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

• 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)