Robert Angel

Robert Angel is a Canadian-born American board game inventor who created the word guessing game Pictionary in 1985. Angel later became involved with non profit companies.

Career In 1982, following his graduation from Western Washington University with a degree in Business Administration and while working as a waiter, Angel invented Pictionary.

They licensed the game in 1986 in a joint venture between The Games Gang and Western Publishing. Then in 1994, Hasbro took over publishing after acquiring the games business of Western Publishing.

In 2001, Pictionary was sold to Mattel. At that time they were in 60 countries and 45 languages, with 11 versions just in the US and a total of 32 million games sold worldwide.

Angel developed another game adult board game called ThinkBlot. While the game was not as successful as Pictionary, it was still a hit for 2 years.

Angel has also worked as a film and television producer on Finding Hillywood (2013) (aka Film Festival: Rwanda), the 1997 game show Pictionary, and It Snows All the Time in 2015.

Personal life Angel is the board president for Inspire Youth Project, an organization that provides emotional support programs and stability for children and teens affected by HIV/AIDS.

Published games Pictionary Pictionary: Hong Kong Golden Edition Pictionary: Party Edition Pictionary Junior ThinkBlot