Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness
Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Merry Madness Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 1 Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag Center Board
- 5 Workbench Player Mats
- 60 Christmas Toys (12 each of 5 types)
- 13 Ghoulish Gift Scoring Tokens
- 15 Dice (5 each of 3 types)
- Rule Book
Set Up
- Place Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag in the center of the play area. Each player will take a Workbench as their player mat.
- Distribute three dice (one of each type) to each player.
- Give all players a random assortment of Christmas Toys based on number of players:
- 3 Players: 20 pieces
- 4 Players: 15 pieces
- 5 Players: 12 pieces
Object of the Game
Players will toss Toys at the players to their left, right and into Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag. The goal of the game is to clear their Workbench. Players race to fling the Toys by simultaneously rolling their set of dice. The outcome of each dice roll creates a combination that tells players WHAT Toy to fling, HOW MANY of it to fling, and WHERE to fling it to. The first person to clear their Workbench declares victory and wins a Ghoulish Gift scoring token. Collect three Ghoulish Gifts to win the game.
Game Play
Choose a player to start the game by saying "1, 2, 3 What's This?"
Simultaneously, all players will roll their 3 dice. Each die describes one aspect of which Christmas Toy to throw, how many, and where.
Christmas Toys
The Christmas Toy to move must be the specified type: Pumpkin-in-a-box, Zombie Duck, Christmas Wreath, Vampire Teddy, Snake, or Player's Choice (?).
Direction
Left, Right, Sandy's Christmas Bag, or Player's Choice.
Quantity
A maximum of 1, 2, or 3 Toys may be moved. It does not have to be the exact number.
Note: All three dice must be rolled every time, no dice can be set aside for future moves.
After completing the dice prompts from their first roll, players collect their dice as fast as possible and roll again. They do not have to wait until everyone else has resolved their dice. Continue rolling and sending the Toys flying until one player has an empty Workbench and shouts "This is Halloween!" That player claims victory and a Ghoulish Gift scoring token. Set up your Workbench for the next round, by re-distributing the Christmas Toy pieces so everyone has an equal number. The player who won the Ghoulish Gift calls out "1, 2, 3 What's This?" to start the next round.
How to Win
The first player to receive three Ghoulish Gifts wins the game.
Variations
Master Toy Maker
Overview: It doesn't matter if you build the Toys. The goal is to make Jack think you did! Instead of throwing Toys with each roll of the dice, players will take Christmas Toys from the players to their left, right, and from Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag. The goal of the game is to have the most sets of Toys. The first person to get three Ghoulish Gifts wins the game.
Set Up: Each player gets one of each Christmas Toy on their Workbench (five Toys) and three dice. Place the remaining Christmas Toys on Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag.
Game Play: Choose a player to start the game by saying "1, 2, 3 What's This?"
To be the master toy maker, players will gather as many Christmas Toys as possible. With each roll of the dice players are now taking Toys from the location described by the dice. i.e., get 1 Zombie Duck from the player to your Right, or grab 2 Zombie Ducks from Sandy's Christmas Bag. The Player's Choice (X) symbol will allow you to take a Toy from any location and the (?) icon will let you choose any Toy you want.
The competition ends as soon as the last Toy item is removed from the Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag.
How to Win: For every complete set of Toys (one Pumpkin-in-a-box, one Zombie Duck, one Christmas Wreath, one Vampire Teddy and one Snake), collect 1 Ghoulish Gift scoring token. The first player to collect three Ghoulish Gifts over one or several rounds wins.
Making Christmas Toys
Overview: In this game, the person with only their Christmas Toy on their Workbench ends the round.
Set Up:
- Place Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag in the center of the play area. Each player will take a Workbench as their player mat.
- Distribute three dice (one of each type) to each player.
- Each player will take the same number of each Christmas Toy except the one on their Wish List. Do not take any of those. Put any additional Christmas Toys on Sandy Claws' Christmas Bag in the center.
- 3 Players: 15 pieces (3 of each other Christmas Toy); 15 pieces in the center
- 4 Players: 15 pieces (3 of each other Christmas Toy); 0 pieces in the center
- 5 Players: 10 pieces (2 of each other Christmas Toy); 10 pieces in the center
Game Play: Choose a player to start the game by saying "1, 2, 3 What's This?"
Simultaneously, all players will roll their 3 dice.
If the Toy rolled is the one you want (as shown on your Wish List) grab it from the location described on the dice. If the Christmas Toy rolled is one that you don't want, send the Toy in the direction described.
Continue rolling and moving Toys until someone has only the Christmas Toy that they are wishing for. Shout "Seriously Spooky" to announce your victory and win a Ghoulish Gift scoring token.
How to Win: The first player to get three Ghoulish Gifts wins.
Options for Playing with little ghouls and goblins (Kids)
These games can be modified for younger players. Allow your little ghouls and goblins to play using only the Christmas Toy and Direction dice; they may move all the Toys of that type.