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Terraforming Mars
Year
2016
Players
1–5
Play time
120min
Min age
12+
Weight
3.27
BGG rating
8.33
BGG rank
#9
Best with
3

Owned by

Michael Redlich

Local copies

Rating: ★ 9.3

Plays: 11

Board game

Terraforming Mars

A Mars terraformálása

Designed by Jacob Fryxelius

MeepleMates notes for Terraforming Mars

Public snippets combine board game metadata with MeepleMates play history so visitors can evaluate the game for real group play and game night planning.

  • Terraforming Mars has been played 11 times on MeepleMates game days.
  • Best with 3 player according to player poll data.
  • BoardGameGeek average rating 8.33 and BGG rank #9.
  • Groups use this page to connect Civilization, Economic, Environmental metadata with real play history, ratings and game night notes.
  • Recommended player counts include 1, 2, 4.
In the 2400s, mankind begins to terraform the planet Mars. Giant corporations, sponsored by the World Government on Earth, initiate huge projects to raise the temperature, the oxygen level, and the ocean coverage until the environment is habitable. In Terraforming Mars, you play one of those corporations and work together in the terraforming process, but compete for getting victory points that are awarded not only for your contribution to the terraforming, but also for advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar system, and doing other commendable things. As a player, you acquire unique project cards (from over two hundred different ones) by buying them to your hand. The cards can give you immediate bonuses, as well as increasing your production of different resources. Many cards also have requirements and they become playable when the temperature, oxygen, or ocean coverage increases enough. Buying cards is costly, so there is a balance between buying cards and actually playing them. Standard Projects are always available to complement your hand of cards. Your basic income, as well as your basic score, are based on your Terraform Rating. However, your income is boosted by your production, and VPs are also gained from many other sources. You keep track of your production and resources on your player board. The game uses six types of resources: MegaCredits, Steel, Titanium, Plants, Energy, and Heat. On the game board, you compete for the best places for your city tiles, ocean tiles, and greenery tiles. You also compete for different Milestones and Awards worth many VPs. Each round is called a generation and consists of the following phases: 1) Player order shifts clockwise. 2) Research phase: All players buy cards from four privately drawn. 3) Action phase: Players take turns doing 1-2 actions from these options: Playing a card, claiming a Milestone, funding an Award, using a Standard project, converting plant into greenery tiles (and raising oxygen), converting heat into a temperature raise, and using the action of a card in play. The turn continues around the table (sometimes several laps) until all players have passed. 4) Production phase: Players get resources according to their terraform rating and production parameters. When the three global parameters (temperature, oxygen, ocean) have all reached their required levels, the terraforming is complete, and the game ends after that generation. Combine your Terraform Rating and other VPs to determine the winning corporation!

Rule card

Confidence 60% · 11 sources

Teach me this game in 10 minutes

I Terraforming Mars styrer hver spiller en virksomhed, der konkurrerer om at gøre Mars beboelig ved at hæve temperatur, iltniveau og havdækning. Spillet foregår i generationer med faser for forskning (køb af projektkort), handlinger (spil kort, placer fliser, hæv parametre, krav Milestones/Awards) og produktion af ressourcer. Vigtige valg inkluderer hvilke kort der købes og spilles, samt tile placement. Når alle globale parametre er opfyldt, tælles point fra Terraform Rating og andre kilder; højeste score vinder.

Categories

CivilizationEconomicEnvironmentalIndustry / ManufacturingScience FictionSpace ExplorationTerritory Building

Mechanics

Closed DraftingEnd Game BonusesHand ManagementTagsVariable Player PowersVariable Set-upIncomeTile PlacementSolo / Solitaire GameTake ThatContractsHexagon GridTurn Order: Progressive

Best with how many players

1
Recommended
2
Recommended
3
Best
4
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5
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5+
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Community votes from BoardGameGeek

Language dependence

Extensive use of text(64 of 135 votes)

Sub-rankings

  • Strategy Game Rank#8

Expansions in collection

Videos

YouTube14

Instructional14

BoardGameGeek9

Review1

Session3

Interview1

Unboxing1

Other3

External data

Wikidata enrichment: 4 links · 10 facts · latest game data 07/26/2026.

Latest Wikidata run: ok · 09/23/2026.

Links

Facts

Publication date
2016
Country
Sverige
Publisher
Arclight
Publisher
FryxGames
Publisher
Ghenos Games
Publisher
Korea Boardgames
Publisher
Lautapelit.fi
Publisher
Lavka Games
Publisher
MINDOK
Publisher
Q51846678