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Santa's Workshop (Second Edition)

Santa's Workshop (Second Edition)

2023·Keith Ferguson

Videos
7
Creators
7

Mostly reviews. Santa's Workshop (Second Edition) is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 5 reviews, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.

2 - 5 players
30 - 60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

It's late in December, and Santa is gearing up for his big night. His elvish helpers are busy making sure he's ready to deliver joy across the world! The elves have a lot to do: toys to be built and assembled, reindeer to be tended in the stables, and the North Pole's own Christmas tree to decorate. It's a time of unbelievable hustle and bustle! After the Christmas season is over, Santa always takes his own holiday, somewhere sunny and warm, and he brings along the most industrious team of elves as a reward. Can you lead your elvish crew to earn a spot with Santa on vacation? Santa's Workshop is a reimplementation of a game by the same name released in 2017. This new edition comes with two game modes: the standard game for families, and an advanced game for ages 10 and up. Santa's Workshop is a worker-placement game, taking place over nine rounds, in which players use their elves to collect materials in order to build gifts, and tend to the reindeer. Players may customize their workforce by sending elves to be trained in certain aspects of the game, which provide a benefit for the rest of the game. For some gifts, plastic may be substituted for the standard materials of fabric, wood or metal. This will cause those gifts to score fewer "Christmas Cookies", but may allow a player to build more gifts in a shorter amount of time. This can be helpful when Santa comes around three times during the game for an inspection to see which team has made the most gifts. Players will have to decide when to visit the mail room in order to pick which gifts to build, and when to tend to the reindeer. The reindeer accumulate points the longer they go untended - and each of the eight reindeer provides a unique bonus to the player. -description from the publisher

Santa's Workshop (Second Edition)

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Review

Santas Workshop Review - Cloudy with a Chance of Meeples24:35

Santas Workshop Review - Cloudy with a Chance of Meeples

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meeples

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meeples

Watch it played

Santa's Workshop Board Game Gameplay - Advanced Game | Live Stream Replay2:03:50

Santa's Workshop Board Game Gameplay - Advanced Game | Live Stream Replay

dmNorthTV

dmNorthTV

Which Santa's Workshop (Second Edition) video should I watch?

Santa's Workshop (Second Edition) has 7 videos from 7 creators: 5 reviews, 1 playthrough and 1 unboxing. They date from 2023 to July 2026.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Santas Workshop Review - Cloudy with a Chance of Meeples" by Cloudy With A Chance Of Meeples. 5 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Santa's Workshop Board Game Gameplay - Advanced Game | Live Stream Replay" by dmNorthTV.

If you like it, try Santa's Workshop and Santa's Workshop (Second Edition): Christmas in July, also by Keith Ferguson, or Jewels and Encyclopedia, which share several of its mechanics.

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Santa's Workstop: 2nd Edition (UnBoxing)Unboxing17:47

Santa's Workstop: 2nd Edition (UnBoxing)

Ray Phay

Ray Phay

Santas Workshop Review - Cloudy with a Chance of MeeplesReview24:35

Santas Workshop Review - Cloudy with a Chance of Meeples

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meeples

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meeples

Best Games of Q3 2024 - Santa's Workshop!Review1:00

Best Games of Q3 2024 - Santa's Workshop!

Little Big Thumbs

Little Big Thumbs

Santa’s Workshop Review | Viticulture with toys, sort of...Review15:05

Santa’s Workshop Review | Viticulture with toys, sort of...

Neon Gorilla

Neon Gorilla

December Vlog, 10 Board Game Reviews and Magic TrickReview52:21

December Vlog, 10 Board Game Reviews and Magic Trick

Meeple University

Meeple University

Santa s Workshop A deeply thematic full table gameReview0:45

Santa s Workshop A deeply thematic full table game

Mel's Board Game Room

Mel's Board Game Room

Santa's Workshop Board Game Gameplay - Advanced Game | Live Stream ReplayPlaythrough2:03:50

Santa's Workshop Board Game Gameplay - Advanced Game | Live Stream Replay

dmNorthTV

dmNorthTV

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dmNorthTV
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Little Big Thumbs
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Meeple University
Meeple University
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Mel's Board Game Room
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Neon Gorilla
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About Santa's Workshop (Second Edition)

From BoardGameGeek:

It's late in December, and Santa is gearing up for his big night. His elvish helpers are busy making sure he's ready to deliver joy across the world! The elves have a lot to do: toys to be built and assembled, reindeer to be tended in the stables, and the North Pole's own Christmas tree to decorate. It's a time of unbelievable hustle and bustle! After the Christmas season is over, Santa always takes his own holiday, somewhere sunny and warm, and he brings along the most industrious team of elves as a reward. Can you lead your elvish crew to earn a spot with Santa on vacation? Santa's Workshop is a reimplementation of a game by the same name released in 2017. This new edition comes with two game modes: the standard game for families, and an advanced game for ages 10 and up. Santa's Workshop is a worker-placement game, taking place over nine rounds, in which players use their elves to collect materials in order to build gifts, and tend to the reindeer. Players may customize their workforce by sending elves to be trained in certain aspects of the game, which provide a benefit for the rest of the game. For some gifts, plastic may be substituted for the standard materials of fabric, wood or metal. This will cause those gifts to score fewer "Christmas Cookies", but may allow a player to build more gifts in a shorter amount of time. This can be helpful when Santa comes around three times during the game for an inspection to see which team has made the most gifts. Players will have to decide when to visit the mail room in order to pick which gifts to build, and when to tend to the reindeer. The reindeer accumulate points the longer they go untended - and each of the eight reindeer provides a unique bonus to the player. -description from the publisher

Designer

Keith Ferguson

Artists

Andrew Bosley, Jacqui Davis, Matt Paquette & Co.

Publisher

Elf Creek Games

Categories

FantasyMythology

Mechanics

Set CollectionWorker Placement
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