More seasonal irreverence from the Factory. In this installment, players acting as Innkeepers in Bethlehem use their available money, staff, and/or guiding Angel to gather the prophesied elements of the Nativity scene so that they can claim the bragging rights (and associated income…) for being the location of the Messiah’s birth. As the number of turns played improves the odds of success of many of the tasks the temptation/pressure to “think/work outside the box” (i.e.: cheat the system!) grows as the game continues. Getting away with such nefarious behavior with God watching over your shoulder could prove problematic, so victory may very well go to the player blessed with the Stupidest Angel…

A silly tidbit for the Christmas Season to keep family/friends distracted during whatever forced gathering they happen to be stuck in. All that’s required is a bit of printing/cutting, a collecting of some of the usual gaming pieces-parts (dice, tokens, etc…), and a healthy sense of humor. If the Innkeeper and their lot is unfamiliar I recommend arranging a bit of screen time with ‘Fawlty Towers’.

As with the other event/seasonal offerings, this only deserves the limited amount of concern a once-a-year game requires – i.e.: as much/little as is felt necessary ( -and certainly no more than I put into designing it!). Consider the degree of effort put into making/gathering the pieces-parts needed to play akin to wrapping a present: A top-notch presentation will likely be appreciated, but will still end up in the bin when the party’s over…

The rules:

Two sheets of simple clipart to use, if desired, as tokens and such:

Here’s a halfsheet QRF of the basics for each player to have (print them 2 /page). The second page is just the descriptive blurb that can be put on the reverse of the QRF if you’re feeling fancy…

In case more than four players are found/coerced (or someone doesn’t like the color choices of the original set of figures…), here is a sheet with some more Staff/creche figs along with extra town stuff.