2021Emily Willix
Some unboxings. Bah! Humbug!: A Twelve Days of Christmas Bluffing Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Mail your True Love one Christmas card each day-and be sure to boast to everyone else about it. In order to keep up with all the other suitors, you might have to lie about what you've sent. But lying is half the fun! Will you win by being the sneakiest liar, or by catching others in THEIR lies? Bah! Humbug! is a bluffing and deduction card game that uses a special card deck based on the traditional "Twelve Days of Christmas" carol (12 x Drummers Drumming, 11 x Pipers Piping, etc.) plus a deck of 12 cards that form a circular wreath or calendar in the center of the table. Each round, players are dealt a hand of Christmas cards. They then take turns secretly mailing 1 Christmas card to their True Love (playing a card face-down on the calendar). These cards are played in descending order, from 12 to 1. As each player boasts about what card they've sent, other players may shout, “Bah! Humbug!” to catch them in a lie. Lies that go unchallenged are awarded "coal" at the end of the round, while lies that are successfully caught earn the accuser 1 "holly berry" (or take away holly berries, if the accuser is wrong.) A player can win Bah! Humbug! in either of two ways: by being the most successful liar (collecting the most coal tokens), or by being the best at catching other liars (collecting the most holly berries).
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Bah! Humbug!: A Twelve Days of Christmas Bluffing Game has 6 videos from 6 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough, 2 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2021 to December 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "The Wynner’s Game Room Previews Bah Hum-Bug by Small Furry Games" by The Wynner’s Game Room, which runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Bah Humbug and the 12 Games of Christmas - Kickstarter Critique Review" by Bower's Game Corner. To see it played, watch "Bah Humbug -- The Giving Spirit demo round and teach (4p)" by Board Game Gumbo (Board Game Gumbo).
If you like it, try Bah! Humbug! and the 12 Games of Christmas and Battle Dentale, also by Emily Willix, or Welcome to the Dungeon and Welcome Back to the Dungeon, which share several of its mechanics.
2023Emily Willix, Felix Falk, James Gjaltema, Evan Halbert, Duncan Hecht, Koyomi Kawasumi, Pedro Kerouac, Galen McCown, Jan Spodek, Chris Stone (II), Ren Vice, David Waldman, Clark Willix
1 - 12 players15 - 45 minMedium weight
2013Hisanori Hiraoka, Masato Uesugi
2 - 4 players30 minLight weight
2016Antoine Bauza, Masato Uesugi
2 - 4 players30 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Mail your True Love one Christmas card each day-and be sure to boast to everyone else about it. In order to keep up with all the other suitors, you might have to lie about what you've sent. But lying is half the fun! Will you win by being the sneakiest liar, or by catching others in THEIR lies? Bah! Humbug! is a bluffing and deduction card game that uses a special card deck based on the traditional "Twelve Days of Christmas" carol (12 x Drummers Drumming, 11 x Pipers Piping, etc.) plus a deck of 12 cards that form a circular wreath or calendar in the center of the table. Each round, players are dealt a hand of Christmas cards. They then take turns secretly mailing 1 Christmas card to their True Love (playing a card face-down on the calendar). These cards are played in descending order, from 12 to 1. As each player boasts about what card they've sent, other players may shout, “Bah! Humbug!” to catch them in a lie. Lies that go unchallenged are awarded "coal" at the end of the round, while lies that are successfully caught earn the accuser 1 "holly berry" (or take away holly berries, if the accuser is wrong.) A player can win Bah! Humbug! in either of two ways: by being the most successful liar (collecting the most coal tokens), or by being the best at catching other liars (collecting the most holly berries).
Designer
Emily Willix
Artist
Olha Bondarenko
Publisher
Small Furry Games
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