What Bad Drawings is
Draw a prompt nobody else can see. Everyone else invents a title for your masterpiece — then the room votes on which one was real.
A drawing nobody can read pays its artist nothing at all. The artist scores 100 for every player who finds the true prompt and 100 more if the whole room finds it, while the liars are paid for exactly the opposite — so the two halves of the table want different things from the same picture.
Titles are checked before they reach the board. Writing the real prompt is refused outright, and so is a title somebody already wrote — capitals and punctuation don’t make it a different claim. The room never votes on two copies of the same idea.
Everybody draws at once, then every drawing is played out one at a time. Eight players over three rounds is twenty-four drawings, which is why the host picks one, two or three rather than a number of minutes.
How to play Bad Drawings
- You get a secret prompt. Draw it with your finger — badly is fine, badly is better.
- Each drawing goes up one at a time. Everyone else writes a title they think could pass for it.
- The real prompt is shuffled in with the fakes, and everyone votes.
- The artist scores for every player who finds the truth.
- You score for every player your lie catches. Fooling the room beats drawing well.
- Name the real prompt while writing your title and you bank a finder’s points on the spot. The house writes your decoy, and you sit that vote out.
How to win at Bad Drawings
Draw the thing, not the scene
Your whole fee is people getting it right, so clarity is the money.
Describe what’s on screen
A title that fits the drawing steals more votes than a funnier one that doesn’t.
Second-most obvious wins
The obvious title is the one three people are typing, and only the first of them is allowed to submit it.
Use a thicker nib
There are eight colours and three widths, and the finest line all but vanishes at voting size.
Watch what won last round
The titles that took votes tell you exactly how blunt this particular room likes them.
Questions about Bad Drawings
Does drawing well actually help?
It is the only way the artist scores: 100 for each player who picks the true prompt, and 100 more if every one of them does. A drawing the room can’t read earns its artist nothing.
What if two of us write the same title?
The second one is refused before it reaches the board. Case, spacing and punctuation are ignored in that check, so “A shark doing taxes!” and “a shark doing taxes” count as the same title.
Can I write the real prompt as my title?
No — the engine recognises it and asks for something else. Otherwise it would be a free hundred points from anyone who backed it.
How long does a game run?
Every player draws once a round and every drawing is played out, so length scales with the table. A round of eight is eight drawings, each with its own titles and its own vote.
Is Bad Drawings free?
Yes. Every game on Table Party is free, with no accounts, no adverts and nothing to buy.
How many people do you need for Bad Drawings?
Between 3 and 8. Below 3 there are not enough of you for the game to work.
Do we need to download anything?
No. One person opens the site and starts a room; everybody else joins by typing the room code on their own phone. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
Can we play Bad Drawings over a video call?
Yes. Share the room code in the chat and play with the call running — everything private stays on each player’s own phone.
