The game is inspired by Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. Players take on the roles of the ghosts of the past, present, and future, traveling through time and trying to influence events.
It is a trick-taking card game, but with an original twist:
Players simultaneously play three parallel tricks:
The result of the first (past) influences the next two—the winner determines the suit or flow of play for the following phases.
The game also features a bidding system:
- you predict how many tricks you will win
- you can play exactly or “safely” (more flexibility, but fewer points)
Ghosts of Christmas is a clever, thematically connected card game that combines classic mechanics with the concept of time travel in a fresh and engaging way. 👻🎄
