We’re well into the warm weather season! The sun is shining and it’s time for all kinds of outdoor activities! It’s a perfect time to celebrate… Christmas?
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We’re well into the warm weather season! The sun is shining and it’s time for beaches, picnics, camping, and all those outdoor activities we wait all year for. In other words, it’s a perfect time to celebrate… Christmas? Christmas in July, or Christmas in Summer is held on July 25 and is centered around holiday-themed events, activities, and gatherings. Why not start a new tradition and have a playful Christmas in July, with games perfect for gift-giving or good times spent by the campfire with family and friends?
Patchwork – Christmas Edition
Age: 8+ / Players: 2 / Duration: 30-45 minutes
Every day is Christmas with Patchwork – Christmas Edition, where you’ll find jingle bells, presents, and maybe even Santa Claus on the game’s patches. This special edition of the original game brings the same great two-player fun and adds a beautiful Holiday aesthetic. In the game, each player works to create a beautiful, Christmas-inspired patchwork quilt out of the available patches, looking to avoid leaving any empty spaces. The most beautiful quilt wins!
Azul – Mini – Summer Pavilion
Age: 8+ / Players: 2-4 / Duration: 30-45 minutes
Azul – Mini – Summer Pavilion is the perfect size for gifting, or to take along on your summer camping trips. During the game, you are a master artisan, who must use the finest materials to create the summer pavilion while carefully avoiding wasting supplies. With only six rounds to draft your tiles and build your masterpiece, only the best will rise to the challenge to honor the Portuguese royal family.
Animal Upon Animal – Christmas
Age: 4+ / Players: 2-4 / Duration: < 15 minutes
The animals are climbing all over each other to form an ever-taller Christmas pyramid. But which one will make it to the top? In this special Christmas edition of a classic game, players decide by carefully balancing squirrels, snow bunnies, penguins, and reindeer on stars, trees, sleds, and even on top of each other. The first player to place all their figures safely on the pyramid wins this wobbly Christmas stacking game.
Klink
Age: 7+ / Players: 3-5 / Duration: 15-30 minutes
Great as a summer hostess gift or a quick little game to play during summer BBQs, Klink is a fast-paced and easy card-driven game of numbers and strategy. Each round the first player takes two cards, peeks at one and decides to uncover both to add to their points or pass them to another player, who then faces the same decision. The goal of the game: to finish with the lowest score. Twists in scoring and special actions spice things up adding an interesting level of interaction.
Play Nine
Age: 8+ / Players: 2-6 / Duration: 30-45 minutes
Perfect for a casual game night or to gift to your golf-loving family and friends, Play Nine is a golf-themed card game offering a mix of strategic elements that’ll have your group entertained for hours. With easy-to-learn instructions, you’ll have the whole group playing in no time!
Ghosts of Christmas
Age: 8+ / Players: 3-4 / Duration: 30-45 minutes
Ghosts of Christmas is a trick-taking game played in four rounds of three tricks each. As ghosts start to appear, play “tricks” to the past, present, and future. As turns progress, your foes will play – out of order – to any of these time periods, and you will start to figure out who might “lead” each trick. Even though you can play the tricks in any order, the tricks will resolve based on who was leading. Can you figure out who will be leading or manipulate the leader to set yourself up to win tricks? Whoever has the highest score and collects the most wreaths wins the game!
Nightmare Before Christmas
Age: 10+ / Players: 2-6 / Duration: 30-45 minutes
Add a little more fright to your summertime Christmas celebrations, with this quick-playing tactical card game. Take on the role of Jack Skellington, Sally, Oogie Boogie, The Mayor, Dr. Finkelstein, or Santa Claus, and strive to collect as many Holiday tokens as possible, while making sure you gather the right ones for your character! Adapt your strategy to each character’s unique abilities and carefully place your cards to secure your victory!
Find out where to buy these and other great games for Christmas in July here.
