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Jingle Bell Roll

Game ID: GID0452116
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

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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Video mPfsXc8QkCk Discussion at 32:32 sentiment: positive
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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
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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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Video mmtXz7fap4o Cardboard Top 20 List at 6:33 sentiment: positive
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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
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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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