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Moonlight Castle

Moonlight Castle

HABA · 2021
2–430 min5+ yrs1.5/5 complexity7.0 BGG#11.316 BGG371Kids
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How do you play Moonlight Castle?

Your goal in Mondscheinhelden, a.k.a. Moonlight Castle, is to rescue as many gems as you can from a wizard that's trying to pilfer them from a castle. Whoever ends up with the most gems wins!

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Moonlight Castle box art
official art · HABA

Your goal in Mondscheinhelden, a.k.a. Moonlight Castle, is to rescue as many gems as you can from a wizard that's trying to pilfer them from a castle. Whoever ends up with the most gems wins!

The gems are on tiles that are shuffled, stacked, and placed inside a cardboard castle. Using a plastic slider that goes under the bottom edge of the castle, players push out tiles to create a row of gems that the wizard is levitating away from the castle.

Each player starts with four colored pebbles. On a turn, you move your figure to a new space on the path of tiles, paying a pebble of the color space to which you move. You then draw pebbles from the bag based on the space to which you moved. Finally, if you can pay pebbles exactly matching the number and color of the gems depicted on the tile, you claim that tile. (You have tricked the wizard into stealing pebbles instead of gems.)

Reveal the bottom of the tile to see whether nothing happens, a number of new tiles are revealed, or you take another turn. Continue taking turns until the magic path tile is revealed from the castle. At the end of that round, count your gems to see who wins.

game anatomy
Complexity1.5 / 5
BGG rating7.0 / 10
Vibe
Kids
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
5+ yrs
BGG rank
#11.316
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play Moonlight Castle?
Moonlight Castle is a animals game, for 2–4 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring modular board. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Moonlight Castle — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Moonlight Castle support?
Moonlight Castle is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Moonlight Castle take?
A game of Moonlight Castle takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Moonlight Castle for?
Moonlight Castle is recommended from age 5.
Q7How complex is Moonlight Castle?
Moonlight Castle has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.5 out of 5.
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