Title:

Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition

Description:
Our work as terraformers is never truly complete. From the very first footprint left in the red dust of our new home, to the future calamities that could very well bring its end, we must always be striving for greatness. Humanity needs a new home amongst the stars. We are the ones who will secure it for them.

This box contains three expansions for Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition. Each one provides new mechanics and ways to enjoy the original game.

Discovery contains all new card mechanics, and Awards and Milestones.

Foundations increases the player count to up to six players.

Crisis is an all new, co-operative game mode, where players must race to save their civilization on Mars after a catastrophic asteroid strike!

COMPONENTS:

2 narrower plastic Resource storage boxes (rust brown) with clear lids (6.8x14.2cm)

DISCOVERY:

82 cards (63x88mm):
40 Upgraded Phase cards (2 per Phase per player)
4 Corporation cards
38 Project cards (some with pink “U” Upgraded Phase icon, some with gold “A” Awards/Milestones icon bottom right)

3 card dividers (Upgraded Phase, Project cards with Upgraded Phase Icon, Project cards with Awards or Milestones)

Cardboard:
7 Award tiles (square)
11 Milestone tiles (rectangular)
16 3VP tokens (round)
40 Tag tokens (small round)

Rule booklet (4 p.)

FOUNDATIONS:

53 cards (63x88mm):
10 Phase cards (like base game, black & white for 5th + 6th players)
20 Upgraded Phase cards (black & white players)
22 Project cards (with red “+5” icon bottom right)
1 Corporation card

6 Player Aid cards (70x120mm; Rulebook says 2 cards included)
1 Card divider (Project +5)

Cardboard:
2 Player boards (dual layer, 14.7x20.5cm)
1 Supplemental Score board (4x23cm; locks into left side of main board)
1 Infrastructure Track board (3.7x22cm; locks into top side of main board)

Plastic:
1 clear cube (Infrastructure track)
13 Black player cubes (opaque black)
13 White player cubes (opaque white)
50 Copper cubes
12 Silver cubes
12 Gold cubes

Rules booklet (4 p.).

CRISIS:

103 cards (63x88mm):
10 Dummy Phase cards
4 Corporation cards (for use with Crisis only)
85 Crisis cards (brown)
4 Crisis Player Aids (brown)

7 Card dividers
Crisis Mode Only Corps,
Crisis Dummy Phase Cards,
Crisis Cards Tier - 0
Crisis Cards 1 Player
Crisis Cards 2 Player
Crisis Cards 3 Player
Crisis Cards 4 Player

Cardboard:
1 Co-Op game board (23.2x18.9cm)
1 Crisis board (brown; 22.4x10.9cm)
9 Ocean tiles (hex)
3 Detriment tokens (double-sided, rectangular brown)
16 Crisis counters (small round)
22 1VP tokens (small round)

Rules booklet (8 p. ).

Kickstarter version also includes some revised components for the base game based on feedback from the game’s fans:
2 smaller Clear cubes (for tracking Temperature and Oxygen)
2 narrower plastic Resource storage boxes (rust brown) with clear lids (6.8x14.2cm)
1 updated game board, double-sided for optional use: with larger scoring spaces on both sides,
and larger temperature and oxygen tracks on one side.

6 reprinted promo Corporation cards from the first KS campaign, with corrected typos.

New optional rule that will be included in future printings of the base game
(Optional setup for Step 6: you can shuffle the Ocean tiles and stack them beside the board facedown.
When a player flips an Ocean, they take the top tile in the stack, flip it over, and place it on the board.)

Big Box: 21.9x30.1x10.5cm, with 3 inner dividing cardboard trays.
Max Number of Players:
2-6
Barcode:
792273253053
Category:
Expansion
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Publisher:
FryxGames / Stronghold Games
Playing Time:
60
Year Published:
2022
Designer:
Jacob Fryxelius
Nick Little
Sydney Engelstein
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Suggested Ages:
14+
Family:
Terraforming Mars
Date Added:
2023-03-17 15:31:14
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$108.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-11-15
Date Added:
2023-03-17 15:31:14

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