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Expansion for Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars: Big Box

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Published
2021
Reach
Widely known (via base game)
Players
1–5
Play time
120 min
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Main mechanics

  • Hand management
  • Spatial puzzle
  • Engine building
  • Drafting
  • Set collection
  • Direct conflict
  • Tile laying
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Spatial puzzle: Fitting shapes together efficiently is the challenge.
  • Engine building: Small early moves compound into a machine that does the work later.
  • Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
Full publisher description

Terraforming Mars: Big Box is both a storage option for all the Terraforming Mars material released to date the base game, five expansions, and the first-player rover and a set of 3D terrain tiles to dress up the game. Included in the box are: 24 city tiles (four each of six designs) 40 forest tiles (eight each of five designs) 9 ocean tiles 14 special tiles (the original eleven, plus three new ones) Terraforming Mars: Big Box also includes three new cards that relate to the three new special tiles, card dividers, and five plastic markers for the global parameters.

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