Moon Colony Bloodbath board game box cover
Released

Moon Colony Bloodbath

Survive the perils of lunar colonization in this strategic engine-building game where every decision can mean life or death.

2025

Moon Colony Bloodbath is a 2025 board game for 1 to 5 players, ages 14 and up. A typical game runs 45 to 90 minutes and plays at medium complexity. It was designed by Donald X. Vaccarino and published by Rio Grande Games.

Verdicts

Log in to verdict

Where to buy

Affiliate links — clicking through supports the site at no extra cost to you.
In Moon Colony Bloodbath, players manage lunar colonies, striving to keep their colonists alive amidst various challenges. Each turn, a card from a shared deck triggers events that can be beneficial or disastrous, such as hunger, accidents, or power failures. Players simultaneously choose actions like mining, farming, researching, building, or restocking supplies to sustain their colonies. The game concludes when a colony loses all its inhabitants or the event deck is exhausted, with the player having the most survivors declared the winner.

Designed by

1

Donald X. Vaccarino

Artwork by

1

Franz Vohwinkel

Media highlights

1 piece of coverage
All outlets
Moon Colony: Bloodbath is a Bonkers Engine BUSTER 19:12
Podcast · Shut Up & Sit Down Moon Colony: Bloodbath is a Bonkers Engine BUSTER

Our latest review is a DOOZY of a card game! Moon Colony Bloodbath is brilliant and MEAN. And as a special treat, we're joined by Matt's entirely safe and non-violent Robot Butler…

Aug 7, 2025