How to Play
Let the Christmas Chaos begin! Everything you need to know
How to Win
There are three ways to win Christmas Chaos:
Be the first person to collect 10 presents.
Play the Santa card.
Hold the Santa card when the draw pile runs out
The Cards
There are many fun cards in Christmas Chaos. Each card has instructions in bold on how to play it.
Presents: placing a Present card around the fireplace counts as one present, the Double Present counts as two. The effects only activate when they are first placed on a fireplace.
Christmas Tree: You can only have one above your fireplace at a time.
Present Thief: steal a present or if you have three, play these cards in one turn to steal another player’s Christmas tree to add above your fireplace, or your hand.
Santa’s Elf: place one at a time on your fireplace. Once you have two on your fireplace you earn the Santa card and discard the two Santa’s Elves. When you have two more Santa’s Elves beside your fireplace and the Santa card you win.
Shadow Elf: play immediately unless you have a Shadow Elf Whacker in your hand. If you can’t play a Whacker from your hand discard one card from your fireplace in the following order: Christmas Tree, Double Present, Present, Bad Present. Draw a card to end your turn.
Christmas Chaos: hand in all cards around the fireplaces except for the Santa card and the Present Elf card.
Learn to play
Ready to jump into the festive fun? Here's how to play Christmas Chaos!
Glossary and FAQs
Glossary:
Gain: when you gain a card it is placed on your fireplace.
Steal: the player playing the card takes a card from another player’s fireplace and places it around their fireplace.
Redeal: The player who plays the card collects the cards from around the fireplaces, shuffle the cards and deal starting with themselves.
Give: When a player gives a card it goes from their hand to your hand.
Swap: The person who has played the card chooses another player to exchange with.
FAQs:
Can I swap a present if I don’t have one around my fireplace?
No.
Can I re-whack a Shadow Elf with another Shadow Elf Whacker?
Yes.
Can I play the Dog Distracts card on any card?
Yes. It can be played anytime to stop any card that another player plays