Muster: Raise the Banners is in Public Alpha
Posted: 05 November 2026, 09:33
Hello everyone,
Muster: Raise the Banners is now in Public Alpha.
Five castles stand between you and your rival. Each turn, play a Banner card into one of your five columns, where every card must be equal to or exactly one stronger than the card before it. Climb a column from 1 to 5 or pad it sideways, but play a strong card too early and the column is capped. Rainbow cards bend the rules: a Wizard goes anywhere, a Bridge fills a gap, and a Rainbow Castle lets any banner be played beneath it. The deck is the clock: when the last card is drawn, whoever holds more strength beneath each castle takes it, and the player with more castles wins.
2 players, 10–20 minutes, ages 8+. Original board game by Spencer Lloyd Thomas and Pedro R. M. Andreo, published by Play Monkey Games (2025). Includes the Simplified, Power of One and Over the Rainbow variants from the rulebook.
Reviewer link: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer?gam ... thebanners
Please try it out, and feel free to leave feedback or a review. Thanks!
Muster: Raise the Banners is now in Public Alpha.
Five castles stand between you and your rival. Each turn, play a Banner card into one of your five columns, where every card must be equal to or exactly one stronger than the card before it. Climb a column from 1 to 5 or pad it sideways, but play a strong card too early and the column is capped. Rainbow cards bend the rules: a Wizard goes anywhere, a Bridge fills a gap, and a Rainbow Castle lets any banner be played beneath it. The deck is the clock: when the last card is drawn, whoever holds more strength beneath each castle takes it, and the player with more castles wins.
2 players, 10–20 minutes, ages 8+. Original board game by Spencer Lloyd Thomas and Pedro R. M. Andreo, published by Play Monkey Games (2025). Includes the Simplified, Power of One and Over the Rainbow variants from the rulebook.
Reviewer link: https://boardgamearena.com/reviewer?gam ... thebanners
Please try it out, and feel free to leave feedback or a review. Thanks!