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Terraforming Mars (Game Board)

Development on Mars (Tiles placed on game board)

City Tiles

Gain 1 VP for each adjacent Greenery Tile

Cannot be placed next to another city. Add player marker to mark ownership

Special Tiles

Cards that allow placement of special tiles on the board. Function described on the card. Place player marker to mark ownership

Green Tiles

If possible, placed to greenery tile that you own. Otherwise, place on any available area. Add player marker to mark ownership

Global Parameters (conditions) on Mars (tracked on game board)

Oxygen Levels - tracked with oxygen marker on oxygen tracker on game board (increases TR by 1 for every 1 step increase)

Starts at 0% during game setup

Temperature Levels - tracked with temperature marker on temperature tracker on game board (increases TR by 1 for every 1 step increase)

Starts at -30 deg celsius during game setup

Get bonuses when raised above steps indicated on temperature tracker

Ocean Tiles (increases TR by 1 when placed)

Only placed on areas reserved for ocean

Starts with 9 tiles on Ocean tile stack

2 MegaCredits placement Bonus when tiles placed next to it

Generations (Game Rounds)

Generation Marker placed on TR track on game board to track generations

Place Generation Marker at 1 on TR Track during game setup

How does the game end?

Global parameters reach their goal

Oxygen

Temperature

Ocean

Game Ends at end of the generation

Players have one last chance to convert plants to Greenery after Production Phase

Final Scoring (Player with most VPs wins) - Ties are won by having most MegaCredits

TR at end of game is basic VP score

Add Award VPs

Add VPs earned from claimed milestones

Each greenery tile is worth 1 VP

Each City tile is worth 1 VP for every adjacent Greenery Tile

VPs on cards

Add VPs on cards that collect resources

Add VPs of all your remaining cards (ncluding played events) and count VPs

Game End

Game Goal

Terraforming Rating (TR)

Shares same track on gameboard as the Generation Tracker. All players place their marker on 20 at the start of the game

Get as high a TR as possible (player markers are placed on TR track on game board)

All players start at 20. Place Player Marker on 20 on TR Track

Get the most Victory Points (VP)

Get as high a VP

Game Goal

Game Setup

Player's Cards

Player's Cards on Hand

Players

Players are corporations

Player Actions

Research Phase

Which cards to buy?

Action Phase Choose any of the actions:

Play a card from hand

Use Standard Project

Use action on blue/corporation card

Blue card and corporation cards have actions (indicated by red arrow) that can be used once per generation. Place Player Marker on card to indicate action has been used

Claim Milestone

Fund an award

Convert Plants to Greenery

Spend 8 plant resources for a greenery tile

Convert heat and Increase Temperature Levels

Convert 8 heat resources to increase temperature 1 step

Production Phase

Convert Energy to Heat

Get MegaCredits based on TR and Prodcution

Produce resources based on production track

Gameplay (Generations)

Player Order Phase

Research Phase

Action Phase

Production Phase

Gameplay

Use Standard Project

Milestones (Each milestone is worth 5 VP)

Award (when funded, award is checked at end of game, award winner earns 5 VP)

Corporation Cards

Project Cards

Player's Resources

Player Board

Production Tracks(Use player marker to track production)

Production can be more than 10, use 2 markers to mark numbers more than 10

Megacredits - Production is equal to sum of TR and MegaCredit Production

Steel

Pay for cards with building tag

Titanium

Pay for cards with space tag, worth 3 MegaCredit/cube

Plants

Energy

Heat

Resource Supplies (Use resource cubes to track supplies)

MegaCredits

Steel

Titanium

Plants

Energy

Heat

Playing a Card

Game Setup

Start 9 tiles on Ocean tile stack

Place temperature marker at -30 deg. celsius on game board

Place oxygen marker on oxygen level tracker on game board

Shuffle Project Cards deck and place next to board

Players choose colours/markers and first player. First player gets 1st player marker

Place Player Marker on 20 at TR Track

Shuffle and deal 2 Corporation Cards to each experienced player. Beginners get Beginner Corporation Card

Players choose which of the Corporations they wish to play

Deal 10 Project cards to Experienced Players. Non Experienced players follow the instructions on Beginners Corporation Card

Players choose which of the 10 Project Cards they intend to keep (cost 3 MegaCredits to place a Project Card in your Starting Hand)

Start 1st Generation Game from Action Phase

Project Cards

Effect/Action (Boxes marked by Blue Ribbon)

Effect

Ongoing Effect that is always active

Action

Used once per generation

Tags / Describes category of card

Animal

Microbe

Building

Jovian

Earth

Science

Power

Space

Plant

City

Event

Production (Brown Box background)

Resources with Red Frame

Affect any player you choose including yourself, reduce resources of other players or yourself. If other player does not have the production, then you must reduce your own

Resources without Red Frame

Non Standard Resources

Cost/Requirement

Pay to play the card (e.g. MegaCredits)

Requirements to be met to play the card

VP

Some Cards give you VP at the end of the game

Corporation Cards

Starting Conditions: Cards inform players of how much MegaCredits, resources and production they start with

Effect/Action (Boxes marked by Blue Ribbon)

Action

Used once per generation

Playing a Card

Check card requirements

Exceptions that still allow you to play card

Mars Global Parameters/Conditions have already reached goal

Adds resources that can't be collected

Removes resources from other players even when unable or you do not wish to do so

Pay card's costs and perform immediate effects

Production Effects must be performed

Place the Card

Type of cards

Event (red bordered)

Cards are collected in a personal pile face down. Tags only apply while played

Automated (green bordered cards)

Placed face-up in a stack on the table with only top row visible. No further effect but tags still apply

Active (blue bordered cards)

Ongoing effects that may trigger at any time, or actions that you can use. Placed with top panel visible

Playing a Card

Check card requirements

Exceptions that still allow you to play card

Mars Global Parameters/Conditions have already reached goal

Adds resources that can't be collected

Removes resources from other players even when unable or you do not wish to do so

Pay card's costs and perform immediate effects

Production Effects must be performed

Place the Card

Type of cards

Event (red bordered)

Cards are collected in a personal pile face down. Tags only apply while played

Automated (green bordered cards)

Placed face-up in a stack on the table with only top row visible. No further effect but tags still apply

Active (blue bordered cards)

Ongoing effects that may trigger at any time, or actions that you can use. Placed with top panel visible

Use Standard Project

Sell Patents

Discard cards from hand to gain same number of MegaCredits

Power Plant

Spend 11 MegaCredits to increase your energy production 1 step

Asteroid

Spend 14 Megacredits to increase Mars temperature 1 step

Aquifer

Spend 18 MegaCredits to place Ocean Tile

Greenery

Spend 23 MegaCredits and place a greenery tile

City

Spend 25 MegaCredits , place city tile

Milestones (Each milestone is worth 5 VP)

Terraformer

Have TR of 35

Mayor

Own 3 city tiles

Gardener

Own 3 Green Tiles

Builder

Have at least 8 building tags in play

Planner

Having at least 16 cards in your hand

Award (when funded, award is checked at end of game, award winner earns 5 VP)

1st player to fund pays 8 MegaCredits, 2nd player to fund pays 14 MegaCredits, last player pays 20 MegaCredits. Only 3 Awards can be funded

Winning an Award

1st place gets 5 VP, 2nd place gets 2 VP

Ties are friendly. More than 1 person can get 1st or 2nd

If 1st place is tied, there is no 2nd place

Landlord

Own most tiles in play

Banker

Have the highest MegaCredit Production

Scientist

Have the most Science tags in play

Thermalist

Have the most heat resource cubes

Miner

Have the most steel and titanium resource cubes