Odd timing, you might think then, to release Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition - a smaller squat-box standalone Terraforming Mars game that is quite separate and distinct from the original. The publishers only very belatedly produced their own improved dual-layer player boards, and enthusiasts have just this past few weeks been taking delivery of the official Terraforming Mars Big Box, designed to accommodate all the expansions and replace the cardboard hexes with sculpted plastic versions. I have lost track of the number of companies and individuals selling organisers for the components, 3D-printed hex tiles and their own improved multi-layer versions of the boards. Experience the thrill of discovery and exploration with Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition: Discovery, the exciting new expansion for this incredible game. The publishers have been slow to respond to this, creating a gap in the market that dozens of enterprising folk have rushed to fill. From the outset there were criticisms of the production quality of the core game, particularly of the paper-thin individual boards. It's firmly established in the BoardGameGeek top ten and it's spawned a bunch of expansions which have alternately added variety, streamlining or bloat to the core game. And it's a game that has certainly stood the test of time. Every round, a new Crisis card will be drawn that will require the players to achieve a certain goal to remove that crisisfrom play. You can simply discard these 80 cards as you draw them. There are about 80 cards (of almost 300 cards in total) in Ares Expedition that are not compatible with Crisis. I was at Internationale Spieltage SPIEL (Essen), I'd bought the game at the Stronghold booth and I eagerly played it as soon as I got back to my hotel. Ares Expedition Crisis uses most, but not all of the project cards in Ares (and expansions, promos). It's five years since I first played Terraforming Mars (FryxGames/Stronghold).
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