HELP.txt

Will you love moonrakers? Yes, if you enjoy...

1. Table Talk and Negotiation

Moonrakers requires regular interaction and negotiation with your table-mates. If you don't like making deals or talking to people, it's not for you.

2. Adaptive Play

The random marketplace forces you to try a new strategy every game. Mastering a single strategy won't win you many games.

1. Table Talk and Negotiation

Moonrakers requires regular interaction and negotiation with your table-mates. If you don't like making deals or talking to people, it's not for you.

2. Adaptive Play

The random marketplace forces you to try a new strategy every game. Mastering a single strategy won't win you many games.

Gameplay_Overview.txt

Learn to Play

Gameplay
Overview

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How to win

The first player to reach 10 prestige wins the game.

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Earn Rewards

Earn prestige & credits by completing contracts. Rewards are shown in the top right corner of contracts.

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Completing Contracts

Contracts are completed when you play the required action cards shown on the bottom of the contract.

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Action deck

Every player starts with the same 10 cards in their action deck.

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Improve your deck

Players add cards to their deck by purchasing ship parts & crew from the armory.

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Special Abilities

Ship parts provide permanent special abilities & crew members have special abilities when played.

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Work Together

Many contracts are too hard to complete alone. You can ask other players to join you on a contract, using your combined action decks to complete it and negotiating for a split of the rewards.

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Risk vs Reward

Every contract indicates how many hazard dice have to be rolled when attempting it. Hazard can be blocked with shields.

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More Depth

That's the basics of Moonrakers. For a more in-depth look at the rules and gameplay, watch our complete how to play video.

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Community Feedback

8 Reasons to love Moonrakers

We asked our discord community what they love about Moonrakers. Here's 8 of their reasons.

No. 1

Constant player interaction

‍You're negotiating on every players' turn, so the table-talk never stops.

No. 2

Easy to learn & teach

A normal teaching session takes less than 10 minutes.

No. 3

Co-operative & competitive

‍In the beginning, you MUST work together to succeed, but there can only be one winner.

No. 4

57 unique ship parts & crew

Zero repeated abilities means every ship and deck is different, with 184+ billion possible combinations.

No. 5

Unique art

Every crew member and ship part have a unique illustration.

No. 6

Highly Replayable

With a random marketplace, the crew and ship parts available will be different every game.

No. 7

Premium Components

Metal coins, blackcore cards, wrapped cardboard, no repeated illustration.

No. 8

No dogpiling

‍Losing just because you're winning isn't fun.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers for the most common questions

Have another question? Please join our Discord community or email us.

unforgettable nights of crowd-pleasing fun

Constant player interaction

Easy to learn & teach

Co-operative & competitive

57 unique ship parts & crew

Unique art

Highly Replayable

Premium Components

No dogpiling