Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium

2017
Jacob Fryxelius
BGG Geek Rating
7.9
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8.4
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Players
1-5
Weight
2.78/5.00
Playtime
120 min
Age
12+
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⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Closed Drafting Variable Player Powers Tile Placement Hand Management

📂 Categories

Environmental Science Fiction Space Exploration Expansion for Base-game Science Fiction Environmental Industry / Manufacturing Economic Territory Building Space Exploration

🎨 Artists

Isaac Fryxelius Jacob Fryxelius

🏢 Publishers

Arclight Games FryxGames Ghenos Games Intrafin Games Kilogames Korea Boardgames Lautapelit.fi Lavka Games Maldito Games MeepleBR MINDOK MIPL Rebel Sp. z o.o. Reflexshop Schwerkraft-Verlag Siam Board Games Spilbræt.dk Stronghold Games Surfin' Meeple China

📖 About This Game

Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium, the first expansion for Terraforming Mars, consists of a double-sided game board presenting two new areas of Mars: • Elysium takes players almost to the opposite side of Mars' equator, with vast lowlands for oceans in the north and a dry, mineral-rich south. Place a tile on Olympus Mons, the highest peak in the solar system, to gain three free cards! • Hellas, the southern wild, includes Mars' south pole and the enormous seven-hex Hellas crater that just begs to become a giant lake. Building around the pole gives you new placement bonuses in the form of heat and possibly even water. Each of these maps consists of new sets of milestones and awards with relevance for that particular map. Place three tiles around the south pole to be a Polar Explorer, for example, or race to have the most estates beside water on Elysium!