Game Info
Year
2025
Players
3-4
Age
8+
Playtime
20 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description
Trick-taking card game where players manage moon phases to win an exact number of tricks each round
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Getting Games Discussion at 7:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- moon phases
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the solo rules for Darwin's Journey were a mountain among themselves
- my wallet thanks you for Darwin's Journey and Ostia
- Nana toridori
- Hachi Train is a game that came out last year that I really liked
- Tigers and Euphrates is very dry except the river part of the title
- Newton has no theme
- Aura at Labora you are just going through the motions
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Board Gaymes James Discussion at 2:46 sentiment: positive
video_pk 85374 · mention_pk 218584
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- innovative moon-phase trump mechanic
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- trick-taking with changing trumps
- Moon phase themed
- unknown
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick-Taking — Trump suit changes based on the phases of the moon
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's time to log these all into BGG, and we will see you next time.
- the trump changes based off of the phases of the moon
- Has English rules, but it's in Japanese.
- I won that by pulling a duck out of a hat.
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Rules Teach at 0:36 sentiment: positive
video_pk 66514 · mention_pk 162082
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- uses these three moon markers
- really interesting game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- collecting moon tokens
- centered around the moon
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Set Collection — Your aim here is to win exactly one, three, or five tricks in each round. Depending on the number of odd number tricks that you win will depend on how many moon tokens you will collect. And your aim here is to collect five moon tokens and put them together.
- Special cards — There are also eclipse cards that appear in the game that allow you to win a trick if no one played the currently lead suit. They also add plus one to the number of tricks that you won if you have it in your pile at the end of the round.
- Trick-Taking — A lead player will play a card and all the other players around the table need to play a card of the same suit. Whichever player has the highest number of that suit will win the trick.
- Trump suit selection — There are only two suits in this game, the rising moon and the falling moon. Whichever side the two yellow markers are on, that's the trump suit.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a trick taking game with a quirky little twist.
- This is a trick taking game that's centered around the moon.
- Your aim here is to win exactly one, three, or five tricks in each round.
- Lunar Trick is a really interesting game because it uses these three moon markers.
- There are only two suits in this game, the rising moon and the falling moon.
- This essentially is a game of changing ranges.
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The Dice Tower Top 10 List at 9:53 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Very unique and hard to describe; plays like nothing else
- Distinctive twist on traditional trick-taking
Cons
- Very opaque to first-time players; a learning curve
Thematic elements
- Abstract, space-like range management and luck mitigation
- A highly experimental trick-taking game with variable suits
- Highly original, sometimes opaque to describe
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- One to three suits in play with face-down reveal — Suits and tricks emerge from face-down reveals, shaping ranges and trick outcomes
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Quotes (from this video)
- There's been a real kind of a renaissance, a trick-taking renaissance, some say, over the last several years.
- No Loose Ends is my number one trick-T game of 2025.
- There’s been a lot of innovation... exciting things happening within this sphere.
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