Nova Luna

Description

--- <TLDR> Nova Luna is an abstract tile-laying game where players select tiles from a moon wheel to fulfill color-matching tasks, placing markers on completed ones to be first to use all markers. </TLDR> Key mechanics include: - *Tile selection* Players choose and place new tiles from the moon wheel in front of themselves each turn. - *Task fulfillment* Tiles introduce tasks requiring adjacent placements of matching color tiles, which generate further tasks. - *Marker placement* Solved tasks allow placement of a personal marker. - *Strategic planning* Each round demands new strategies adapting to the moon wheel's offerings. - *Race to completion* First player to place all markers wins. <Initial summary> Nova Luna, meaning "new moon" in Latin, embodies themes of new beginnings and future planning in this abstract tile-laying game. Players must continually adapt strategies each round to the tiles available on the central moon wheel. On a turn, a player selects a tile from the wheel and places it in their personal display, introducing a specific task. Completing tasks requires strategically placing additional tiles of the requisite color adjacent to the target task tile, though these new tiles inevitably present further tasks. Successfully resolving a task permits the placement of one of the player's markers upon it. Wise decision-making is crucial, as the game challenges players to balance immediate actions with long-term planning to be the first to exhaust their supply of markers. </Initial summary> ---