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 into a versatile box of games. 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 PnP/2025 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
Action / Dexterity, Animals, Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Music, Novel-based, Party Game, Print & Play · Chaining, Deck Construction, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Deduction, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Highest-Lowest Scoring, Layering, Market, Multi-Use Cards, Open Drafting, Push Your Luck, Rondel, Semi-Cooperative Game, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game, Square Grid, Team-Based Game, Variable Set-up
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