There are 12 days left until Christmas, and Jack Skellington's dreams of running Christmas his way are finally coming to life.
The Nightmare Before Christmas Trading Card Game is an interactive, fast-playing card game suitable for any number of players. Each player manages his or her own version of Halloween-town, complete with its own Characters straight out of Tim Burton's film and its own set of Locales for those Characters to haunt, as well as Creations built by the Characters and Surprises to keep the game full of action and suspense.
Each game lasts for 12 Rounds (the "12 Days until Christmas"), during which time each player creates the scariest version of Christmas he or she can. The players do this by playing scary Characters into their own versions of Halloweentown, and by using those Characters to build terrifying Christmas Creations.
Each Character, Creation, and Surprise has a Scare Number in the upper left corner. This Scare Number determines the Cost which is needed to bring the card into play, as well as how many Scare Points the card is worth at the end of the game. In addition, a Character's Scare Number helps him activate the Locales he visits in Halloweentown.
During her turn, a player performs the Function of one Active Locale in her version of Halloween-town. The Functions of the various Locales allow players to draw cards, move Characters around Halloweentown, and add Pumpkin Points, which are used to pay for card costs. Each player attempts to play as many Characters and Creations into her Halloweentown as she can on each of her turns, while playing Surprises that inhibit the progress of her opponents. At the end of the 12th Day, the player with the most Scare Points in her Halloweentown wins the game!
Each Nightmare Before Christmas Starter Deck contains 48 cards--46 are a non-random assortment of common and uncommon cards, plus 2 cards that are exclusive to starter decks. There are four different starter decks: Jack, Oogie, The Mayor, and Dr. Finklestein
