Survive relentless moon disasters while building and dismantling your colony tableau against shared challenges for the most enduring population.


Premise

In this competitive tableau-building game, players manage growing lunar colonies using limited resources, building structures that bring population and perks. A shared deck includes work, twist, and trouble cards that trigger events, actions, or catastrophe. Threats escalate as events kill colonists and force you to sacrifice buildings to stay alive. Every reshuffle deepens the crisis. Only the colony with the most survivors at the end claims victory.


Highlights

  • Shared Progress Deck: Players contribute to a common deck that triggers actions or deadly events for all.

  • Work vs Trouble Balance: Work cards allow helpful actions while trouble cards unleash disasters that must be managed.

  • Engine Building and Loss: Build structures to grow your colony while losses gradually dismantle your tableau.

  • Survival Scoring: The player with the most remaining colonists wins once the final event resolves.


Themes

Science Fiction


Main Game Mechanics

Deck Building     Events     Simultaneous Action Selection     Tableau Building     Variable Phase Order

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Forest Shuffle     Rock Hard: 1977


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Year Released: 2025
Designer(s):  Donald X. Vaccarino
Artist(s):  Franz Vohwinkel


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