Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition · English Kickstarter edition · (2021)
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Two games in this is exactly as if you remixed Terraforming Mars and Race for the Galaxy. The player boards are streamlined but otherwise almost the same. New card production rating and Steel and Titanium are flat rebates now. 5 phases that more or less correspond with the phases in Race. Three card types to play: production (green), buildings (blue) and events (red). Really enjoyed this so far even when it took us a long time to finish the first two player. The solo mode is the same as Mama Mars: just do it all alone in 25 moves. Verdict: if you don‘t get to play TM enough because people think it is too sprawling buy this unless you already have a ton of Race for the Galaxy content.
| Year | 2021 |
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| Designers | Jacob Fryxelius, Sydney Engelstein, Nick Little (I) |
| Artists | Jacob Fryxelius, William Bricker, Naomi Robinson, Sydney Engelstein, Garrett Kaida, Jason D. Kingsley, Nick Little (I), Nio Mendoza, Justine Nortjé, Andrei Stef |
| Publishers | Stronghold Games, Korea Boardgames, Reflexshop, Maldito Games, Arclight Games, Lavka Games, Rebel Sp. z o.o., MINDOK, Ghenos Games, Schwerkraft-Verlag, Lex Games, MIPL, Surfin' Meeple China, Intrafin Games, Kilogames, MeepleBR, FryxGames, Board Game Rookie |
| Players | 1–4 |
| Time | 45–60 min |
| Status | Owned |
| BGG Rating | 7.6 |
| Categories | Card Game, Science Fiction, Space Exploration |
| Mechanics | Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection, Set Collection, Track Movement, Income, Variable Player Powers, End Game Bonuses, Variable Set-up, Market, Follow, Multi-Use Cards, Tags, Variable Phase Order, Solo / Solitaire Game, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks |
| BGG Rank | 189 |
| Complexity | 2.92 / 5 |
| Language | Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups |
| Segmentation | KEEPER |
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| Box size | M |
| My category | Science Fiction |
| My mechanic | Tags |
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2024-06-26 | Board Game Arena | – | 1 | Yashima (Mai Ni Productions) | 72.00 | 72.00 |
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2024-05-27
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2024-05-27
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2024-05-25
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2024-05-24
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2024-05-23
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2024-05-23
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2024-05-23
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2024-05-21
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2023-02-18
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At home | – | 1 | Yashima (Devtechs) | 69.00 | 69.00 |
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2023-02-16
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At home | – | 1 | Yashima (Devtechs) | 74.00 | 74.00 |
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2022-04-14 | At home | – | 1 | Marcus, MourningDragon, Pascal, Yashima | 24.00, 31.00, 24.00, 24.00 | 31.00 |
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2022-04-03 | At home | – | 1 | Yashima | 28.00 | 28.00 |
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2021-08-10 | At home | – | 1 | Yashima | 40.00 | 40.00 |
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2021-08-07 | At home | – | 1 | MourningDragon, Yashima | 46.00, 48.00 | 48.00 |
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2021-08-06 | At home | – | 1 | Yashima | – |