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Moon Leap

Moon Leap

IELLO · 1998
2–430 min7+ yrs1.1/5 complexity6.0 BGG#10.079 BGG614Family
short answer

How do you play Moon Leap?

In Moon Leap, players are trying to get their pawns as far down the track as possible in order to score the highest amount of points. To start the game, each player receives five pawns of the same color, numbered from 1 to 5.

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Moon Leap box art
official art · IELLO

In Moon Leap, players are trying to get their pawns as far down the track as possible in order to score the highest amount of points.

To start the game, each player receives five pawns of the same color, numbered from 1 to 5. A player rolls the dice and then may move pawns that correspond to the total of the dice, e.g. rolling a 5 allows a player to move the 5 pawn, or the 2 and the 3. The pawns are always moved to the next free space that is available on the board.

If the player succeeds in making a chain of 3 or more pawns, he or she may roll the dice again.

The game ends when the last three, specially-marked squares are occupied. Each player receives the number of points achieved by multiplying the number of the square by the number of the occupying pawn.

Rules Summary:

Roll d6; may move your matching-numbered token (* is wild but moves only one token)
Move it to the next free space on the track
After any player's token has crossed a line (varies with number of players playing), rolls of 3 4 or 5 may be split between 2 of your tokens (3->1-2, 4->1-3, 5->1-4 or 2-3), but only if you can move both the other tokens
If, with your move, you create 3 adjacent tokens of your color, go again (may do it repeatedly)
The game ends when last 3 spaces of the track are occupied
Final scores (for each token):
    (token number) x (number on that token's space)
    the multiplier for tokens never played to the board is -5
    highest sum wins

The original version of the game provided players with six tokens and had different rules for gaining points from the board spaces.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.1 / 5
BGG rating6.0 / 10
Vibe
Family
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
7+ yrs
BGG rank
#10.079

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Q3How do you play Moon Leap?
Moon Leap is a dice game, for 2–4 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Moon Leap — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Moon Leap support?
Moon Leap is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Moon Leap take?
A game of Moon Leap takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Moon Leap for?
Moon Leap is recommended from age 7.
Q7How complex is Moon Leap?
Moon Leap has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.1 out of 5.
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