We’ll show you the most beautiful Christmas games for young and old that will provide some entertainment at Christmas between dinner and the gift-giving.
Classics like Kniffel or Monopoly can stay in the cupboard at Christmas this year, because in order to ensure contemplation when playing games, we prefer to use Christmas editions that lighten up the celebration. From special city, country, river variants to criminal cases, everything is there. We’ll tell you which games are particularly fun.
Christmas games: This is how you give the evening a special touch
To ensure that the Christmas spirit is maintained for as long as possible, it can be Christmassy in every situation – including board games. Regardless of whether it is an exciting murder mystery dinner that you solve between cookies and roast or you ask each other personal questions, with the Christmas theme it is easier and perhaps more harmonious. After all, who could argue over a game of Christmas “Don’t be angry”?
“The letter is W” – and that’s how the “Stadt Land Vollpfosten” adventure begins
City Country Full Post Christmas Edition Amazon API
The Christmas edition of provides some variety on Christmas Eve “Town Country Full Post”, because in this game the classic is rethought and gets an upgrade. Categories such as “In the Advent calendar”, “Christmas tradition” and “I drink at Christmas” immediately lift the mood and any answer, no matter how funny or absurd, is allowed. There are a total of 26 different categories, eight of which are played per round. The time limit is two minutes in which you compete against each other and try to find answers that are as Christmassy as possible – more Christmassy than those of the other players.
Price: 12.90 euros
Category: board game
Number of people: From 2 players
Age: from 9 years
Playing time: individually
Difficulty: challenging
More excitement on Christmas Eve with “black stories Christmas Edition”
Black Stories
After the opulent Christmas dinner, a soup coma usually sets in – so that you don’t oversleep the rest of Christmas Eve, a little brain jogging helps. But not in the boring way with a random general knowledge quiz, but with excitement and puzzle fun for everyone. In the “black stories christmas edition” you can uncover up to 50 mysterious, morbid secrets. For each round of the game, one of the participants is chosen as the “master” – this person presents the puzzle and knows the solution. The other players can take turns asking the “lord” questions about the mystical case, which he can answer with “yes” or “no”. With a little skill, the guessers get closer to the crime piece by piece and can ideally celebrate a double gift.
Price: 8.25 euros
Category: Puzzle
Number of people: From 2 people
Age: From 12 years
Playing time: individually
Difficulty: challenging
With this escape game you can easily escape the chaos at Christmas
Escape from the Christmas chaos Amazon API
At “Escape Room – escape from the Christmas chaos” The name is law, because thanks to the game you can avoid cleaning up and washing dishes and immerse yourself in the world of puzzle games. And that’s what the game is about: A goblin has sneaked among the Christmas elves and is causing chaos. The toy factory only produces disgusting gifts and to make matters worse, the goblins take all the gnomes prisoner. Can you free yourself and take action against the goblins? Together you solve number and logic puzzles and crack codes to save Christmas.
Price: 12.99 euros
category: Puzzle game for children
Number of people: From 2 players
Age: From 9 years old
Playing time: individually
Difficulty: challenging
Gets moving: “12 games for Christmas”
12 games for Christmas Amazon API
Dear Santa Claus, we wish you a contemplative time and funny moments at Christmas. We can fulfill one of these wishes with you “12 games for Christmas”. This big game package will definitely keep you entertained and move the evening in a fun direction. In the game you can compete against each other in reindeer ring tossing or prove how eloquent you are in the “Elf-Abet”.
Price: 24.99 euros
Category: board game
Number of people: 2-16 players
Age: From 5 years
Playing time: individually
Difficulty: challenging
A Christmas game to get to know each other better: “Tell me! Winter quiz”
Tell Winter Quiz Amazon API
The Christmas game also creates a festive atmosphere “Tell me! Winter quiz”. It will be particularly cozy under the Christmas motto because you can ask your loved ones nice questions. What do you like most about the cold season? What were the highlights of the past year for you? Which films, series and books do you recommend? These questions create moments of well-being and at the same time you get to know each other even better.
Price: 12.09 euros
Category: board game
Number of people: 3-8 players
Age: From 8 years
Playing time: individually
Difficulty: individually
Causes excitement under the Christmas tree: “Oh you happy one. The smell of cookies and a corpse”
Oh you happy cookie scent and a corpse Amazon API
If you would like to slip into a different role at Christmas, you can choose the crime game “Oh you happy one. The smell of cookies and a corpse” best advice. And that’s what it’s all about: The annual pre-Christmas family dinner takes place in “Granny’s” house in the small town of Littleville. The meeting goes smoothly until Johnny Forster’s body is found the next morning. The contemplative mood is over and now it’s up to you to find the perpetrator. Is it a murder within the family? Who would kill Johnny? Use your detective skills and find the murderer.
Price: 24.95 euros
Category: Crime game
Number of people: 5-6 players
Age: From 16 years
Playing time: approx. 3 hours
Difficulty: tricky
Minimize the excitement before Christmas: “The most beautiful board games for Christmas”
The most beautiful board games for Christmas Amazon API
To bridge the time until Christmas Eve, sometimes you need a little distraction. Children in particular can hardly wait to receive presents, which is why a few good games can help. The big picture book “The most beautiful board games for Christmas” includes game pieces, game boards and dice to get the Christmas fun started. Included are games like “Don’t be angry” and the “Goose Game” – all with a Christmas theme. So you don’t go to normal playing fields, but to Secret Santa workshops or Santa Claus’ post office. The game figures are simply punched out beforehand and then the fun can begin.
Price: 14.95 euros
Category: Board game / picture book
Number of people: 2-4 players
Age: From 5 years
Playing time: individually
Difficulty: simply
Other Christmas themes:
- Christmas tree alternative
- Make poinsettias
- Scandinavian Christmas decorations
- Plastic Christmas tree
- Christmas spirit
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