Moons and Stars

Moons and Stars is a handmade strategy board game by an artist using wood, campfire-hardened clay, canvas, and stones from the shores of Lake Ontario. It is based on a game that exists in his book series. It resembles a rustic game made by strange beings from another imaginary world. It plays like a combination of stratego and chess while capturing the randomizing excitement of being dealt a hand of cards.

It begins when you roll all 16 of your 6-sided "ballit" game pieces, creating one of over 20,000 possible combinations. Gain victory by one of two paths: capturing all your opponent’s Moons and Stars, or reaching your opponent’s Treasure Stone. Use Paths, Safes, Pits, and Traps to change how Moons and Stars move around the board. Once the board is set, choose from a number of Deity Figurines that progress along notches in the board and unlock a variety of bonus abilities. The player with the best strategy wins.

-description from designer