Christmas tale
for 2-6 players from age 5
In a small town far-far away, everyone is excited for Christmas. There are holiday lights in
all the windows, the houses await the holiday all groomed up. Everything is so breathtak-
ing that for a fleeting moment, even the angel got lost in the view. Or had it just seemed
like a moment? What’s certain is she took a good look at every twirl in the rose window.
That’s how it could have happened that somehow a snow cloud got in her way… The
angel slipped and the presents fell all around. Meanwhile, the kids are walking home from
the school/kindergarten Christmas celebration. The way is long and slippery. And you
have to stop so many times, to look at shop windows, talk, pick up lost hats, scarves…
but maybe they have time to help the angel, too… no?
Starting the game:
Place the board in the middle of the table, then assemble the town and the cloud as shown
on the drawing. When you’re done, pick a figure for yourselves and place the discs mark-
ing lost items belonging to your figures in front of you in a heap. Turn them face down and
shuffle them. Place one each on any field with no drawing. If you’re done, turn them right
side up! Put the rest of the figures and lost item discs back in the box! Place the angel on
a field on the board where there is also no obstacle/sign. Place the gift discs beside the
board, facing down. Let the game begin!
The youngest player starts. Roll the die and step accordingly.
PUDDLE
If you reach a field where there is a puddle: don’t stand around in it, quickly step one field
ahead!
FOOTPRINT
If you reach a field where there is a footprint, then you got distracted by staring at some-
thing. You were either staring at the reflection of the cathedral, or the choir, or the window
of the toy shop… it doesn’t matter because once you step here, you miss one turn.
ICE
Be careful, if you step on it, you can easily slip across multiple fields! (the arrow shows
how far you slide)
DEEP SNOW
You can only move very slowly in the deep snow, so whatever you roll with the die, you
can always take only one step forward.
SNOW SHOVEL
While you were walking in town a big snow fell, you have to shovel it away to get into the
house! You miss one turn.
PRESENT
If you are standing on a field with the image of a gift package, help the unfortunate angel
to find one of the presents that scattered around. Draw a card and as quick as possible
(in 10-15 seconds) try to find the package seen on the picture in the town! You may stand
up and walk around. If you’ve found it, point at it. The other players should check if you
