A Mars Terraformálása: Árész-expedíció board game

Ares Expedition is a board game for 1 to 4 players aged 14 and up, a streamlined revision of the 2016 hit Terraforming Mars. Players take on the roles of rival interplanetary megacorporations competing to terraform the Red Planet in the 24th century, aiming to earn the most victory points. Playtime has been reduced to 45 to 60 minutes, a considerable shortening compared with the original.

The most noticeable change is the faster flow of play. Instead of waiting for turns to pass, all players simultaneously and secretly choose one of the five phases. Once everyone has decided, the choices are revealed and each selected phase is carried out in a fixed order, though the phase bonuses go only to the players who picked that phase. Downtime between actions is greatly reduced, while the atmosphere and core mechanics of the original remain intact.

The box contains a game board, four two-layer player boards, plastic and wooden cubes, resource tokens and a large set of project cards. A quick-start guide helps new players get going, and the game is compatible with standard card sleeves for protecting the cards.