Capstone Games Galileo Galilei: Luna Expansion – Moon Discovery, New Characters & Grand Inquisitors | 1-4 Players

Explore Lunar Mapping and Strategic Depth

The Luna expansion for Galileo Galilei invites players to go beyond familiar skies and engage with a rugged lunar landscape. For the first time, the Moon becomes an objective to map, revealing a textured surface of mountains and craters. A brand‑new scoring track ties lunar exploration to point opportunities, encouraging careful timing and adaptive planning. The tactile feel of chalky craters and bright highlands can cue your decisions, while the overall pacing invites steady, thoughtful turns that reward planning and anticipation.

Integrated with the core game, lunar mapping adds a fresh layer of strategy. You’ll weigh when to push for lunar points against other scientific goals, seeking synergies that maximize your scoring potential. The Moon’s geography creates new routes, obstacles, and opportunities, inviting players to rethink order of operations and experiment with how you combine actions, routes, and timing to stay ahead.

Four New Characters

Four new playable characters bring distinct abilities that shift how you approach discoveries. Some powers accelerate progress, others unlock alternate scoring opportunities or set up powerful combos with existing mechanics. This variety encourages experimentation across sessions, letting groups explore multiple strategies and tailor play to their preferences.

Grand Inquisitors Arrive

Powerful Grand Inquisitors enter the game, offering meaningful rewards to those who can persuade them through smart actions and bold moves. The risk‑reward dynamic adds a new tension to each turn, inviting players to balance ambition with prudent risk and timing, all while keeping the competition lively and dynamic.

Expanded Depth and Collaborative Mapping

Between lunar exploration, new character abilities, and inquisitor interactions, the expansion deepens strategic choice. You’ll discover more paths to score, richer synergies with existing mechanics, and more moments of clever play. A collaborative mapping option lets players chart the Moon together, creating a shared sense of discovery while still pursuing individual scores.

Play Options, Fit, and Replayability

Designed for 1–4 players, Luna scales with your table. It supports quick sessions, longer play sessions, and mixed groups, adding variety without sacrificing accessibility. If your group enjoys strategic planning, space exploration flavor, and dynamic interactions, this expansion offers fresh possibilities to extend your Galileo Galilei experience.

• Moon exploration with a new scoring mechanic that rewards careful planning
• Four new characters with unique abilities that change tactical choices
• Grand Inquisitors offering meaningful rewards through skillful persuasion
• Collaborative mapping of the Moon alongside competitive scoring
• Deeper strategic options and richer interactions with existing mechanics

Across sessions, lunar decisions ripple through the board, creating memorable moments and new strategic possibilities while respecting the core essence of Galileo Galilei.