Lego Creationary

My kids received this game as a gift for Christmas so we opened it up and have played a few times and to summarize, it's been fun.

The game is essentially Pictionary with Legos. You roll a die and draw a card to see what it is you are going to try to build, and the other players try to guess what you're building. When someone guesses correctly, the person who guessed gets points and the person who built gets points.

There are different ways to play, but since we played with young kids and it was important to keep their attention, we didn't take turns guessing, everyone just shouted when they had an idea. We also set a timer so that if it wasn't guessed after 5 minutes, no one got points and we moved on to the next player.

We had players from age 5 on up to 70+, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. My only concern is that after a few plays you will start to remember what's on the cards and it will make the guessing easier. Also, it is sometimes hard to tell what the card is telling you to build. I had one card that showed two buildings with a pool between them. It could have been a hotel, an apartment complex, or an office building. I decided it was a hotel. It would have been nice to label them, even if this might have added to the production cost. Also, my son pulled one card and had no idea what it was supposed to be. It turns out it was a wall plug, but it was a European one that he's never seen since we live in the US.

Like other Lego games, you're encouraged to change the rules to make the game more fun. There are options included for team vs. team games or couple vs. couple. There are different ways you can organize the guessing, and you can always create your own build items using handwritten notes instead of the included cards. It may also be fun to use other lego pieces from other sets instead of confining yourself to what's in the box.