A new Facebook puzzle game called Pictograph has just been released that looks great coming out of the gate.

Remember when Bugs Bunny would mock Elmer Fudd with signs that had a screw and a baseball drawn on it (“screwball“)? Well, that’s what this game is all about. Okay, so Bugs isn’t part of it, but the drawings are. This puzzle game gives you a set of images that you have to decipher into a word or phrase.

The game is very reminiscent of the games you used to play in the back of magazines as a kid, but the difference now is that these puzzles make up common phrases and relate to various current events. Some challenges include the movie, When Harry Met Sally…, Will Farrell in Elf, and of course holiday puzzles for Christmas. However, perhaps what is most enticing is that the game is not limited to content created by the developer.

In general one of the more interesting aspects of social game play is the ability to create and share content with friends, and that is exactly what you can do with Pictograph. The app has a simple and intuitive creation system that lets you type in a phrase and select from a plethora of images in order to “encode” what you are trying to say. Then, when a player starts up a game, they are presented with what seems to be a randomly picked puzzle (unless you are playing a specific topic challenge like the ones mentioned prior) that has been created by someone else.

Of course, the game contains traditional social capabilities as well. This includes the standard scoring, leader board, and challenge systems that encompass the majority of Facebook titles. You can even “taunt” other players within the rankings.

Pictograph is certainly a fun game and deserves to be up in the higher tiers of the app gallery. Its simple, nostalgic game play makes for fun and thought invoking puzzles, and the fact that players can create their own adds a wonderful social element and a near infinite number of possibilities. It is certainly a game worth checking out.