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Expansion for Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition

Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition – Foundations

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Published
2023
Reach
Well known (via base game)
Players
1–6
Play time
60 min
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Main mechanics

  • Co-operative
  • Hand management
  • Engine building
  • Action programming
  • Co-operative: Everyone wins or loses together against the game.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Engine building: Small early moves compound into a machine that does the work later.
  • Action programming: You commit to moves in advance and watch them play out.
Full publisher description

Ares Expedition: Foundations contains additional player boards, cubes, and phase cards so that Ares Expedition can be played with up to six players. This expansion also includes two additional game boards. One is a larger score track. The other adds a fourth terraforming metric: infrastructure. Additionally, there are new project cards that involve the new terraforming metric and a new phase card.

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