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!
☽ 《Secret Moon》 ☾
上周介绍情书豪华版后，我们有幸在今天推出Secret Moon，由Seiji Kanai设计的另一个游戏 ！ 作为在2014年由发行的游戏，《Secret Moon》与《情书》一样洋溢着浪漫的氛围，可谓是与《情书》同属一个系列的续作。 这款桌游的知名度相比于《情书》可谓天壤之别，所以我们很高兴能让玩家在Board Game Arena上了解这款游戏，因为我们认为它和《情书》一样是一个很不错的游戏 ！
在《Secret Moon》中，公主是一个害羞的年轻女子，喜欢读书了解关于城堡围墙以外的世界。 她想与漫游者相见，为了听他讲述他旅行的故事。 不幸的是，对于公主来说这种行为是不恰当的，所以他们必须偷偷在晚上的花园里相见，然而大臣和警卫们将设法防止这次会面...
这个 5 至 8 人游戏是一种“半合作”游戏，在游戏过程中，你会被随机分配到公主方或者大臣方。 与《狼人》类似，你不知道其他玩家属于哪方（除了认识彼此的漫游者和公主）。 但不同于《狼人》的是，你不能聊天谈论游戏情况，因为《Secret Moon》是一个关于推断和猜测的游戏——你在游戏中需要在深夜悄悄地穿过花园而不被发现 ！
你将依靠有限的一套行动去试探并发现其他人分别属于哪一方，并且尝试达成胜利的条件... 如果你属于大臣方，你的目标是发现漫游者和公主，或抓住公主。 如果你是公主方的，你需要连续三轮逃过大臣方，或抓住部长 ！ 为了达到你的目标，你可以进行以下行动︰
_检查︰偷偷查看一张角色卡。
_询问︰向另一玩家问"谁去了那里？"。 这将通过问题的答案，提供关于该玩家身份的线索。
_指控︰猜测角色卡，然后展示它 （如果不正确，你需要展示你自己的）。
_保护︰保护别人或自己 （在第三轮不可进行该行动）。
_扰乱︰迫使另一个玩家跳过其回合 （作为交换，你会被抓住）。
_抓捕︰ 抓住一个角色卡已展示的玩家 （警卫不可使用） 。
_让过︰选择一张已丢弃的回合顺序卡，获得该卡 （该卡在下一轮生效）。
一开始，你有可能不知道该选择什么行动，但由于你每轮只有一个行动，游戏会进行的很快。 所以大可尝试不同的选择静观其变，然后从头开始下一局游戏 ！ 你很快就能熟悉每种行动所提供的可能性。 这里有一些提示︰
_ 在第一轮，大部分情况下你需要信息，因此检查和询问将非常有用。
_ 如果你的团队中有人被发现并处于危险境地，使用保护！ 但这可能会让你也陷入麻烦...
在第二轮，如果已获得足够的信息，您可以使用指控来展示玩家的身份，或让过以获得第三轮中的优先权并进行抓捕_！
（让过行动是游戏的重要组成部分 ！）
_扰乱有时很强大，但别忘了，它会让你被抓。 我们想感谢Seiji Kanai慷慨的授权，以创建联机版本的《Secret Moon》，并抽出宝贵的时间与我们进行一次游戏测试 ！ 感激不尽！
我们希望你会为在Board Game Arena发现这个新合作/半合作游戏而兴奋 ！
