How to Play

Blue Moon City

2-4 players 30-50 min 7.0 Board Game Geek Rating

Players use cards representing Blue Moon races to reconstruct a destroyed city by rebuilding 21 buildings shown on double-sided tiles. Successfully contributing to building reconstruction earns crystals and dragon favors. Victory goes to whoever first places the required number of crystal markers on the central Obelisk.

Published 2006

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Place the Courtyard tile

Position the tile with both sides colored in the center of the table

Position Starting tiles

Randomly place the 4 Starting tiles (marked with symbol) orthogonally adjacent to the center tile, rubble-side up

Build the city

Shuffle remaining tiles and place rubble-side up around the center to form a 5x5 "+" shape with no tiles in corners

Select Obelisk

Choose the Obelisk side matching your player count and place it near the city

Position dragons

Place the 3 dragons near the building tiles but off the board

Prepare Golden Scales

Count out tokens based on player count: 2 players = 7 scales, 3 players = 10 scales, 4 players = 12 scales; return rest to box

Choose player color

Each player takes a miniature and matching player markers in their chosen color

Place miniatures

All players place their miniature on the Courtyard tile

Deal starting hands

Shuffle People cards and deal 8 face-down to each player; place remaining deck face-down near the city

Determine first player

Randomly select the first player; play proceeds clockwise

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Movement phase

Optionally move your miniature up to 2 spaces orthogonally

Contribution phase

Optionally discard cards to contribute to the building where you ended movement, or make an Obelisk offering if in the Courtyard

Collect dragon scales

Gain 1 scale from each dragon present when making a contribution; only receive scales for first contribution if making multiple

Score completed buildings

When the last space is filled, pay bonuses and flip tile to reconstructed side; return markers to players

Score golden scales

When the last scale from supply is awarded, finish awarding all scales then score

Reset phase

Optionally discard up to 2 cards to the face-up discard pile, then draw 2 more cards than you discarded; no maximum hand size

Winning

How to claim victory.

Make required offerings

A player wins immediately upon making the required number of offerings to the Obelisk

Pay offering cost

When in the Courtyard, pay crystals equal to the next available numbered space on the Obelisk and place your marker there

All buildings rebuilt condition

If every building is rebuilt and no player has enough crystals for required offerings, continue until all players have made as many offerings as possible

Draw condition

If all players run out of player markers and nobody has won, the game ends in a draw