Published May 9, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT Decline and fall I want to quit Amberspire, and that's why it's one of the best city-builders in years Image: Lunar Division/Bithell Games Amberspire , a new tabletop-like city builder from The Banished Vault maker Lunar Division, drops you onto a distant moon that's seen better days. An opulent civilization once flourished here, but the dead are all that remain of it. And you see reminders of them daily, as the city's rulers turned the moon into a mausoleum under the surface. Holes open in the moonrock sometimes, and little glimpses of the rows of dead show through. The mausoleum's central shaft is your town square, always present, always determining the shape of your city. You might be looking forward, but you can't escape the past. Except you kind of can, at least depending on how the dice roll. As you'd expect from a city builder, much of Amberspire 's focus is on the future and turning this odd little death moon into a place where people want to live.…