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Feb 16, 2025·Review·31:53·0·Watch on YouTube

Kickstarter Preview | Moonlight

Watch “Kickstarter Preview | Moonlight,” a board game review for Moonlight: Episode 1 – The Hostage on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by the creator on YouTube:

This is my preview of the roll and write board game 'Moonlight' by Matthew Folger that is currently being funded on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter (starting in January, 2025). Description on BoardGameGeek: "Moonlight is Roll and Write series of games in a comic noir universe. Episode 1: You are Dexter "Sly" Harrigan, a hard boiled detective in Midnight City. Your partner has been kidnapped and you have less than 3 weeks to save them. You know who did it: Big Louie "The Claw" Marconi, and you have a plan..." Thanks to Matthew Folger for the digital preview copy! Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:16 The Structure of the Video 01:52 Tea Time 02:03 Background Story 02:27 Win and Loss Conditions 03:59 Rules Overview 07:22 Playthrough Demo: Regular Turns 15:45 Playthrough Demo: Heist 26:29 First Impressions 31:04 A Huge Thanks to all my Patreon Supporters! 31:14 Thanks for your support! Check out 'Moonlight' on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aerobellumgames/moonlight-1 Check out 'Moonlight' on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/436587/moonlight ----- Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sirthecos Support me on Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sirthecos Join my Discord Server here: https://discord.gg/9xu6V3dUZf Get in touch with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sirthecos Get in touch with me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/sirthecos Mail Contact/Business Inquiries: sirthecosyt@outlook.com Check out my collection on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/Sir_Thecos If you enjoy this content, like the video and subscribe to my channel! 😎 Intro and Outro Music: www.bensound.com

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Moonlight: Episode 1 – The Hostage

Moonlight: Episode 1 – The Hostage

2025·Matthew Folger

1 players
45 - 60 min

About Moonlight: Episode 1 – The Hostage, from BoardGameGeek:

Moonlight is Roll and Write series of games in a comic noir universe. Episode 1: You are Dexter "Sly" Harrigan, a hard boiled detective in Midnight City. Your partner has been kidnapped and you have less than 3 weeks to save them. You know who did it: Big Louie "The Claw" Marconi, and you have a plan... Each turn you'll spend one day from the calendar to roll 6 dice and then spend those dice on various Investigation Actions, Hustle Actions or Searching areas that you've Investigated. Collect clue sets to level up your skills and deduce quadrants of the map as not containing the hostage. At the end of each of the 3 weeks you must make an escalating ransom payment. In order to raise those funds you'll need to commit various heists. When you do so use the Heist overlay board and your skills that you've honed through your sleuthing to maximize the amount of loot you get away with. Then, in you capacity as a detective the next day show up and destroy and fabricate evidence at the crime scene to frame Big Louie "The Claw" Marconi. Win the game before time runs out or before the police catch on to your crime spree. You can do this by incriminating Big Louie, paying the ransom or finding the hostage on the map. -description from the publisher

Designer

Matthew Folger

Publisher

Aerobellum Games

Categories

Comics

Mechanics

Pattern BuildingRoll & Write / Paper-and-Pencil
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