
1998Rudi Hoffmann
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In Moon Leap, players are trying to get their pawns as far down the track as possible in order to score the highest amount of points. To start the game, each player receives five pawns of the same color, numbered from 1 to 5. A player rolls the dice and then may move pawns that correspond to the total of the dice, e.g. rolling a 5 allows a player to move the 5 pawn, or the 2 and the 3. The pawns are always moved to the next free space that is available on the board. If the player succeeds in making a chain of 3 or more pawns, he or she may roll the dice again. The game ends when the last three, specially-marked squares are occupied. Each player receives the number of points achieved by multiplying the number of the square by the number of the occupying pawn. Rules Summary: Roll d6; may move your matching-numbered token (* is wild but moves only one token) Move it to the next free space on the track After any player's token has crossed a line (varies with number of players playing), rolls of 3 4 or 5 may be split between 2 of your tokens (3->1-2, 4->1-3, 5->1-4 or 2-3), but only if you can move both the other tokens If, with your move, you create 3 adjacent tokens of your color, go again (may do it repeatedly) The game ends when last 3 spaces of the track are occupied Final scores (for each token): (token number) x (number on that token's space) the multiplier for tokens never played to the board is -5 highest sum wins The original version of the game provided players with six tokens and had different rules for gaining points from the board spaces.
Moon Leap has 4 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 unboxing. They date from 2023 to June 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "All the Games with Steph: Moon Leap" by Steph Hodge, which runs 19 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Unboxing Moon Leap, a redesign of the classic racing game" by So Play We All.
If you like it, try Café International and Up the Creek, also by Rudi Hoffmann, or The Lord of the Rings: Adventure to Mount Doom and Thunder Road: Ignition, which share several of its mechanics.
2023Michael Rieneck
1 - 4 players50 minLight weight
2026Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Justin Kemppainen
2 - 4 players25 - 45 min
From BoardGameGeek:
In Moon Leap, players are trying to get their pawns as far down the track as possible in order to score the highest amount of points. To start the game, each player receives five pawns of the same color, numbered from 1 to 5. A player rolls the dice and then may move pawns that correspond to the total of the dice, e.g. rolling a 5 allows a player to move the 5 pawn, or the 2 and the 3. The pawns are always moved to the next free space that is available on the board. If the player succeeds in making a chain of 3 or more pawns, he or she may roll the dice again. The game ends when the last three, specially-marked squares are occupied. Each player receives the number of points achieved by multiplying the number of the square by the number of the occupying pawn. Rules Summary: Roll d6; may move your matching-numbered token (* is wild but moves only one token) Move it to the next free space on the track After any player's token has crossed a line (varies with number of players playing), rolls of 3 4 or 5 may be split between 2 of your tokens (3->1-2, 4->1-3, 5->1-4 or 2-3), but only if you can move both the other tokens If, with your move, you create 3 adjacent tokens of your color, go again (may do it repeatedly) The game ends when last 3 spaces of the track are occupied Final scores (for each token): (token number) x (number on that token's space) the multiplier for tokens never played to the board is -5 highest sum wins The original version of the game provided players with six tokens and had different rules for gaining points from the board spaces.
Designer
Rudi Hoffmann
Artists
Wanjin Gill, Anke Pohl, Thilo Rick
Publisher
IELLO
Categories
Mechanics