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2018
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Description
Our world has widened before us. Corporations expand their operations to all corners of the solar system in pursuit of minerals and resources. Most places are not suited for terraforming, but building colonies may greatly improve your income and your possibilities in achieving that higher goal — the terraforming of Mars. Send your trade fleet to distant moons! Colonize the clouds of Jupiter! And let your Earth assets propel you to success!
Terraforming Mars: Colonies, an expansion for Terraforming Mars that can be played with only the base game or with any combination of expansions, lets you visit the outer solar system. It features colony tiles where you can build colonies and send your trade fleet. It also includes new cards and corporations.
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Allies or Enemies Top 21 List at 13:50 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- faster play than base Mars
- keeps core card-draft feel
Cons
- misses some tile-drafting flavor
Thematic elements
- exoplanet colonization and terraforming
- Mars terraforming with a card-driven, simultaneous action system
- snappy, fast-paced engine-building
Comparison games
- Terraforming Mars
- Ares Expedition
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card drafting / simultaneous action — cards drive actions and multiple players act in parallel
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's so interchangeable
- this is jurassic park the board game
- easy number one with a bullet arc nova
- you can picture how kind of your different zoo is gonna be as well
- it's the heaviest rolling right that's out there
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Getting Games Discussion at 7:35 sentiment: mixed
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mixed
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- BGGCon is still essentially one of my favorite weeks of the year it's just an absolute blast
- it's just basically dreamland, hanging out with friends for ludicrous hours
- I played 44 is new to me games at the convention
- shifting shelf got surprisingly large, it's essentially a two-month shifting shelf
- I'm planning on doing a radar Vlog in a couple of weeks to cut the three months in half essentially
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Meeple University Rules Teach at 1:09
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Pros
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Thematic elements
- colony tiles and trade improvements
- Solar system with colonies
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Colony production and tempo — production involving colonies and timing in the solar phase
- Colony tiles — build colonies with new colony tiles and improvements
- Trade fleets — trade fleets can be moved from home base to colonies for income
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Quotes (from this video)
- since its release terraforming Mars has spawned several expansions and variants
- The Prelude expansion provides a quicker and more variable start to the game by giving players moderately powerful extra resource cards on top of their corporation benefits
- Prelude components have this icon in the starting card draw you additionally draw four Prelude cards and choose two for free
- Venus components show this icon
- Venus board with its new Global parameter and special City locations
- Hostile venusian surface means there is no map
- you'll play with two more Colony tiles than there are players in the game or you'll use five in a two-player game
- there are six parties one of the six parties will be ruling initially
- the dominant party becomes the ruling party
- the first delegate in a party becomes its leader and that position can be usurped by another player with strictly more delegates
- turmoil adds project cards with turmoil specific prerequisites
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The Board Game Garden Top 10 List at 20:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- approachable Terraforming Mars variant
- solid engine-building mechanics
- good solo potential
Cons
- still heavy for total newcomers
- thematic jump from lighter Next Step games
Thematic elements
- Tableau-building engine with phase-driven actions
- Mars terraforming frontier
- Engineering and development emphasis; streamlined Mars
Comparison games
- Terraforming Mars
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — flip and resolve phases together to determine actions
- Resource Management — spend money and resources to advance terraforming goals
- Tableau Building — build a personal tableau of phase cards
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Quotes (from this video)
- I am in love with this game.
- If you like cute things you're going to like Flamecraft.
- I absolutely adore this one.
- This is one of my favorite games ever.
- I think this is my favorite in this weight range.
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The Board Game Garden Top 100 List at 19:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Dense engine-building in a compact footprint
- Strong player interaction via shared objectives and track progression
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- space colonization and resource management
- Mars terraforming era within a compact system
- compact, modular engine-building
Comparison games
- Terraforming Mars (base) as a broader reference point
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building — Acquire cards to build engines; optimize resources to raise oxygen and temperature.
- engine-building / tableau — Acquire cards to build engines; optimize resources to raise oxygen and temperature.
- Tableau Building — Cards enable chaining effects for ongoing scoring and actions.
- Tableau/chain building — Cards enable chaining effects for ongoing scoring and actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this game's very comforting to me I love a good roll and write
- it's a brain burning game
- it's a solo only game about making the perfect cup of coffee
- the simultaneous action selection is everyone's going to pick a card
- all about going out and discovering planets
- I tried it out solo I did do a live stream of me playing this one solo
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