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Holiday Hills

Game ID: GID0452111
Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-5
Age
10+
Playtime
52 min
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Description

Festive pick-up-and-deliver game where players race sleighs around Jingle Bell Square collecting dice and decorating 3D trees with ornaments to earn Cheer Points

Description

Festive pick-up-and-deliver game where players race sleighs around Jingle Bell Square collecting dice and decorating 3D trees with ornaments to earn Cheer Points

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Total mentions: 3
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Sentiment: pos 2 · mix 0 · neu 1 · neg 0
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Video UDOlnlkBm7o Unknown Top 10 List at 5:53 sentiment: positive
video_pk 66190 · mention_pk 160890
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • There is a chance to get these two exclusive pins which are also going to be so so hot.
  • I got my one ring pin last year. Everybody wants to trade for it.
  • I definitely want to get these two tower pins if I can.
  • This is a huge thing.
  • I'm really, really, really excited for this one.
  • Sunday from 11 till 2, you'll be able to get your picture taken with Santa and you'll be able to see Holiday Hills.
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Video BHtg1zs1Q1k Let's table it Rules Teach at 0:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 65873 · mention_pk 159960
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Accessible for a wide range of players and ages
  • Multiple modes (nice and naughty) and expansions add variety
  • Scales down for younger or less experienced gamers
  • Festive components and visuals create strong thematic appeal
  • Clear, approachable core loop with meaningful decisions
Cons
  • Prototype components noted; final production may differ (screen-printed wooden components expected)
  • Rules and components may still change before official release
  • Naughty mode and expansions introduce additional complexity that could challenge newcomers
Thematic elements
  • Decoration, gifting, and communal competition to spread cheer
  • A festive town during the holiday season centered on decorating cottages, delivering gifts, and maintaining holiday spirit
  • Array
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • that's how you play the nice mode of Holiday Hills if you'd like a more tactical and dare I say meaner version of the game keep watching for the naughty mode
  • Holiday Hills contain several modes mini expansions and variants to keep the game fresh
  • Holiday Hills is designed to be approachable for all players
  • remove all objective cards from the game
  • the final production will have screen printed wooden components
  • this is a prototype copy with 3D printed components
  • for younger or less experienced Gamers remove all objective cards from the game
  • the Naughty mode a more strategic way to play
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Video mMXCwsYxeg0 Unknown Channel Discussion at 12:55 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 29032 · mention_pk 85378
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
  • Thematic novelty if true to the Kickstarter concept
Cons
  • Unclear actual component quality and mechanics outside of speculation
Thematic elements
  • seasonal gift-giving theme
Comparison games
  • Las Vegas
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • dice_selection — selecting dice depicted as gifts for random effects
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • France, today we are going to piece together our board games. Literally.
  • I think that those are cubes from terraforming Mars.
  • I won on a technicality.
  • You earned those. You earned those.
  • It's better to have someone else be wrong than you be right.
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