Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-6
Age
8+
Playtime
27 min
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Description
Cozy Christmas-themed dice game where players roll festive dice and play gift cards for bonus points in a push-your-luck race for the highest score
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Stonemaier Games Discussion at 11:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Uses custom dice.
- Push Your Luck — Described as a light push-your-luck game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This friendship is costing me money, but that's okay.
- I'm going to say more chocolate.
- I have to finally see Jamie in person. Uh, this is, you know, this longist I'll say publicly, I don't know this long distance thing is working for me anymore, Jamie. I have to see you in person.
- I was horrible bird that couldn't fly. What was it? I ended up being that one bird that couldn't fly.
- If I weren't such a classy professional, I'd run into the garage and look, but um
- The voice tends not to age as quickly as the rest of us.
- This might be a year where I just acknowledge that in the video because I love all of our games when we publish them, but I I I really love these games and I love them in different circumstances, too.
- When we turn 60, we'll do another one.
- this is just so much fun to do and I think having the the live interaction with people, having these questions, being able to, you know, the people that listen or watch the show, ask us questions. It's just it's special and it's fun and I really appreciate it.
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Grant Lyon Discussion at 0:40 sentiment: positive
video_pk 83363 · mention_pk 209881
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Awesome Christmas game
- Festive
- Dice rolling
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Christmas
- Christmas
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Mentioned as 'dice rolling'.
- Social Deduction — Described as 'five truths and a lie' where you 'trick your family'.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- On this edition of Favorite Game Friday, you're not going to hear from me. You're going to hear from my family which games they like the most over the holiday break.
- Okay, I'm only allowed to do two.
- All right. Like a real gamer. You couldn't just pick two.
- I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it.
- Great. We love that.
- All the mascots
- Oh, sorry.
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Grant Lyon Analysis at 1:02 sentiment: positive
video_pk 83396 · mention_pk 210003
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- holiday
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I brought 22 games and we played 19 of them.
- My 5-year-old nephew, that was probably his favorite game of the trip, and he played that one a lot.
- The only game I brought that was not a hit was The Fate of the Fellowship.
- I love this game. It's just a little too complicated for my family, specifically my dad.
- I just think it was a little bit too much for him and I kind of knew that it would be on the edge of too much but I wanted to try it anyway and and now I know I still think it's a great game.
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Our Family Plays Games Game Reviews at 1:02:00 sentiment: negative
video_pk 81942 · mention_pk 205106
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- holiday ambiance
Cons
- perceived as not engaging; akin to a filler
Thematic elements
- Pattern-building and dice-driven decorating
- Holiday-themed party game
- festive but light
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Flip/Roll and Write — use dice results to decorate and pattern the town square
- roll-and-write — use dice results to decorate and pattern the town square
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- EASTER. SEE, I DIDN'T TELL YOU SEE THAT AT THE END? I just said Easter.
- Galactic Cruise is a wonderful game. I love it. LOVE IT.
- I definitely endorse it. I give it a BIG FIVE.
- It's a mean game, but mean in a fun way.
- This is a five for Rebel Princess. Must have, must play.
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Our Family Plays Games Game Reviews at 1:02:30 sentiment: negative
video_pk 81942 · mention_pk 205100
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- colorful presentation (box art) inspired by holiday theme
Cons
- participants criticized it for lack of engagement and overly complex rules
- described as not fun and even frustrating
Thematic elements
- Dice-driven decoration and patterning
- Holiday-themed party game
- light, party-style
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — dice provide resources to decorate the town square
- dice rolling / pattern building — dice provide resources to decorate the town square
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- EASTER. SEE, I DIDN'T TELL YOU SEE THAT AT THE END? I just said Easter.
- Galactic Cruise is a wonderful game. I love it. LOVE IT.
- I definitely endorse it. I give it a BIG FIVE.
- It's a mean game, but mean in a fun way.
- This is a five for Rebel Princess. Must have, must play.
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Stonemaier Games Top List at 38:39:20 sentiment: positive
video_pk 79961 · mention_pk 193682
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Delightful push your luck dice rolling game.
- Neat that the game has progression where players can get better at actions.
- Brilliant comeback potential where a player can win by rolling seven bells.
Cons
- Generally, players don't want to roll bells as they don't give points.
Thematic elements
- Christmas
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Uses custom dice.
- Push Your Luck — A light push your luck game involving custom dice.
- Set Collection — Players try to roll enough bells (which don't give points) to get upgrades or win the game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I think it's really neat that a game like this has progression.
- So, it gives you this feeling that I think is so brilliant in a push your luck game, where you have a chance, even if you have not rolled well throughout most of the game, that you can come down to the wire in that last turn, and you have a chance to win, even if you have two points over the course of the game. Someone else has 50. You can still win if you roll seven bells.
- And I thought that was a really clever mechanism to put in the game, where previous to this, you always just wanted the force to be with you.
- I really like the game that the game presents this fairly organic timer to you.
- But I thought this was really really clever that you're scoring these special abilities based on the current trick as well.
- But I just love that without any shuffling.
- And I think that's such a clever twist that I really want to use it in the game where you are kind of crafting a deck but you're inserting cards in specific places in that deck and how that matters.
- So, there's this nice, slight catch-up mechanism.
- And so, uh I just like that. I like positive player interaction, but I also like close games, and I think this does it in a really nice way.
- I think what this does is that lets players be themselves.
- And I think that is so cool that these cards give you that flexibility.
- I think that is so clever that you have a few chances to take over your opponent's cards.
- I really appreciate when games do this, especially fairly complex games like Sanctuary.
- And uh yeah, I think this this short-term goal system um of things to pursue, I think, is really really helpful in Sanctuary.
- There's this shared trauma in this game cuz when this robot comes up, it hurts everybody.
- I think it's such a clean system.
- I really love the variability that adds and how it kind of can shape the decisions that you make on any given game. It's such a clever system.
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Discussion at 32:32 sentiment: positive
video_pk 67475 · mention_pk 163595
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Delightful gameplay
- Fun with two players
- Fits many players
- Small box game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- holiday
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Features seven custom dice that are passed around the table.
- Party Game — Plays up to six players and is suitable for a wider audience.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is episode 41, and this is our last recording of 2025.
- It's not electronic. Okay.
- So, my buddies Jack and Eric came over and, you know, we finished our Descent Legends of the Dark and I had the expansion ready to go.
- This was not that.
- this was the most epic first mission.
- The app does, you know, it does a lot of the heavy lifting by tracking numbers for you that you might not want to do.
- meaningful creations, play, elevation, and connections.
- I'm going to Iceland later in 2026 and I with Megan and some friends and I also invited my mom on this trip.
- I am going to be making my way to Gen Con this year for the first time because we've been doing PAX Unplugged for a long time and I wanted to experience something new.
- I realized that um I I think maybe because of my role as a publisher and a designer, I felt not an obligation, but I I saw it a little bit as an opportunity to try to play with as many people as possible.
- I want to give myself permission to just enjoy playing a game, playing multiple games with someone who I just enjoy connecting with and that I enjoy playing games with.
- I think a lot of it the reaction that it gets to the table really depends on what the on what's causing it.
- I'm not a patient person I like I like optimization I like efficiency I like people to be very aware of other people around them.
- I tend to look at gaming as a much more social experience than uh self, you know, as a as a source of self-sat satis
- I want to start experiencing smaller more smaller box games and smaller player counts, too.
- It's like there's so much fun to be had in smaller box games, big experiences that have nothing to do with the size of the content.
- New Year's Eve is rookie night.
- It's been a fantastic year with you doing this show.
- I really do look forward to hearing what people say about the meaningful and you're right that we had a good overlap today about meaningful play creations, connections, and elevation tied to your gaming resolutions for 2026.
- Happy New Year.
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Cardboard Top 20 List at 6:33 sentiment: positive
video_pk 39808 · mention_pk 120251
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great holiday family appeal
- surprisingly deep given the theme
Cons
- depends on luck of dice
- rule illustration could be clearer
Thematic elements
- dice-driven holiday puzzle with bells
- Christmas-themed family game
- festive, approachable
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — scores vary by bell patterns and Christmas-tree-themed goals
- Dice Rolling — players roll dice to achieve bell-based patterns and scoring criteria
- pattern/goal-based scoring — scores vary by bell patterns and Christmas-tree-themed goals
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I love ladder climbing games.
- The depth is incredibly high.
- Roast me in the comments right this second about how much you hate Flamecraft.
- Everything I've played I've really enjoyed.
- Get the family involved, get them a reason to pull them in.
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Grant Lyon Retail Release Overview at 7:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Accessible, fast play with ongoing channels of strategy.
- Thematic and visually appealing for holiday game nights.
- Interesting twists with symbols impacting future rolls.
Cons
- Theme may feel a bit generic beyond the Christmas setting for some players.
- Weight and depth may vary depending on the mix of symbols and cards.
Thematic elements
- Dice-based engine-building flavor; Santa's mail/ornaments as a motif.
- Christmas-themed party setting with dice-driven play.
- Lighthearted, festive, and quick to play.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Yatzy-style dice rolls with three rolls per turn and strategic set-aside choices.
- Engine-building, temporary abilities — Gaining special ability cards that modify future rolls or provide unique effects.
- Set collection / symbol-based scoring — Milk and cookies, bells, and other symbols contribute to multi-path scoring.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the perfect type of game to play at a bar or a restaurant while you're waiting for your food
- it's a game full of luck
- looks incredible on the table. It has wonderful table presents
- this gets me into the holiday spirit for sure
- I am here for it. I definitely want to try Trombone Champ
- it's a silly thematic lightweight card game
- this is a game of communication. You're basically using phrases from Simish
- I think it's really fun and one of the things that I would say about Mad Kala is that it's more fun every single time I play it
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