Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game

2023
Jacob Fryxelius
BGG Geek Rating
6.6
based on 4,010 ratings
BGG Average Rating
7.3
community average
BGG Ranking
#1071
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Players
1-4
Weight
2.41/5.00
Playtime
45 min
Age
14+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Tile Placement End Game Bonuses Die Icon Resolution Hand Management Dice Rolling Contracts Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Solo / Solitaire Game Hexagon Grid

📂 Categories

Science Fiction Space Exploration Dice Science Fiction Economic Space Exploration

🎨 Artists

Isaac Fryxelius

🏢 Publishers

FryxGames Ghenos Games Intrafin Games Korea Boardgames Maldito Games MeepleBR MINDOK Rebel Sp. z o.o. Reflexshop Schwerkraft-Verlag Stronghold Games Surfin' Meeple China

📖 About This Game

Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game is a card-driven dice game in which players use special dice to develop their corporations and terraform Mars into a new home for humanity. The dice represent resources that players spend to play cards and perform other actions. During the game, you increase your production of dice, terraform, place cities and greenery tiles on the board, and gain various bonuses. Each turn, you either produce new dice (Production Turn) or perform actions (Action Turn). Whenever you terraform Mars (raise oxygen or temperature, or place an ocean tile), you gain 2 Victory Points (VP). You can also gain VP for placing tiles and playing cards, as well as winning Awards and Milestones. The game ends when two of the three global parameters — oxygen/temperature/ocean — have been completed. The player with most VP wins.