''Blue Moon City'' is a 2006 designer board game by

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. The game has similar artwork to, and some thematic connections with, the

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card game, also designed by Knizia. It is a city-building game with a heavy fantasy theme.

Publication history

Shannon Appelcline explained that in the early 2000s, "Fantasy Flight's eurogame production started to slow as the company increasingly developed its own voice. Top games like Reiner Knizias' ''Blue Moon City'' (2006) and ''Beowulf: The Movie Board Game'' (2007) — the latter a redevelopment of an older FFG title — appeared, but they were a dwindling part of FFG's board game production."

Reception

Mikko Saari from ''Lautapeliopas'' praised the game's elegance and engagement. He stated that the game was "not very far from popular card-based war games in terms of basic mechanics". It also won the 2006 ''Meeples' Choice Award'', and was ranked 4th Place in the 2006 ''Deutscher Spiele Prei''s. It was also nominated for the 2006 ''

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'' awards.

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* Board game sequels Fantasy board games Reiner Knizia games Fantasy Flight Games games Board games introduced in 2006 {{board-game-stub