INSIDE THE BOX
DECORATIONS
Over 100 decoration tokens to make your house beautiful just in time for Christmas
CHARACTERS
Choose from six characters with distinctive abilities to help you throughout the game
Game Board
A massive 36” x 24” game board with beautiful art by New York Times best-selling illustrator Michael Garland
Cheer & Distraction
48 unique cheer and distraction cards that change the game when you least expect it
Designed With Connection in Mind
The Perfect Game For
Holiday celebrations, large and small, are fun to host–and to attend. Deck the Halls takes the pressure off hosting to focus on playing.
At last, a compelling reason to work with your family instead of against them! Deck The Halls challenges players to beat the game by getting the house “decked” before Christmas
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Unlike the movies, Deck The Halls, which works surprisingly well with two people, is said to improve communication, eye contact, and chemistry.
Instead of the usual dinner conversations, Deck The Hall’s Will have you, your friends, and family LOL-ing the night away as you build more meaningful connections!
See Why They Love Deck The Halls!
“This game was so much fun! The variety of playable characters ensures that you get a different experience each time you play and I really enjoyed the strategy and level of coordination it took to succeed! This could put me in the Christmas spirit year-round!”
Dustin
Alaska“Deck the Halls is a great way to bring family and friends together for the holidays. The bright graphics are very likely to increase a sense of cheeriness and the cheer and distraction cards strike a humorous balance between ridiculous and relatable. I’ve ended this game with my smiley muscles hurting every time.”
Christina
Alaska“This game is a ho-ho-ho-oot! Jolly good fun! Working with a team to deck the halls and save Christmas day puts me in the best of spirits. Perfect for Christmas morning but I would play this in any season!”
Julia
Arizona“If you’re looking for a family game this holiday season, look no further! Deck the Halls is full of fun, captivating, and intense all while building teamwork. You won’t go wrong adding this game to your collection. It is sure to bring good cheer to your home for the holidays. 😊”
Ashley
Texas“Deck the Halls is a fun family board game. It uniquely ties together teamwork and strategy. The game is easy to learn and very entertaining.”
Brian
Arkansas“Super fun game to play with the whole family! We loved picking the characters that fit us most and the cooperative game play was a fun change to our normal family games!”
Olivia
GeorgiaI think Deck the Halls is VERY VERY fun! I like that it is different every time. Sometimes you get more cheers and sometimes more distractions which changes the game. It makes me happy every time we play!
Evelyn, Age 8
Alaska“ We especially like the element of work as a team to beat the game, not as individual opponents or teams against each other. It’s an outstanding game to pull out during the winter season to bring some holiday cheer and teamwork to your day, or of course you could always do Christmas in July 😉 !”
Keith
GuamFAQs
Everything you need is included
When we say it’s for ages 10+, we mean it! During play testing, various people from ages 7 (with assistance) up to 60 genuinely enjoyed playing it, and since you’re working as a team against the game nobody feels excluded or out-paced by the other players. The game is best played with a variety of ages – it may be a little tough for a group of 10-12 year olds to win without some adult help the first time.
Younger kids (we’re talking 7-9 years old) have a tough time with the strategy and attention span for this game. However, we’ve had kids as young as 7 enjoy participating by rolling the dice, moving the pieces, etc. And the best part is, since it’s a cooperative game these kids can play their own character without consequence! If they (or anyone) leave the game, you can simply play their character for them or just take them out of the game and keep going.
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Yes, to make it easier just don’t start advancing the clock until the first player’s second turn (i.e. each player’s first turn will not advance the clock token). To make it harder, simply start the clock 2-6 hours advanced. You could also remove some of the decorations from the game before starting play.
It’s a bit of a complicated game mechanic, but we have a pretty good outline on pages 6-7 of the instruction book. But long story short, you need to 1) drop everything you are carrying into the drop box of the location you are at, 2) “deck” ALL of the decorations of ONE type from the drop box to the colored circle(s) as a single action. You have to follow the decking order shown on the game board, and you need to have all the decorations of the type you are trying “deck” present at that location before you can “deck” them.
Sometimes you will draw a distraction card which instructs you to “drop whatever you are carrying…”. If this happens while you are at one of these locations, the drop boxes exist just so you can follow this instruction. Remember – these decorations still need to be cleaned up in order to win the game!
If you roll a “wild” symbol (the box with a question mark over it), simply choose one decoration of your choice from the supply and add it to box #1. You must add a decoration (i.e. you can’t elect to add no decoration), and it must be from a pile that still has supplies in it (i.e. you can’t take decorations from the trash).
If you roll a decoration from a supply pile that has run out, simply ignore that die for that roll. This means you will put less than 5 decorations into box #1 on that turn.