Stuff We Want: Telestrations, the Game Where Your Uncle's Turkey Becomes a Crime Scene

Thanksgiving dinner has two phases. Phase one is food. Phase two is everyone sitting in a food coma, scrolling their phones and avoiding eye contact with the cousin who just got into crypto. You need a phase three.

Telestrations from USAOPOLY is the game of telephone, but with drawings. You get a secret word, you sketch it, the next person guesses what your sketch is, the next person draws that guess, and so on around the table. By the time it comes back to you, "pumpkin pie" has turned into "a sad manhole cover," and nobody can explain how.

Everybody plays at the same time, so no one is stuck waiting through somebody else's turn. It works for 4 to 8 players, and a game runs about 30 minutes, which is right about how long the pie needs to cool.

In the box: 8 reusable dry-erase sketchbooks, 8 dry-erase markers, 130 cards and the rules. The brand counts 2,000+ prompts on those cards, a mix of new and classic phrases, so you won't be drawing the same thing every holiday.

The best part: no artistic skill required. In fact, the worse you draw, the funnier the game gets. Finally, a family tradition where your stick figures are a strength.

Hand-picked because it's the rare game that gets grandparents, teens and the one guy who "doesn't do board games" all yelling at the same sketchbook.

Who it's for: Thanksgiving hosts, Friendsgiving crews, families with a wide age range at the table, and anyone who wants a white elephant gift that gets opened and played the same night.

Skip it if your crew is fewer than four people, or someone in your family takes losing at Pictionary as a personal attack.

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The verdict: the fastest way to turn a quiet post-turkey living room into the loudest room in the house. Hand-picked for game night.

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