After introducing Love Letter Premium last week, we have the pleasure today to release Secret Moon, another game from Seiji Kanai!
Published by Kanai Factory in 2014, Secret Moon is set in the same kind of romantic atmosphere as Love Letter, and can be considered a second game in the same series. It is much less known that Love Letter, and we are happy to allow players to get to know it here on Board Game Arena, because we think it's a really nice game too!
In Secret Moon, the princess is a shy young woman who likes to read about the world beyond the castle walls. She would like to meet with the wanderer in order to listen to him telling the tale of his travels. Unfortunately, this is not considered proper for a princess, so they have to meet secretely at night in the gardens, and the minister and guards will try to prevent this encounter...
This 5 to 8 players game is a semi-cooperative game, where you'll be either in the princess team or in the minister team. Like in a "werewolf" game you won't know which team other players belong to (except the wanderer and the princess who recognize each other). But unlike a "werewolf" game, you aren't allowed to chat about the game: Secret Moon is a game of deduction and guesses, where you'll try to sneak unnoticed silently through the gardens at night! You will need to rely on a limited set of actions to try and discover who is on which side and try to match the winning condition...
If you are on the minister team, you'll try to discover both the wanderer and the princess, or to capture the princess. If you are on the princess team, you'll try to escape the minister team during three consecutive rounds, or to capture the minister! The available actions to reach your goal are:
_ Inspect: look secretely at a character card.
_ Inquire: ask "Who goes there?" to another player. This will give a clue about this player's identity through a conventional answer.
_ Accuse: guess character card and reveal it (if incorrect, reveal your own).
_ Protect: defend someone or yourself (unavailable during round 3).
_ Disrupt: force another player to pass his/her turn (in exchange, you are captured).
_ Capture: "capture" a player with a revealed character (unavailable for guards).
_ Pass: choose a discarded turn order card and take it (for the next round).
At first, it may be a little difficult to know what to do, but the game plays fast since you have just one action per round. So don't hesitate to try out things to see how it goes, then start another game! You'll quickly get familiar with the possibilities offered by each action. Here are some tips:
_ During the first round, you'll mostly need information, so Inspect and Inquire will be very useful.
_ If someone on your team is discovered and in danger, use Protect! But that may get you in trouble too...
_ On the second round, if enough info is available, you'll use Accuse to reveal players, or Pass to get first play in the third round to be able to Capture! (the Pass action is an essential part of the game!)
_ Disrupt can be powerful, but don't forget that it will get you captured.
We would like to thank Seiji Kanai for his kind authorization to create an online version of Secret Moon, and for taking the time to make a test of the game with us! Thanks a lot!
We hope that you'll enjoy discovering this new cooperative/semi-cooperative game on Board Game Arena!
☽ Den hemmelige måne ☾
Efter at indføre Kærlighed brev Premium sidste uge, har vi glæden i dag at frigive Secret månen, et andet spil fra Seiji Kanai! Udgivet af Kanai Factory i 2014, Hemmelige måne ligger i den samme form for romantisk atmosfære som Love Letter, og kan betragtes som et andet spil i samme serie. Det er langt mindre kendt end Love Letter, og vi er glade for at give mulighed for at spille det her på BoardgameArena, fordi vi mener, det er et virkelig flot spil !
I den hemmelige Måne er Prinsessen en genert ung kvinde, der kan lide at læse om verden udenfor slottets mure. Hun vil gerne mødes med Wanderer for at lytte til ham fortælle eventyret om sine rejser. Desværre bliver dette ikke betragtet som passende for en prinsesse, så de skal være hemmelighedsfulde om natten i haven, og minister og vagter vil forsøge at forhindre dette møde...
Dette 5-8 spillere spil er en semi-cooperative spil, hvor du vil være i prinsesse holdet eller minister team. Som i et varulv-spil vil du ikke vide, hvilket hold andre spillere hører til (undtagen wanderer og prinsessen, der genkender hinanden). Men i modsætning til et varulv-spil, er det ikke tilladt at chatte om spillet: Den hemmelige Måne er et spil af bedrag og gæt, hvor du vil prøve at snige ubemærket lydløst gennem haven om natten!
Du skal regne med et begrænset sæt af handlinger, at forsøge at opdage, der er på hvilken side og forsøge at matche de vindende tilstand... Hvis du er på minister team, vil du prøve at opdage både wanderer og prinsessen, eller for at fange prinsessen. Hvis du er på at princess team, vil du prøve at undslippe minister holdet under tre runder i træk, eller for at fange ministeren! De tilgængelige handlinger til at nå dit mål er:
_ Inspicere: Se secretely på en karakter kort.
_ Spørg: spørge "Hvem går der?" til en anden spiller. Dette vil give et fingerpeg om denne spillers identitet gennem en konventionel svar.
_ Accuse: gætte karakter kort og afslører det (hvis forkert, afsløre din egen).
_ Protect: forsvare nogen eller selv (ikke tilgængelig i runde 3).
_ Sprænges: tvinge en anden spiller til at videregive sin tur (i exchange, du er fanget).
_ Fange: "fange" en spiller med et afslørede tegn (ikke tilgængelig for vagter).
_ Pass: vælge en kasseret turn ordrekortet og tager det (for den næste runde).
I første omgang, det kan være lidt svært at vide hvad man skal gøre, men spillet spiller hurtigt da du har bare én handling per runde. Så tøv ikke med at afprøve tingene til at se hvordan det går, så start et andet spil! Du vil hurtigt blive fortrolig med mulighederne i hver handling. Her er nogle tips:
_ I løbet af første runde, for det meste skal du oplysninger, så Undersøg og Spørg vil være meget nyttigt.
_ Hvis nogen på dit hold er opdaget og i fare, bruge Protect! Men der kan få dig i problemer også...
_ På anden runde, hvis nok info er tilgængelig, skal du bruge Accuse til at afsløre spillere eller Pass at få første spille i tredje runde til at være i stand til at fange!
(handlingen Pass er en vigtig del af spillet!)
_ Sprænges kan være kraftig, men glem ikke, at det vil få dig fanget. Vi vil gerne takke Seiji Kanai for hans venlige tilladelse til at oprette en online version af Secret månen, og for at tage sig tid til at lave en test af spillet med os! Mange tak!
Vi håber, at du vil nyde at opdage denne nye cooperative/semi-cooperative spil på spil Arena!
