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Moonrakers (2020)

Players
1–5
Best: 4
Playing time
60–120 min
Age
14+
7.68
Average rating
4,242
Ratings
2.47/5
Weight
#799
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Designer:Max Anderson, Austin Harrison, Zac Dixon
Artist:Lunar Saloon
Publisher:IV Studio
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Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 6, Interaction 9, Complexity 4.9, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck6.0
Interaction9.0
Complexity4.9
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Card GameScience FictionAction PointsTradingHand ManagementOpen DraftingDice RollingDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingNegotiation

Overview

Moonrakers is a game of shipbuilding, temporary alliances, and shrewd negotiation set in a space-faring future. The players form a loose band of mercenaries, but while they are united in name, actual alliances are shaky as players are pitted against each other in the quest to become the new leader of the Moonrakers.

Moonrakers is a deck-building game in which players choose Contracts to attempt alone or with Allies in order to gain Prestige and Credits. After negotiating terms with Allies, players use their decks of Action cards to play Thrusters, Shields, Weapons, Reactors, and Crew to fulfill the requirements on each Contract. Each type of Action card has additional effects such as extra Actions, drawing additional cards, and protecting players from Hazards encountered while attempting Contracts.

Players create powerful decks and gain special abilities by upgrading their ships and hiring Crew Members. This helps them accomplish more difficult and rewarding contracts alone, letting them keep more Prestige and Credits for themselves.

Allies negotiate who will receive the Prestige, Credits, and risk of Hazard from Contracts, but if you don't make your offers enticing enough players may be tempted to betray you! The first player to 10 Prestige wins, but be careful as hazards encountered on Contracts reduce your Prestige!

-description from designer

Expansions

Moonrakers: The Shard
Moonrakers: Binding Ties
Moonrakers: Overload
Moonrakers: Nomad
Moonrakers: The Endless
Moonrakers: Titan Edition (w/o base game)
Moonrakers: First Encounter
Moonrakers: Dark Matter
Moonrakers: Starfall
Moonrakers: Frontier
Moonrakers: Intrepid
Moonrakers: Marauders
Moonrakers: Celestial Crew Cards
Moonrakers: Gencon 2025 Promo Crew Cards
Moonrakers: Vanguard Micro-expansion
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