Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-3
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
1.3/5
Collection
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Description
A trick-taking game where players play two cards per trick with sun and moon suits to deceive opponents and win combinations
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Board Gaming Ramblings Other at 13:22 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Liked it a lot.
- Interesting.
Cons
- Not enough to keep in the collection.
Thematic elements
- Solar eclipse
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bidding — you're bidding um or anticipating how many tricks you're going to win.
- face-down cards — the one of the cards can be faced down or will have to be faced down. So you're playing two cards
- Trick-Taking — another trick taking game.
- trump — And that is a trump basically.
- Two suits — it has only two suits
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Quotes (from this video)
- Keep or Cull, the series where we play all of the games and tell you if we keeping them or culling them.
- We are at the limit of our games.
- I was a bit unsure because this was a weird game and I do like some weird oink games.
- But in a world where there's so many trick taking and shedding games, this was just one of them.
- For me the biggest flaw of the game, it's a short game, which is a good thing, but there is very easily in the setup.
- It's kind of on the edge of keeping it or not but there's so many trick taking games and we can't keep them all.
- It felt a bit like it was a bit lagging like because it's like, oh, we
- I really enjoyed my time with this. Me, too. I uh for me it's a bit light but I'm very happy we got to play it because it's light but it is to the point where I feel like my decisions are meaningful.
- the tension, which is my favorite thing about this game is that you're thinking, "Oh, I really need that color, but I don't want to pay three cards to go all the way to the top."
- this is one of the one of the better light games I played this year.
- I really enjoyed my time with it, but I'm not going to keep it.
- Luther is a first off I have to say a really beautiful game.
- it has a nice theme and I like the worker placement planning in this game because you're um placing workers but they're face down so you don't see what the other players
- it's too long with four. I will never play it with four again.
- it's a big box. I don't know where it will fit. I don't know which other big game we are culling to get space for this.
- I really enjoy a lot of the things in this game.
- So, basically, this was the the keeper. So, I'm I'm I'm okay with keeping it for now.
- So, those are 13 more games and we called 10 and we kept three two tricking games and and actually there was only one game we agreed on which was a C. We agreed on a lot of the capes.
- My my least favorite I would say big wave. I wasn't too keen on that. And yeah, Luther was my favorite.
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Unknown Review at 0:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a trick-taking game, but of course it has a twist because we no longer just play rook or hearts or spades. We play games that have those as their DNA, but we've twisted them so that they are a little more fun.
- The hand can last anywhere between usually on average six to 10 rounds or tricks.
- Secret bidding when you reveal at the end because you know if you're getting close to your bid or not, but you don't know what other people's bids are.
- The artwork is really clever. I think the cards look great. I have a great time with this one.
- I also really appreciate that they're not in a tuck box, but that they're in a nice thick box and that the cards are really nice quality linen cards
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Tabletop Tolson Review at 12:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Clever bidding structure that adds depth without overcomplicating play.
- Elegant integration of sun/moon mechanics with eclipse as a power move.
- Tight player counts (2–3) and compact play time with strong replayability.
Cons
- Teaching curve for understanding eclipse interaction and double-sided components.
- May feel less approachable for players who dislike bidding games or multi-step reveals.
Thematic elements
- Celestial timing and bidding with eclipse as a marquee mechanic
- Astronomical realm with suns and moons shaping trick-taking play
- Elegant, almost ethereal, about orbits and celestial strategy
Comparison games
- Three Tricky Pigs
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bonus for non-eclipse wins — Winning without playing an eclipse yields a bonus point, adding a subtle risk-reward layer.
- Double-sided cards — Cards are double-sided to support different player counts (2–3 players vs. 2 players).
- End Game Bonuses — Winning without playing an eclipse yields a bonus point, adding a subtle risk-reward layer.
- Multi-Use Cards — Cards are double-sided to support different player counts (2–3 players vs. 2 players).
- sun/moon follow and eclipse bonus — Leads with sun require sun follow; moon requires moon follow; eclipses beat the highest value unless matched, granting a bonus.
- two-card-per-trick bidding — Each trick consists of two cards; first card sets follow rules, second card is revealed later.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Beautiful cards, really, really nice design.
- it's clever, maybe a little bit too clever for my brain.
- That's the trick. That's the whole pitch.
- I love a game that asks you to guess how many tricks you're going to win.
- Solar Eclipse does something similar to Three Tricky Pigs, which is why those are the two top ones.
- It's really cool. I like it. I like cooperative games. And I like the twist on the playing out your cards and not knowing what your number is.
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