Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
A bold new era of space exploration has begun. With many different factions and organizations vying for power in this latest space race, you are tasked with leading one of these competing moon colonization teams.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Race
Compete to reach a destination, threshold, or objective before opponents.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Take That
Direct negative effects at selected opponents.
Read the full game description
A bold new era of space exploration has begun. With many different factions and organizations vying for power in this latest space race, you are tasked with leading one of these competing moon colonization teams. Lunar Base is a card game where you draft and play cards to expand your base. Make shipments from Earth work to your advantage. Recruit agents and send them to infiltrate opponents' bases to hasten your expansion, or hinder the progress of your competitors. Defeat your rivals and achieve lunar dominance by housing the most colonists, gaining the most influence, hoarding the most lunar credits, or earning the most renown through scientific achievements.