Welcome to the North Pole!
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.
—description from the publisher
- Fun holiday theme with approachable rules
- Interesting dice/worker combo
- Publishers and edition confusion in chat; ensure accurate edition data
- Not as widely known as some classics
- holiday crafts, management
- North Pole workshop and toy production
- light-hearted, festive
- Keyflower
- Tzolk'in
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice drafting — Use dice to draft actions and fulfill orders.
- worker placement — Place workers to fulfill toy requests and manage shop flow.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I love worker placement games.
- The spice must flow.
- This stream is about the top 20 worker placement games and we love them all.