Draw, Draw, Pass!

"overwatering the houseplant your neighbor asked you to take care of while they were out of town"

Draw, Draw, Pass! is one of those party games that I think is at its best when everyone involved is willing to be a little silly. The whole idea is simple because one person has to guess a random prompt while everyone else takes turns drawing parts of the picture. I liked how quickly the game creates funny situations, especially when a perfectly normal idea slowly turns into something completely ridiculous. The drawing system is what makes the game work. Each artist gets a limited amount of time to add their part before passing the canvas to the next person, and there are no do overs. I enjoyed that restriction because it forces me to commit to whatever I am drawing instead of carefully making everything perfect. A good drawing can become complete nonsense after a few turns, which is exactly where a lot of the fun comes from. I also like the guessing phase because it completely changes the mood of each round. The guesser has no idea what the original prompt was and has to make sense of whatever the artists have created. Sometimes the picture can be surprisingly accurate, while other times I can barely tell what everyone was trying to draw. That uncertainty makes each round feel different and gives everyone a reason to pay attention even when it is not their turn to draw. The game also does a good job of supporting different kinds of sessions. There are standard and creative modes, and I can play with friends or join public lobbies. Avatar customization is a nice extra touch as well, giving me some freedom to make my character look a little more personal before starting a round. I think the whole presentation is bright and playful, which fits the social focus perfectly. My biggest issue is that the experience depends heavily on having the right group of people. With a fun group, the simple mechanics can produce some genuinely hilarious drawings, but playing with people who are not very engaged could make the same system feel repetitive. The basic gameplay also does not have much depth beyond drawing, passing and guessing, so there is a limit to how long I would want to play continuously. I also think the strength of the game is more about the moments it creates than about progression. There is not some huge campaign or complicated reward system keeping me hooked. Instead, the appeal comes from seeing what ridiculous picture gets created next and whether the guesser can somehow figure it out. That makes it feel more like something I would return to when I have friends around rather than something I would play alone for long sessions. Overall, Draw, Draw, Pass! is a charming and chaotic drawing party game that I think understands its purpose very well. I enjoyed the limited drawing time, the passing system and the unpredictable guessing rounds, while the simple presentation keeps everything easy to understand. It could use more variety to keep things fresh over longer sessions, but when I am playing with a good group, I can see this producing plenty of funny moments. Rating: 6.8/10

As much as I would like to recommend this game, I can't fully. (I know I hit recommend, but you all can read, right?) The premise is actually hilarious. Having people with different artistic abilities draw on the same picture is really funny. Especially when trying to get another friend to guess what the train wreck is. My friends and I had a really good time, however... if it wasn't buggy, we probably would've had more fun and kept playing longer. So the bug we had was where one player was no longer in the game, and their turn was replaced by someone else already in the game. And each time it was the person who was supposed to be guessing. Now, they couldn't see what the prompt was when they got the option to draw, but still... kind of ruined it for us. I think we were 3 or 4 games in when it happened. I also have a couple of suggestions to improve the game. Things that were slightly annoying. But nothing that made me dislike it. 1. Each player only having one color is really limiting sometimes. I don't think we should all have a full palette or anything, but if we each had two colors, it could probably help a little, maybe 2 shades of the same would even work. Not a deal breaker, though. 2. We should be able to erase our own mistakes. I get not allowing us to erase others drawings since that would make the point of the game useless, but when you have little time and people are watching you draw, it gets a slittle stressful as it is. Being able to erase a small mistake would be great. 3. Having a random round where the people who are drawing could write their own prompts and then a vote would be a cool. (just an idea, not necessary) 4. Please for the sake of everyone's ears, lower the starting volume. I thought AAA games were bad for that, this is the loudest one I've had in a while, and that's saying something. I didn't need my headphones tested lol. 5. The music is so repetitive. It's not annoying to begin with, but it gets that way. Wish I had turned it down. 6. Why is it when you make a lobby you have to have the exact number of players before you can start? You know, sometimes people join later or some want to leave. Remaking a room every time this happens is annoying at the least. Just give us an option to start early. Not a deal breaker, though. If I think of anything else I will probably add it, but for now these are suggestions. I did like that making a lobby was fine and no one was kicked from it as this is common in a lot of other games like this. We didn't have that issue at least. And we mostly we able to draw without issue, until the aforementioned bug. The short of it though, is we enjoyed it, but not sure we'll play it again. Maybe if the bug at least gets fixed. And also, I know some of my friends were not happy about the lack of prompts. If you run out of prompts, there isn't much else to do for the game. So hopefully there is more in the future. TLDR: It was fun, but needs some tweaking and a bug fix. Also needs more prompts.

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This game is super fun and really easy to pick up, making it great for playing with friends! I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for future DLC!

Why are the prompts for this games so convoluted and lengthy? How is anyone supposed to be able to guess them?

The concept is funny, the execution lacks a little bit Please stop destroying our ears when we launch the game. We had a bug where one of the drawers was replaced by the guesser in one round