Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars

Released 01 Jan 2016

Publisher

FryxGames

Mechanism

Hand Management Card Drafting Tile placing

Type

Strategy Industry/Manufacturing

Category

Teritory building Science fiction Economic

Platform

Components

1 Rules Booklet
1 Game Board
5 Player Boards
17 Corporation Cards
208 Project Cards
8 Reference Cards
200 Player Markers (transparent plastic cubes, 5 colours)
200 Resource Markers (opaque plastic cubes in gold (45, 10mm), silver (30, 8mm), and copper (125, 7mm) in different sizes)
3 Game Board Markers (big white plastic cubes)
9 Ocean Tiles
60 Greenery/City Tiles
11 Special Tiles
1 First Player Tile

Play versions:
Basic game: Players start with 1 production of each resource. Game time 90-120 min.
Corporate Era expansion (included): Players start without production and many cool cards are added to the game. Game time 150-180 min.
Solo version for Corporate Era: The player starts with a terraform rating (income) of 14 instead of 20, and has 14 generations to completely terraform Mars. If successful, VP's are scored. Game time 60-90 min.
Draft variant: Players draft the 4 cards they may buy each research phase, giving them more options and opportunities for combos. Adds 30 minutes to game time.