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2016
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Description
The first expedition to Mars ended with a heroic fight by the astronauts for survival and initiated the first mission aimed at colonizing the planet, which was financed by four corporations. Now in Martians: A Story of Civilization the human colony on Mars, managed by leaders of the corporations, has to explore the planet in search of necessary resources, build new constructions, and develop technologies adjusted to planetary conditions. Such effort is necessary not only to survive, but also to create better living standards for future generations raised by colonists.
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3 Minute Board Games Top List at 22:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Sharp design decisions regarding game modes
- Numerous scenarios
- Engaging resource management gameplay
- Enjoyable despite rulebook issues
Cons
- Shockingly bad rule book
- Terrible translation of its rulebook
- A bit busy
Thematic elements
- Colonizing Mars
- Mars
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- multi-mode play — There are rules for co-op, semi co-op, competitive and solo play within the game and they only require a few changes to implement each one.
- Resource Management — Resource type gameplay it constantly made you worry if you had enough stuff to do what you wanted to do.
- scenario-based play — It had numerous scenarios which is uncommon in a worker placement game.
- Worker Placement — A worker placement game about colonizing Mars.
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3 Minute Board Games Top List at 5:27 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Best worker placement game set on Mars
- Clever mechanics for multiple player modes
- Wealth of scenarios
- Good core gameplay
- Huge replayability
Cons
- Worst rulebook ever
- Punished by bad rulebook
Thematic elements
- civilization building
- Mars
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- competitive — Not least of which is having solo co-op competitive and semi-co-op rules within the same game that only require a few tweaks.
- Cooperative — Not least of which is having solo co-op competitive and semi-co-op rules within the same game that only require a few tweaks.
- Semi-Cooperative — Not least of which is having solo co-op competitive and semi-co-op rules within the same game that only require a few tweaks.
- solo — Not least of which is having solo co-op competitive and semi-co-op rules within the same game that only require a few tweaks.
- Worker Placement — This is still the best worker placement game set on Mars that I've played.
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