Shoot The Moon
BGG rank
BGG #25,822
BGG rating
5.7

Shoot The Moon

2004

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Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.2/5

For 2 players

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Shoot The Moon is a board game released in 2004 for 2–6 players and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Garrett J. Donner and Michael S. Steer and its main mechanics are Team-Based Game and Trick-taking.

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About the game

This is a trick-taking card game, which may be played individually or in partnerships of 2 or 3. The game comes with a deck of 52 cards, made up of 4 colored sets of 12 cards (numbered 1 to 12) - the colored sets are suits of red rockets (always trump), green crescent moons, purple stars and blue full moons. There are also 2 orange big moon (bonus cards, always high), 2 orange little moon cards (penalty cards, always low) and 40 Shoot the Moon chips. Players start with 2 chips and are dealt 5 cards for each round of play. Players gain chips by winning odd number of tricks or the big moon cards. The first player to win 7 chips wins. This is not the same game as the other game with this title in the BGG database - that one appears to be a set-collecting card game.

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Publishers

  • Fundex
  • Ideal
  • Alex Brands

Questions and answers

Shoot The Moon supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.