<s>
Broken	B-Application
Picture	I-Application
Telephone	I-Application
,	O
sometimes	O
abbreviated	O
BPT	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
collaborative	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
drawing	O
and	O
writing	O
game	O
invented	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
pen-and-paper	O
game	O
Telephone	O
Pictionary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
children	O
's	O
game	O
called	O
broken	O
telephone	O
or	O
simply	O
telephone	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Chinese	O
whispers	O
,	O
Broken	B-Application
Picture	I-Application
Telephone	I-Application
relies	O
on	O
the	O
breakdown	O
of	O
communications	O
for	O
entertainment	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broken	B-Application
Picture	I-Application
Telephone	I-Application
gameplay	O
involves	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
11	O
or	O
more	O
rounds	O
per	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
each	O
player	O
can	O
participate	O
in	O
only	O
one	O
round	O
per	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broken	B-Application
Picture	I-Application
Telephone	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
American	O
indie	O
developer	O
Alishah	O
Novin	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
13	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
bugfix	O
release	O
,	O
numbered	O
1.01	O
,	O
following	O
on	O
16	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Protocol
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
remained	O
defunct	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
relaunched	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broken	B-Application
Picture	I-Application
Telephone	I-Application
was	O
rated	O
#62	O
in	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
Top	O
100	O
Web	O
Sites	O
of	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
#5	O
in	O
Jay	O
Is	O
Games	O
's	O
top	O
ten	O
games	O
of	O
2009	O
in	O
the	O
Simple	O
Idea	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Appszoom	O
magazine	O
called	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
release	O
"	O
insanely-addicting	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Jay	O
Is	O
Games	O
noted	O
that	O
site	O
visitors	O
"	O
can	O
spend	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
time	O
just	O
browsing	O
through	O
the	O
archives	O
of	O
completed	O
games	O
and	O
laughing	O
at	O
the	O
results.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
with	O
similar	O
mechanisms	O
of	O
play	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
first	O
released	O
during	O
the	O
period	O
when	O
BPT	O
was	O
not	O
available	O
,	O
include	O
Broken	O
Phone	O
,	O
DoodleOrDie	O
,	O
Drawception	B-Application
,	O
DrawGuess	O
and	O
Teledraw	O
.	O
</s>
