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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31

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A holiday festival celebrated by playing a tabletop game each night between December 26-31. ⛄️ Game recommendations: SpielMas.com Curated by @HaoleBoyGames.com

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Nov 21

Join me between December 26-31 for the fifth-annual #SpielMas ⛄️ holiday festival. It celebrates the privilege we all have of playing tabletop games throughout the year with family and friends. ⁠
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SpielMas - A holiday festival of tabletop gaming

SpielMas (noun) [sh-peel-məs]: a holiday festival celebrated by playing a tabletop game each night between December 26-31.

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 1d

You went there! As well you should. There’s a reason Chess isn’t in our list of simple, strategic, short, and shareable games to play with family or friends during the upcoming #SpielMas ⛄️ festival.

Play — SpielMas

Celebrate by playing a game during SpielMas with family or friends.

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 3d

Start playing simple, strategic, short, and shareable games on Board Game Arena. Here’s a list to start:

Play — SpielMas

Celebrate by playing a game during SpielMas with family or friends.

www.spielmas.com

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 5d

Oooh! Those enamel meeples would look good on a #SpielMas ⛄️ display.

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 5d

It’s beginning to look a lot like #SpielMas ⛄️!

Jason from @themisplay.com has begun printing a display in advance of the 6th annual festival that begins on 12/26.

He’s using the file designed and shared by @binarypretzel.com. You can find it at: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4664473

#boardgames

Jason from The Misplay podcast has begun to use his 3D printer to create a SpielMas display.

The finished product. Photo courtesy of Tyler Canning, who designed the display for 3D printing.

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 5d

We challenged ourselves to learn and play Kelp during last year’s SpielMas ⛄️ festival up at Dogpatch Games in SF. It’s such a good game!

Day four of the festival with a display next to the octopus.

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 6d

Looking for some spooky-themed games for this month? 🎃

Start with "Hugo" and "Don't Go In There!" on Board Game Arena.

What are some others you play on BGA? #boardgames

Play Hugo online from your browser

Play Hugo online from your browser with the whole world!

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 7d

And if you need to print one yourself, here you go.

Display On-Demand — SpielMas

Using a simple and inexpensive on-demand service, I was able to print a SpielMas display.

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 7d

Who will be your #SpielMas ⛄️buddy? Ooh, and @themisplay.com has an offer for you!

Oh, and kudos to @binarypretzel.com for his 3D-printed design of a SpielMas display. Check it out in our Display gallery at www.spielmas.com/displays

#boardgames

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 7d

TIP: If your looking for a way to play Scout with distant friends online this #SpielMas ⛄️, try the official @oinkgames.bsky.social app.

App: oinkgames.com/en/games/dig...

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Marco Doria @thegentlemeeple.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t wait to try this.

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My hand holding the tiny box of the Scout card game by Oink Games. The cover is a circus tent with the word Scout beneath

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 7d

Here’s a tutorial of how to play it on BGA.

What's New To BGA

Video for Schotten Totten

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 7d

Happy October! As we draw nearer to the 6th Annual #SpielMas ⛄️ Festival in December, I’m excited to see Schotten Totten arrive to BGA. Simple, strategic, short, and shareable!

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Play Schotten Totten online from your browser

Play Schotten Totten online from your browser with the whole world!

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 7d

Ooh, I’ll have to look for that. Thanks!

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 7d

It’s right up there with Mojo, Llama, and Sea Salt & Paper for simple card games to teach and play. Unlike those, Scout isn’t on Board Game Arena, where it would exploded in popularity.

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 22d

It's never too early to practice. Now have them 3D-print the display created by @binarypretzel.com!

SpielMas Display by BinaryPretzel

My attempt at a printable SpielMas display. It's sized to fix standard meeples as pictured, but should scale up just fine if you want something larger.I've added a SpielMas Display v2 file which fixes...

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 22d

Brought to you by #SpielMas ⛄️!

The Misplay @themisplay.com · 22d

Theme It or Leave It

We kick things off with a funny misplay in Harmonies and share news about our new sponsor, Spielmas. Then it’s time for a round of “Jason Can’t Possibly Disagree,” where we debate whether our abstract game Currents should have a theme—or stay...

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Sep 8

It feels good to say I’ve just come off the Missouri River Breaks. It feels even better to say we did so much canoeing and hiking that we had to work to fit in a game night. But by day three of four it happened, and one of our river guides played, too.

A game of Llama with six people played by the Missouri River.

A game of 6 Nimmt with seven people played by the Missouri River.

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Sep 2

Heading up to canoe the Missouri River Breaks. One of our party has their #SpielMas ⛄️ sticker ready to go!

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Sep 2

Labor Day vacation on the island of Catan! First the base game, then Seafarers. #boardgames

End of four-person Seafarers of Catan playing the first variant: Heading for New Shores.

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Sep 1

Labor Day gaming continues with my variant called Palace: River and Stone. It exclusively uses a standard deck of playing cards designed by @bethsobel.bsky.social and intentionally includes her four extra cards. #boardgames

Variant: boardgamegeek.com/thread/29741...

Opening hand of six cards with six more cards in front, each with a face-down card beneath.

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Aug 31

More practice for #SpielMas ⛄️ but over Labor Day. This time it was Harmonies. Beautiful but deadly. Close win!

Definitely a lot of comparisons to Cascadia and a bit of Azul, but very satisfying.

And it’s on Board Game Arena, so it’s simple, strategic, short, and shareable. #boardgames

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Aug 30

Playing Forest Shuffle at Shine Beer Sanctuary in Bozeman MT. #boardgames

Hand of cards mid-game of Forest Shuffle between three players.

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Johnny | Game Market West @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · Aug 21

GMW Fall 2025 Countdown - Soccer 54: Premier by Greg Pool

Playing soccer with playing cards! Using six cards in your hand, challenge for possession to move a soccer ball up and down a 3x3 field for the best shot on goal. Whoever scores the most goals wins!

#boardgames @haoleboygames.com

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Aug 20

Love me some @bethsobel.bsky.social playing cards in the morning!

FYI That deck was a runner-up for “Great Game with only a Deck of Cards.”

2024 Frosties: www.spielmas.com/blog/2024-fr...

#boardgames #SpielMas ⛄️

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Aug 17

Only the best for you! 🦦

SpielMas ⛄️ festival 🔜 Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · Aug 17

Nominations aren’t until October, but already “High Tide” from @underdog.games & @marcelineleiman.bsky.social looks like an early candidate for recognition in the 2025 Frosties during this year’s #SpielMas ⛄️ festival. #boardgames

Front of the box of High Tide. Background is the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean along the Northern Californian coast.

Open box of High Tides Show tiles, stones, and rules. Background is the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean along Northern California.

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