How to play Dr. Seuss Merry Grinchmas! Game
Make way for the Dr. Seuss Merry Grinchmas board game — a fun game for you if it's you who likes Christmas as much as the Whos! We channeled our holiday spirit and animated this cute how-to-play video for Funko Games.
This game brings Who-ville right to your family's game table. We used 2D motion graphics animation and the beautiful art assets from the Dr. Seuss Merry Grinchmas board game to bring this classic Dr. Seuss story to life in a concise, how-to-play video.
Steal some Christmas spirit for yourself by adding this game to your collection!
Video transcript is below:
LEARN HOW TO PLAY DR. SEUSS MERRY GRINCHMAS! GAME (VIDEO TRANSCRIPT)
This is the Dr. Seuss Merry Grinchmas! Game, a fun game for you, if it's you who likes Christmas as much as the Whos!
Work together to collect presents to make the Whos' holiday dreams come true. But watch out for the Grinch, who's trying to steal the presents, and all the Christmas wishes too! Collect at least as many stars as the Grinch to win!
Here's how to play!
Set up the game as shown in the instructions. The youngest player goes first!
On your turn, you'll move and play as the Grinch and then take your turn as a Who! First, spin the spinner!
Move the Grinch the number of spaces you spun clockwise around Whoville. If you spun his feet, move him to the next feet space.
Then the Grinch steals Presents, depending on what space he landed on! Place any Presents he steals at the top of the board near Mt. Crumpit.
If he lands on an A, B, or C space, he steals the Present from the matching spot on the board.
If he lands on the Max space, he steals all three Presents from those spots.
If he lands on a Present space, he steals a random Present from the bag.
And if he lands on a house-colored space, he steals a Present from the matching house. If there are multiple Presents, the player whose house it is gets to choose which one he steals.
If the Grinch lands on a feet space, he doesn't steal anything!
Next, check the Grinch's Presents. If he can, the Grinch scores one of the face-up Wish cards.
Each Wish card shows the Presents needed to score it. Most Wishes need certain colors of Presents. This Wish needs three presents that are the same color, but it doesn't matter which color. And this Wish needs two of the exact same present.
The Grinch can only score one Wish. If there are multiple he could score, he chooses the one with more stars.
Return the Present tokens needed to score the Wish to the bag and place the Wish card face down on Mt. Crumpit.
Now it's your turn to collect a Present for the Whos! Choose one Present and put it on your house. You can choose one of the Presents on the A, B, or C spots on the board, or you can draw a Present from the bag.
Then check the Presents on your house! You may score a Wish if you want to. Return the Present tokens you need for the Wish to the bag and then place the Wish card face up in an empty slot around the Town Center tile.
Lastly, refill the Presents and Wishes on the board! Draw Presents from the bag to fill the A, B, and C spots and the houses that don't belong to a player. Draw Wish cards so there are four face up.
Now it's the next player's turn. Don't forget to move and play as the Grinch before you take your turn as a Who!
Players continue taking turns until all the slots around the Town Center are full. Then the game is over!
Add up the stars on the Wishes in the Grinch's score pile and add up the stars on the player's Wishes around Town Center. All the players win if they have as many stars, or more stars, than the Grinch!
Now go show that Grinch the magic of Christmas!
Video script written by Funko Games