“My mom and dad, they read that book to me.”īut his game takes a different slant: Hershel inspires the goblins to become Jewish and pro-Hanukkah. “I grew up reading that book,” Fefer said. Hershel uses his smarts to defeat them, finally trumping the goblin king himself. In the classic 1989 book, a man named Hershel comes to a village plagued by goblins who won’t let its residents celebrate Hanukkah. “This is rooted in real Jewish tradition,” he said.įefer, a 26-year-old Oakland resident, was inspired to come up with the game after attending a party last year that featured a reading of “ Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins” by the award-winning author Eric Kimmel. Some of the proceeds will go to charity.įefer said the game, created during the pandemic, is all about finding a way to let your imagination run free while using the framework of the holiday to welcome everyone, Jewish or not, to celebrate the Festival of Lights.
That’s one option if you play Hanukkah Goblins, a tabletop role-playing game by the indie game designer Max Fefer that makes its debut on Thursday, the holiday’s first night.
( J., The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) - Here’s something to do during the long nights of Hanukkah under lockdown - become a goblin with a jelly doughnut launcher.
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