The Wassailing of Claus Manor

An Award-Winning Game of Yuletide Horror

Serve the Claus family during a descent into yuletide bedlam. 

The Wassailing mashes together:

- The Edwardian estate drama of Downton Abbey

- The atmospheric horror of Mike Flanagan shows

- The festive antics of every Christmas movie you’ve ever seen

Quick to play with wild twists and turns, The Wassailing is a roleplaying game perfect for raucous holiday sessions.

A Harrowing New Holiday Tradition

Take on the roles of mortal servant staff to the immortal Claus family at the dawn of the 20th century … a time of upheaval across the world and, especially, on this wintery estate.

Your assembled staff will leverage its workplace skills to quell the Claus family’s troubles and —  perhaps more importantly — keep your jobs. 

These are no ordinary troubles though:

• Santa toys with a dark summoning to hasten his delivery capabilities
• His spouse operates a secret slaughterhouse, packing magical meat
• His brother rekindles an ancient war between humanity and elvendom
• His children vie for prominence, merging their legendary exploits with yuletide myth

The game escalates these scenarios — and more — based on card draws and the staff’s own tribulations and politicking. With this frosty flurry of randomized elements, the game unfolds differently each time you play.

Award Winning Team & Game

The team behind The Wassailing was already an award winning combination having taken home visual design accolades for Butter Princess. The Wassailing was just announced as a recipient of the 2024 Ennies. 

Three Different Versions 

Digital Only: Get the amazingly tooled and indexed digital version of the game. 
Physical + PDF: Get the beautiful 80+ page physical book printed in color on 6x9 cream paper with a perfect bound spine & the PDF.
The Perfect Package: The book, deck of Claus Family Cards, 4 Invitations to Claus manor, and the digital files for everything. Family Card & Invitation files are exclusive to this level.

All versions of the game include the digital Soundtrack by Joseph Vasinda.

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