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Book Review: Depicting Pictionary - Game Changer: The Story of Pictionary and How I Turned a Simple Idea into the Bestselling Board Game in the World by Rob Angel

Over a century ago, Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper editor Tess Flanders is credited with the observation that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” In 1985, Rob Angel wrote a list of 5,018 words to create a board game that involves the drawing of pictures. If Ms. Flanders were alive today, she’d relish writing a review for the book that defines everything about Pictionary.