I’m guilty of letting the kids have way too much screen time. This week, we tried DROAR: The Fast-Paced Drawing Game by Blueberry Co - and we ended up spending HOURS doodling and laughing… with zero screens involved. And that felt pretty amazing.
Why I love ❤️ it: (1) DROAR is chaotic, hilarious, and fun. Every player picks a character card, then you flip a challenge card and roll the dice to reveal your weird drawing prompt. From there - start doodling! The results are absolutely wild. We ended up creating things like a scary parrot, a Halloween-themed monkey, and a rabbit with outrageous hairstyle. It feels like AI image generation - except it’s real humans creating the madness, and the results are even cuter. The best part? Nobody cares whether you’re actually “good” at drawing.
(2) The replayability is HUGE. There are 70 character cards featuring everything from land animals, reptiles, insects, and marine creatures to unicorns, mermaids, dragons, astronauts, wizards, and even dinosaurs. Every card includes a cute illustration to spark ideas. Then come the challenge cards: 10 cards with 6 prompts each, giving you 60 different drawing challenges. You might have to draw your character wearing an ugly Christmas sweater, turn them into a balloon animal, or draw using one single continuous line (which is WAY harder than it sounds). The combinations feel almost endless!
(3) Most importantly: there’s no winner - just fun. Which, as a parent, I LOVE. Whenever the kids asked me to judge whose drawing was “best,” I could simply point to the rules. There’s also an optional 60-second timer if you want fast-paced chaos, or you can ignore it and enjoy a calmer drawing session at your own pace.
(4) The components are beautifully done. The cards are thick, colourful, and sturdy, and the game includes a dice, a sand timer, a small notepad, and four mini pencils. We personally preferred using larger paper for our masterpieces, but the included supplies are a lovely touch. Everything packs neatly into a compact little box too, which makes it perfect for travel, cafes, holidays.
