Black and white box cover has three different symbols on it: a diamond a circle and a tower of three rectangles. The title is city of six moons and it says it’s discovered by Amabel Holland.
White text on a black box with three symbols from the other picture.
The intro of the text begins to read: As near as I can tell, this is an alien civilization-building game for a single player. There only seems to be components and rules for one player, and when I asked them about it, they seemed perplexed. I watched them play it once before they returned into the black, and only one of them moved the pieces, doing so silently while the others chattered. Whether they were playing the game cooperatively, or whether they were merely commentating, I can't say.
I chose to translate the title as "City of Six Moons", though I think this is at best a clumsy approximation.
This glyph is probably closer to "city-state", but that feels clunky in the mouth It also means "laws" or "rules", it also
This probably means "six", as it's nearly identical to the glyph for that number. But those two tiny extra dots are bothersome. Perhaps it's just a stylistic quirk? I don't think it represents a different number - Ive seen their glyph for sixty, and that's not a significant number for them anyway. The only other place I've seen this particular version of the six glyph was on some of the other boxes they brought with them, so it's possible that it also means "game"?
I am sure this is moon", but I'm also not sure what is meant by moon. The glyph is also used to denote a passage of time. I'd assume that it correlates to a month, but if so, the match I observed ran for thirty-six "moons" - not six.
Perhaps i's a reference to six literal moons? Perhaps each unit of time is the alignment of six moons?
COMPONENTS: 28 cards - Canvas Board - Rulebook - 52 wooden piecos
Played the City of Six Moons tonight. Very interesting board game experience. Have not figured it all out yet. But would recommend to experienced gamers looking for a puzzle to solve.
Thanks for the rec @shutupshow.bsky.social and Tom Brewster
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