2023 · Fantasy

Santa's Workshop (Second Edition)

Players lead a team of elves through nine rounds of workshop duty, collecting materials, building gifts, and caring for the reindeer ahead of Santa’s inspections. The game is worker-placement: assign elves to gather fabric, wood, metal (or optional plastic substitutes), visit the mail room to choose gift orders, train elves for lasting abilities, and tend the stables to manage reindeer bonuses. Gifts score “Christmas Cookies,” reindeer grow in value the longer they are left untended, and Santa inspects teams three times to determine who earns a spot on his post-season holiday. The box includes a simpler family mode and an advanced mode for older players.

groupPlayers

2–5 best 4

schedulePlaying time

30–60 min

cakeAge

6+

psychologyComplexity

2.1 / 5