there is no plastic sand timer being produced so it’s the better environmental option of the two!

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I will now employ an anecdote to further prove my point. My neighbour, Jennie, was an “I can’t draw” when we brought this to the table. “It doesn’t matter”, I said (just like in the paragraph above), “we’ll play a round and if you don’t like it, we’ll move on to something else” I continued. Three rounds later Jennie’s words were “I stand corrected, I really enjoyed that!”.