How it works
In this clay sculpting game one player shapes the card from modeling clay or playdough while the team guesses, in the style of the game sold as Pictionary. No talking and no letters pressed into the dough. Press Play a 90-second round.
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One way to play
There is no rule book, so this is one way. The sculptor reads the card in secret and has 90 seconds. The team shouts guesses. The sculptor may not talk, point at real objects or press letters into the dough. After a right guess press Next card. When time is up, the end card has a +1 for each team.
The levels are about the hands
Easy cards are one lump, such as Slug or Doughnut. Medium cards join two to four parts, such as Snowman. Hard cards have thin parts or must stand up, such as Giraffe. Levels sit under Topic. The list under the deck gives a way in for every card.
Tips
- The dough is for playing, not for eating, and children under three play with a grown-up.
- Give each team its own lump, so nobody waits for the dough.
- A stuck sculptor may start again once: squash it and go.
Questions and answers
What do you need to play?
A lump of modeling clay or soft dough for each team, a table and this page on one phone. Home-made salt dough works too. Two players can take turns, and with more you make teams.
Which cards suit the youngest players?
Press Topic, then Easy. Every card is one lump, such as Snake, Bowl or Starfish, so rolling a rope and squashing a ball are all the skills a player needs.
May the sculptor use tools?
That is a house rule. A pencil for poking holes and pressing lines makes Hard cards fairer. Cutters and molds give the answer away, so most tables leave them out.
How is it different from a drawing game?
A drawing can be a flat outline. A sculpture has to be a solid thing, so every card here has a shape you can hold, and the levels grade the handwork, not the idea.