🌌 Embrace the Night: Where Strategy Meets the Stars!
The Lunar Dial is a strategy board game for 2-4 players aged 14 and up, inspired by the Morbid podcast. It features high-quality components, including a fabric game mat, lunar dial, and beautifully illustrated cards, allowing players to engage in a celestial experience of strategy and fun.
CPSIA Cautionary Statement | Choking Hazard - Small Parts, No Warning Applicable |
Item Weight | 584 Grams |
Number of Items | 1 |
Material Type | Plastic |
Are Batteries Required | No |
Colour | Black |
Theme | Crime |
M**I
Quirky and funny, embrace the weirdness
I ended up buying 2 copies, cos so cheap and we wanted to play with a 2nd casting deck to enable longer play time. Found the game, like Scopa, Basra & Casino, on which this game is based, too short for us. A 2nd deck sorted that easily.Very nice quality production. Slight warping of linen playing cards which goes away with play handling. Playing mat is excellent quality, sort felt material so cards don't slip. Moonstones are opaque white glass beads. Feel nice. Art and style is fun, colour scheme muted a v classy. Zodiac theme tongue in cheek. A child off the game Illimat. This a slightly simplified. We enjoy much.
C**D
Beautiful game
I love that game. Very pretty to look at. The designs are amazing. It's pretty simple to understand. And the reading at the end is always lovely
J**S
Excellent aesthetic and good quality components
I am not familiar with The Morbid Network of podcasts, so I am not sure how this game relates to it. However it's clear that it has astrological overtones and a rather pleasing aesthetic.The box art is beautifully designed with a linen finish. Inside the box there is a fabric game mat, two decks of cards, a lunar dial, moonstone counters, and a set of rules. All of the components are good quality with great art work. The game set up appears a little complex at first, but after a play through it is actually quite straightforward. The rule set doesn't help here as it describes lots of card types but in reality there are only two decks. The game is relatively simple. It's a case of playing and matching cards. For example if you have an 8 you play it against all the 8s in a sector and collect those cards. You can also play it against any cards totalling the number on your card. For example a 5 and a 3. If you collect all the cards in that sector then you gain a moonstone. However there are other elements. For example you can play a card to add to that sector to preemptively collect from that sector next turn. Some of the cards have effects that need to be resolved. Additionally there are moon phases activated by the moon dial which restricts the types of cards that can be played. It actually flows quite nicely and ultimately the player with the most moonstones wins the game.A high quality game with a great aesthetic. My only real issue is the theme and rule set don't feel entirely allied. This isn't a major issue and if anything widens the appeal of a well thought out and easy to play game.
R**O
Unique game
Really unique game, a bit difficult to set up lol but overall really interesting and not too difficult to understand!
G**L
Beautiful and unique
This is such a unique card/board game and I fell in love with the aesthetics straight away. It is really well made and the design is beautiful. From the colour scheme, and the fabric game mat to the moonstone counters. It took a little while to get my head around the instructions at first as it's a lot to take in but once you get the hang of it, it is lots of fun. Some parts became clearer during the game. I love the fact that you get a card reading at the end of the game!
V**A
Where strategy meets the celestial
Moon, stars, cards—three elements that can take an evening from drab to dynamic in an instant. Yes, my circle of friends might look like your average assortment of humans, but we all share a peculiar fascination with the celestial. When we engage with this board game, we aren't merely moving pieces around a board. We're casting spells, predicting astrological outcomes, and feeling a sort of camaraderie only parallel to actually stargazing in a desolate field somewhere. The tarot-sized cards are not just cardboard; they become artefacts in our hands, whispering secrets only those engaged in the game can understand. A word to the wise, though—your strategic muscles will flex in unexpected ways.
E**H
Lunar dial
Lovely unusual mystical card game, quite a lot of rules to learn but it's a good game that's engaging and relaxing to play. It's 2 players plus and 12 and over. At the end of the game you get a card reading using the horoscope cards. I really enjoyed it, my husband less so.
E**I
Really fun!
This tarot card based board game is unlike anything else me and my mum have played before, and we really enjoyed it! Everything feels high quality, the illustrations are beautiful and it’s got a pretty decent gameplay length. It took us a little while to get the hang of the rules, but once we got going it was really fun collecting the moonstones and we got quite competitive! Nice to have a game that works with just 2 people too
K**N
Fresh and easy to learn!
Great game with fresh ideas and easy to learn. Actually works and is fun for two people to play. Can be played quietly, which helped us since we’re trying to play around a sleeping baby! Box is too small for my cat to sits in though, he gives it three out of five stars for easily bat-able pieces and comfy mat to lay on.
T**A
Love it
Haven't played but it's excellent quality and I'm a huge morbid fan.
D**.
Nice Game Love the Podcast
Nice Game Love the Podcast
R**E
Great game for Morbid weirdos!
As a longtime fan of Ash and Alaina and their many amazing podcasts and projects, not to mention Alaina’s NYT best selling book- The Butcher and the Wren (and The Butcher Game, dropping in September!) I couldn’t wait to buy this! This game is really creative and well designed. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but quick to learn and pretty fun once you get the hang of it. I really like the table synastry reading once you complete the game, too! Very witchy and great for astrology or zodiac-heads. This is such an Ash game lol and I love my Morbid ladies! Keep it weird 🖤✨
V**2
Cool Game
I found it was a pretty cool and unique game with nice components and cards.
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