Meet Moonrakers

Sci-fi deck-building collides with clever negotiation

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1-5 Players | 60-120 Minutes

A deck-builder for anyone that loves player interaction

A new take on the timeless genre of deck-building, Moonrakers adds negotiation and temporary alliances that keep the entire table constantly engaged and creates moments that turn into unforgettable memories.

Deck-building without the downtime

Moonrakers removes the downtime traditionally found in deck-building by introducing ways for every player to participate on their own turn AND others.

Temporary alliances

Early and mid-game requires temporary alliances to advance the game and collect resources. However, alliances give way to competition as your vie for the singular seat as leader of the Moonrakers.

Highly replayable

The crew, ship part, and contract marketplace is randomized for every play session—meaning you’ll have to strategize a new ship and deck configuration every time you play.

184 Billion

Ship part & crew combinations

57 crew & ship parts in the base game create billions of possible combinations. You'll likely never build the same ship twice.

An Introduction to Moonrakers

"Moonrakers feels different in a crowded market."

Tom Vasel | The Dice Tower

"Moonrakers has quickly found itself in my top 10 all-time favorite games."

Game Brigade

"I'm dying to play this game again and again!!!"

Becca Scott | Good Time Society

01

Complete contracts to earn credits & prestige

Contracts are completed by playing action cards from your deck to fulfilll the requirements on the contract.

02

Hire crew & build your ship to add cards to your deck

Ship parts give you permanent abilities and add basic action cards to your deck. Crew are added directly to your deck and have powerful special abilities when played.

03

Negotiate temporary alliances to complete harder contracts

Big rewards, less risk. Negotiate a split of the rewards with your table-mates and use both of your action decks to complete the most difficult contracts. However, first to 10 prestige wins, so don't be too generous in the late game...

01

Complete contracts to earn credits & prestige

Contracts are completed by playing action cards from your deck to fulfilll the requirements on the contract.

02

Hire crew & build your ship to add cards to your deck

Ship parts give you permanent abilities and add basic action cards to your deck. Crew are added directly to your deck and have powerful special abilities when played.

03

Negotiate temporary alliances to complete harder contracts

Big rewards, less risk. Negotiate a split of the rewards with your table-mates and use both of your action decks to complete the most difficult contracts. However, first to 10 prestige wins, so don't be too generous in the late game...

Community feedback

Six reasons people love Moonrakers

We asked our discord community what they love about Moonrakers. Here's 6 of their reasons.

Constant player interaction

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

Easy to learn & teach

A normal teaching session takes less than 10 minutes.

Co-operative & competitive

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

Variety of ship parts & crew

57 unique ship parts & crew with zero repeated abilities means every ship and deck is different, with 184+ billion possible combinations.

Unique art

Every crew member and ship part have a unique illustration.

No dogpiling

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

Free cooperative digital expansion

Moonrakers: Luminor

Adventure across a procedurally generated map, attempt multi-tiered narrative driven contracts, build up your ships, hire crew, and face off against an enemy general in the fully cooperative game mode for 1-5 players.

An entirely FREE digital expansion for Moonrakers — Available now on Steam.

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Premium is our standard

Metal coins, blackcore cardstock, custom PVC ship tokens, spot UV, silver foil, unique art on every card, wrapped boards. If it can be upgraded, it's upgraded.

310gsm blackcore cardstock with a linen finish and aqueous coating

A rigid blackcore cardstock ensures every card in Moonrakers retains it's shape session after session.

Heavy-duty cardboard wrapped with a linen finish

Player and community board that keep everything organzied while looking beautiful.

Metal credits

Every box of Moonrakers includes 40 metal coins.

Custom injection-molded ship tokens

Keep track of score with these unique custom ship tokens.

Custom box organizer

It's been said that the Moonrakers organizer might be the 'best game organizer ever made.'

Moonrakers maintains a 7.8+ rating on BGG

Overwhelmingly positive reviews

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DeathStalker365

BGG Review

I am currently serving in the U.S. military, and we found this board game one day in the office. We didn't know anything about it, and we decided to start playing it one day, and then we played again and again and here we are over a month later and we can not get enough of this game. I could play all day and all night if I could. It started with just five of us playing it, then the number doubled and then doubled again, and theres a bunch of us that swear we're gonna buy the game when we come home. This game is highly addictive and so much fun to play, especially the negotiating. That part is always the most exciting (even if not everyone agrees to the terms)

BrettDez

BGG Review

This game is amazing. The right level of complexity with superb negotiation which is mostly only positive engagement with others! If you love social games and also enjoy deck building, this is an easy MUST HAVE!

CosmoVibe

BGG Review

A deckbuilder similar to Dominion in that your "turns" only allow one action (card play), but certain cards will give you more actions, allowing you to chain for more complex turns. In addition, it adds a layer of negotiation and random chance to every contract, making it feel really satisfying to play, as it not only becomes an issue of developing an engine, but also a social process too. The game just feels fun to play regardless of whether you're winning or losing.

donjoss

BGG Review

I was a bit afraid of the negotiation phase but it keeps you actively involved during other players turns. The deck/engine building is very well done and specially because all cards are unique.

GameBrigade

BGG Review

Really love the interaction between the players
Many deck builders are missing that interactive piece and this game adds that. Does increase playtime, but was enjoyable. The selection of upgrades and crew were unique that everyone’s deck played very different.

kapnoc

BGG Review

This is one of my top three games. It has incredible replay value. The mechanics are easy to learn. The art on the game is beautiful. It's a well executed deck builder that also adds a social element. You can negotiate, collaborate or betray others!

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