Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition (English)

Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, or Terraforming Mars The Card Game, is a standalone game inspired by Terraforming Mars with faster gameplay.

It is an engine builder where players control interplanetary corporations with the goal of making Mars habitable (and profitable).

How to play Ares Expedition:

The game takes place over several rounds, and each round players must choose 1 of 5 phases, which determines what happens during the round.

This means that each round is different, but can consist of the following things:

• Build new project cards
• Take general and project-specific actions
• Produce income and resources
• Research (draw more project cards)

Each player takes all the phases that are selected for the round and receives a special bonus for the phase they chose themselves. To speed up the game, each player should resolve each phase simultaneously!

The game board has trackers for oxygen, temperature, and terraform development, as well as a place for the ocean tiles to be placed. The game ends when there is enough oxygen to breathe (14%), enough ocean to create Earth-like weather (9), and the temperature is well above freezing (8+C). At that point, it will be possible to live on the surface of Mars!

The winner is the player who has the most points at the end of the game.

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