2016Vlaada Chvátil, Andrew Parks
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1 - 4 players60 - 240 minVery heavy weight
The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG
2005Andrew Parks, Zev Shlasinger
2 - 6 players
45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
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"The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG" is an interactive, fast-playing trading card game suitable for any number of players. Each player manages his or her own version of Halloweentown, complete with its own Characters straight out of Tim Burton's film and its own set of Locales for those Characters to haunt, as well as Creations built by the Characters and Surprises to keep the game full of action and suspense. Each game lasts for 12 Rounds (the "12 Days until Christmas"), during which time each player creates the scariest version of Christmas he or she can. The players do this by playing Characters into their own versions of Halloweentown, and by using those Characters to build terrifying Christmas Creations. At the end of the 12th Day, the player with the most Scare Points in his or her Halloweentown wins the game! (This game has run out of print. A third expansion, "The Real World", was planned and sacked)
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Which video should I watch for The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG?
The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from 2025 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Tutorial Pesadilla TCG | Guía Detallada del Juego de Cartas de Pesadilla antes de Navidad" by Sergio Gómez, which runs 18 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Look Back - 5/6/26" by The Dice Tower.
If you like it, try Star Trek: Frontiers, Tales of the Arthurian Knights and Coraline: Beware the Other Mother, also by Andrew Parks, or Tales of the Arabian Nights, also by Zev Shlasinger.
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About The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG
From BoardGameGeek:
"The Nightmare Before Christmas TCG" is an interactive, fast-playing trading card game suitable for any number of players. Each player manages his or her own version of Halloweentown, complete with its own Characters straight out of Tim Burton's film and its own set of Locales for those Characters to haunt, as well as Creations built by the Characters and Surprises to keep the game full of action and suspense. Each game lasts for 12 Rounds (the "12 Days until Christmas"), during which time each player creates the scariest version of Christmas he or she can. The players do this by playing Characters into their own versions of Halloweentown, and by using those Characters to build terrifying Christmas Creations. At the end of the 12th Day, the player with the most Scare Points in his or her Halloweentown wins the game! (This game has run out of print. A third expansion, "The Real World", was planned and sacked)
Designers
Andrew Parks, Zev Shlasinger
Publisher
NECA
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