After introducing Love Letter Premium last week, we have the pleasure today to release Secret Moon, another game from Seiji Kanai!
Published by Kanai Factory in 2014, Secret Moon is set in the same kind of romantic atmosphere as Love Letter, and can be considered a second game in the same series. It is much less known that Love Letter, and we are happy to allow players to get to know it here on Board Game Arena, because we think it's a really nice game too!
In Secret Moon, the princess is a shy young woman who likes to read about the world beyond the castle walls. She would like to meet with the wanderer in order to listen to him telling the tale of his travels. Unfortunately, this is not considered proper for a princess, so they have to meet secretely at night in the gardens, and the minister and guards will try to prevent this encounter...
This 5 to 8 players game is a semi-cooperative game, where you'll be either in the princess team or in the minister team. Like in a "werewolf" game you won't know which team other players belong to (except the wanderer and the princess who recognize each other). But unlike a "werewolf" game, you aren't allowed to chat about the game: Secret Moon is a game of deduction and guesses, where you'll try to sneak unnoticed silently through the gardens at night! You will need to rely on a limited set of actions to try and discover who is on which side and try to match the winning condition...
If you are on the minister team, you'll try to discover both the wanderer and the princess, or to capture the princess. If you are on the princess team, you'll try to escape the minister team during three consecutive rounds, or to capture the minister! The available actions to reach your goal are:
_ Inspect: look secretely at a character card.
_ Inquire: ask "Who goes there?" to another player. This will give a clue about this player's identity through a conventional answer.
_ Accuse: guess character card and reveal it (if incorrect, reveal your own).
_ Protect: defend someone or yourself (unavailable during round 3).
_ Disrupt: force another player to pass his/her turn (in exchange, you are captured).
_ Capture: "capture" a player with a revealed character (unavailable for guards).
_ Pass: choose a discarded turn order card and take it (for the next round).
At first, it may be a little difficult to know what to do, but the game plays fast since you have just one action per round. So don't hesitate to try out things to see how it goes, then start another game! You'll quickly get familiar with the possibilities offered by each action. Here are some tips:
_ During the first round, you'll mostly need information, so Inspect and Inquire will be very useful.
_ If someone on your team is discovered and in danger, use Protect! But that may get you in trouble too...
_ On the second round, if enough info is available, you'll use Accuse to reveal players, or Pass to get first play in the third round to be able to Capture! (the Pass action is an essential part of the game!)
_ Disrupt can be powerful, but don't forget that it will get you captured.
We would like to thank Seiji Kanai for his kind authorization to create an online version of Secret Moon, and for taking the time to make a test of the game with us! Thanks a lot!
We hope that you'll enjoy discovering this new cooperative/semi-cooperative game on Board Game Arena!
☽ 秘月 ☾
在上周介紹情書進階版之後，今天我們很榮幸開放由金井誠司所設計的另一款遊戲秘月 ！ 由金井工場在 2014 年發行的秘月，跟《情書》一樣有著浪漫氛圍的設定，可說是同一系列中的第二款遊戲。 它雖然不如情書出名，我們仍很高興讓玩家在桌遊競技場(BGA)上認識它，因為我們認為這也是一款很棒的遊戲！
在秘月中，公主是位羞赧的少女，喜歡飽覽關於城堡圍牆外的世界。 她希望和旅人會面，並聽他講述旅行中的故事。 不幸的是，對一個公主而言，這不被認為是合適的行為，所以他們必須趁著夜晚在花園偷偷地會面，而大臣和衛兵將設法防止這次相遇...
這款 5 到 8 人的遊戲是個半合作遊戲，你不是屬於公主隊就是屬於大臣隊。 就像在"狼人"遊戲，你不知道其他玩家屬於哪一個隊伍（除了認識彼此的旅人和公主）。 但不像《狼人》遊戲，你在遊戲內是不允許討論的，秘月是一款推斷和猜測的遊戲，你得試著掩人耳目、悄然無聲地穿過夜晚的花園！
你將需要依靠有限的行動組合去試著找出誰是哪一邊的並嘗試達成獲勝的條件... 如果你屬於大臣隊，你將試圖找出旅人和公主，或逮捕公主。 如果你屬於公主隊，你則要嘗試連續三輪逃過大臣隊或逮捕大臣！ 可用來達到你的目標的操作是︰
_檢查︰秘密查看角色卡。
_質問︰問另一名玩家"來者何人？"。 這將給該玩家的身份通過一個常規回答的線索。
_指控︰猜角色卡和揭示它 （如果不正確，揭示你自己）。
_保護︰捍衛別人或自己 （在第三輪不可用）。
_妨礙︰迫使另一個玩家跳過這回合 （作為交換，你被逮捕）。
_逮捕︰ "逮捕"已顯示角色的玩家 （衛兵不可使用） 。
_跳過︰選擇被丟棄的順位牌並拿取它 （為下一輪）。
一開始可能有點難知道該做什麼，但遊戲進行快，因為你每輪只能行動一次。 所以不要猶豫去嘗試看看會怎樣，接著再開始另一場遊戲！ 你將一下子就熟悉每個可能的操作。 這裡有一些提示︰
_ 在第一輪，大部分時間你需要資訊，因此檢查和質問將非常有用。
_ 如果你的隊伍被發現以及處於危險之中，使用保護！ 但這也可能會讓你陷入麻煩...
在第二輪，如果有足夠的資訊，您可使用指控來揭示玩家，或跳過讓自己在第三回合能夠先逮捕到！
（跳過這動作是遊戲的重要的一部分 ！）
_妨礙效果雖然強大，但別忘了，它會讓你被逮捕。 我們感謝金井誠司的友善授權以建立線上版的秘月，並撥冗和我們測試遊戲！ 非常感謝！
我們希望你會喜歡這個桌遊競技場(BGA)上新的合作／半合作遊戲！
