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Jan 13, 2024·Review·10:13·0·Watch on YouTube

The Kringle Caper Review, A Christmas themed escape room card game, The first Holiday Hijinks game

Tabletop Bellhop

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Watch “The Kringle Caper Review, A Christmas themed escape room card game, The first Holiday Hijinks game,” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Tabletop Bellhop on YouTube:

Looking for something fun to do with the family during the holidays? The Kringle Caper is a one hour escape room in a box that has you take on the role of an elf on a quest to find a missing cookie at the north pole. This review is one segment of episode 226 of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, Holiday Gaming With Family, watch it here: https://youtu.be/MKCQ-R6W3Dg Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 Please consider tipping your Bellhop on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop Disclosure: Big thanks to Marc from Grand Gamers Guild for dropping off a copy of this game during a trip through Windsor. I also have to thank them for being a sponsor of the Tabletop Bellhop gaming podcast, something that just started this year, after this segment was originally recorded. ******************** Timestamps: 00:00 WHAT IS THE KRINGLE CAPER? 01:38 WHAT YOU GET WITH THE KRINGLE CAPER 01:40 HOW TO PLAY THE KRINGLE CAPER 03:32 WHAT MOE'S FAMILY THOUGHT OF THE KRINGLE CAPER 07:45 WHO SHOULD PICK UP THE THIS HOLIDAY HIJINKS GAME? 09:32 CLOSING AND WHERE TO FIND MORE ******************** From the publisher: This game is an 18-card escape room experience for 1 or more players, and takes about 60 minutes to solve cooperatively. When you have solved a puzzle, you will enter the answer into the companion web app (compatible with all smart phones and computers) and check whether you are correct. If you are, the app will tell you which card or cards to take next. The app also contains a graduated hint system, so if you get stuck you can get just a small hint about the current puzzle to get moving again without giving too much away. Puzzles may test your perception, wordplay, and lateral thinking. English language fluency is required. Knowledge of traditional holiday topics is helpful, but that information is also provided in the app if you need it. Most groups take about an hour to solve the game. You can write on the cards to help solve puzzles, but this is not required (or you could use penny sleeves) and the game is otherwise non-destructable. So while you can’t play again yourself, you could give the used game to someone else to play. ******************** Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop blog where you'll find more tabletop gaming content, including game and game night advice, reviews, and more: https://tabletopbellhop.com Sign up for our newsletter: https://newsletter.tabletopbellhop.com You can pick up The Kringle Caper as a print and play game or as a physical game, as a stand alone game or as part of a bundle, direct from Grand Gamers Guild. Be sure to use our code BELLHOP to save 10% https://grandgamersguild.com/discount/BELLHOP Find us all over the web: Dice.camp: https://dice.camp/@TabletopBellhop/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tabletopbellhop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop Discord: https://discord.tabletopbellhop.com Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopbellhop.bsky.social

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Holiday Hijinks #1: The Kringle Caper

Holiday Hijinks #1: The Kringle Caper

2020·Jonathan Chaffer

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Mostly reviews. Holiday Hijinks #1: The Kringle Caper is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.

1 - 4 players
60 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Holiday Hijinks #1: The Kringle Caper, from BoardGameGeek:

It's the crack of dawn on Christmas Day when the early morning silence is broken by a sudden “Kerplunk!” Something strange has dropped down the chimney! You race to the hearth to find a soot-covered envelope with “URGENT” scrawled across the front. Anxiously, you open the letter and discover a cryptic message. As you begin to read, the air fills with the sound of jingle bells and the sweet smell of peppermint. Just then, you are magically whisked away to the North Pole! It seems that a dastardly crime has been committed and Santa needs your help to catch the ne'er-do-wells! There's no time to wait; Santa is counting on you! Are you ready to save Christmas? The Kringle Caper, title #1 in the Holiday Hijinks line, is an escape room style game in just 18 cards! As a group, you will solve a series of puzzles to unravel a mystery. Puzzles may test your perception, wordplay, and lateral thinking. English language fluency is required. When you have solved a puzzle on the cards, you will enter the answer into the companion website (compatible with all smart phones and computers) and it will check whether you are correct. If you are, the website will tell you which card or cards to take next. The website also contains a graduated hint system, so if you get stuck you can get just a small hint about the current puzzle to get moving again without giving too much away. This system is non-destructible: some groups may choose to write on cards, but this is not required. A group cannot re-play the game, but can pass it on to another group for their use. This entry in the series takes about an hour to solve, and is rated 2 out of 3 in difficulty.

Designer

Jonathan Chaffer

Artists

Josh Cappel, Jonathan Chaffer

Publisher

Grand Gamers Guild

Categories

Card GamePuzzle

Mechanics

Deduction
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