Introduction
The year 2400 marks the beginning of Mankind’s efforts to terraform the planet Mars. Giant corporations, which are supported by the World Government on Earth, launch enormous projects to increase the temperature, the oxygen level, and the ocean coverage until the environment is suitable for human habitation.
When you play Terraforming Mars, you take on the role of one of those corporations and collaborate with other players to complete the terraforming process. However, you also compete with other players to earn victory points. These points are awarded not only for your contribution to the terraforming process, but also for advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar system and performing other commendable actions.
What are Project Cards?
When the players buy project cards to add to their hands, they are able to get one-of-a-kind cards from more than two hundred various options. The cards can provide you with immediate advantages, in addition to increasing the amount of various resources that you produce.
A great number of cards also have prerequisites, and they can only be played if the temperature, oxygen levels, or ocean covering have reached a certain threshold. Considering the high expense of purchasing cards, it is important to strike a balance between purchasing cards and playing them.
To complement your cards, Standard Projects are regularly accessible. Your basic score and basic income are both determined by your Terraform Rating. Your basic income is also rated. However, your production is a significant contributor to your revenue, and you also receive vice presidents from a wide variety of other sources.
Sources Used in Terraform Game
MegaCredits, Steel, Titanium, Plants, Energy, and Heat are the six different sorts of resources that are utilised in the game. Each player keeps track of their productivity and resources on their respective player boards. It is a competition on the game board to see who can place their city tiles, ocean tiles, and vegetation tiles in the most advantageous positions. Additionally, you compete for a variety of Milestones and Awards that are worth a significant number of Vice Presidents. Every single iteration is referred to as a generation, and it is comprised of the following stages:
There is a clockwise movement in the player order.
During the research phase, each player purchases a card from one of four private lotteries.
3rd Phase
During the third phase, the players take turns performing one to two acts from the following options: The use of a card in play, the assumption of a Milestone, the funding of an Award, the utilization of a Standard project, the transformation of plants into greenery tiles (which increases oxygen), the transformation of heat into a temperature increase, and the utilisation of the action of a card in play. Each player continues to take turns going around the table (sometimes for numerous laps) until all of the players have passed.
During the production phase, players receive resources that are determined by their terraform rating and the characteristics of the production phase.
After a certain generation, the terraforming process is finished and the game is over. This occurs when all three global parameters—temperature, oxygen, and ocean—have reached their respective targets. When determining the winning corporation, your Terraform Rating and the other Vice Presidents should be counted.