Bah! Humbug! and the 12 Games of Christmas
Description
Bah! Humbug! and the 12 Games of Christmas is a collection of 13 original holiday card games by 13 designers, reimplementing and expanding Bah! Humbug!: A Twelve Days of Christmas Bluffing Game by Emily Willix into a versatile box of games for 1-12 players. At the heart of the collection is a 78-card "12 days of Christmas" deck featuring Victorian-inspired animal art. The box also contains 34 wooden pieces, a detailed rulebook, and several additional card sets which may be combined with the base deck in various ways.
The 2023 boxed edition includes rules for these original games:
- Animal Menagerie (2 players) a card-drafting and set collection game by Emily Willix & Clark Willix
- Christmas Parade (2 players) a card manipulation game by Felix Falk
- Deckbuild the Halls (3-4 players) a trick-taking and deckbuilding game by Duncan Hecht
- Dress the Mantel (2 players) a tile-laying game by David Waldman
- The Duke's Daughters (1-4 players) a solo/cooperative game by Koyomi Kawasumi
- The Giving Spirit (3-6 players) a trick-taking game by Evan Halbert
- Ladies Dancing (1-3 players) a rondel and set collection game by Emily Willix & Clark Willix
- O Christmas Tree (2-4 players) a racing and press-your-luck game by Pedro Kerouac & Jan Spodek
- Post the Parcels (3-6 players) a pick-and-pass set collection game by James Gjaltema
- Snapdragon (2-3 players) a dexterity and press-your-luck game by Chris Stone (II)
- Swindling Suitors (3-4 players) a card-shedding and bluffing game by Galen McCown
- Woodland Winter (1-2 players) a solo/co-op strategy game by Ren Vice
Bah! Humbug! and the 12 Games of Christmas is also a growing online collection of games and variations—including solo games, party games, puzzles, Victorian parlour games, and original submissions—which can all be played using the cards and components included in the box. There is a BGG thread for contributing new and existing compatible games, and Small Furry Games also plans to release new original games each Christmas season.
Original bonus games - 2023- PARTY GAME: One High, Two Low, Three of a Kind (6-12 players) a pick-and-pass, press-your-luck dinner table game
- PARTY GAME: Ribbon, Rabbit, Ribbit (8-12 players) a cocktail party or ice-breaker game
- SOLO GAME: Ding! Dong! (The Merrily on High Street) (1 player) a solo strategy game by Emily Willix
- COMMUNITY CONTEST WINNER: TBA (judging in progress—finalists to be announced in May 2023)