Blue Moon City Board Game

Blue Moon City
designed by Reiner Knizia, published by Fantasy Flight Games

Currently Unavailable

1 hour for 2 to 4 players ages 10 to adult    Availability Info
Condition: New

Awards
Spiel des Jahres 2006 - Game of the Year Finalist

Game Contents
21 Building tiles (double sided), 1 Obelisk, 80 Cards (10 each of 8 peoples), 4 Player figures, 40 Player markers (10 for each player), 40 Crystal tokens (12 of value 1, 28 of value 3), 15 Golden dragon scales, 3 Dragon figures, all in a box approximately 12" x 12" x 2.8"

Box Description
The Night of Doom is Over

But the once magnificent Blue Moon City now lies in ruins, and the otherworldly peoples of Blue Moon must rebuild it. The Mimix, the Vulca, the Flit, the Terrah, and other original fantasy races vie for leadership in this new age of peace and competition, using their unique skills to restore the elemental temples, the centers of learning, the edifices of government and of community. The peoples who most cleverly and quickly aid in the rebuilding will be rewarded with shards of the city's most holy relic, the Crystal of Psi. When Blue Moon City has been restored, whoever possesses the Crystal of Psi will reign over the rest in splendor and power.

Games in a Box Notes
More info from the Fantasy Flight website...

Set after the events of the brilliant and beautiful Blue Moon customizable card game, Blue Moon City tasks you with rebuilding the city that the struggles of the royal heirs have destroyed. You must contribute to the reconstruction of the 20 buildings that comprise Blue Moon City and reap the rewards for doing so!

GAMEPLAY
At the start of the game, the different buildings that make up Blue Moon city are distributed around the Courtyard that forms its center. Each player begins on the Courtyard with a hand of cards representing the people who will aid her in the reconstruction of the city.

On their turns, players move up to two spaces across the city, then contribute to the construction of the building they've landed on by playing cards from their hand. If, for example, a player has landed on the Water Temple, he can play Aqua (blue) cards from his hand worth 5, 4, or 3 points to place his player marker on one of the slots on the tile.

If the player had enough Aqua cards left in his hand, he could play more and fill up another slot as well. Once finished building, players may discard up to two cards, and then draw more cards to add to their hands.

When a building has been completed, every player who contributed to its completion is rewarded. Players might get crystal shards, golden scales, or even extra cards to add to their hand. Whichever player had the most cubes on a given building (or the left-most cube, in the case of a tie), gets an additional bonus reward.

On the back side of the building is printed its Neighborhood Bonus. Any buildings that are completed adjacent to this building will award the this bonus to every player who contributed to them. As the game goes on and Blue Moon City is rebuilt, buildings become more and more valuable!

DRAGONS AND GOLDEN SCALES
The three elemental dragons will take an active interest in your progress as you help rebuild their city. The dragons can be moved about by using the special ability of certain people cards. If a player makes a contribution to a building in the presence of one of the great dragons, the dragon will gift her with one of its golden scales. When the golden scales run out, players return them to the bank in exchange for a sizable award of crystal shards!

SPECIAL ABILITIES
The different peoples of Blue Moon have different abilities that can aid you in your quest. The Aqua, Terrah, and Vulca, for example, are each allied with one of the elemental dragons. Their people can often move their associated dragon to various parts of the city. The childlike Khind are always eager to chip in and can assist with any building, acting as wild cards. The Hoax can retrain peoples to help complete buildings they otherwise could not, changing the color of cards to help complete buildings. These are just a sampling of the many abilities possessed by the peoples of Blue Moon City!

VICTORY
At various points during the game, players will return to the Courtyard at the center of Blue Moon City and present an offering of crystal shards. Early in the game, these offerings can be small. As the game progresses, they become more and more expensive. The first player to make five offerings is the winner!