On Mars Board Game

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£119.90

On Mars Board Game

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On Mars Board Game

Name: On Mars Board Game
Brand: Eagle-Gryphon
Price: 119.9 GBP
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Following the success of unmanned rover missions, the United Nations established the Department of Operations and Mars Exploration (D.O.M.E.). The first settlers arrived on Mars in the year 2037 and in the decades after establishment of Mars Base Camp, private exploration companies began work on the creation of a self-sustaining colony. As chief astronaut for one of these enterprises, you want to be a pioneer in the development of the biggest, most advanced colony on Mars by achieving both D.O.M.E. mission goals as well as your company’s private agenda. In the beginning, you will be dependent on supplies from Earth and will have to travel often between the Mars Space Station and the planet's surface. As the colony expands over time, you will shift your activities to construct mines, power generators, water extractors, greenhouses, oxygen factories, and shelters. Your goal is to develop a self-sustaining colony independent of any terrestrial organization. This will require understanding the importance of water, air, power, and food — the necessities for survival. Do you dare take part in humankind’s biggest challenge?

On Mars is played over several rounds, each consisting of two phases - the Colonization Phase and the Shuttle Phase.

During the Colonization Phase, each player takes a turn during which they take actions. The available actions depend on the side of the board they are on. If you are in orbit, you can take blueprints, buy and develop technologies, and take supplies from the Warehouse. If you are on the surface of the planet, you can construct buildings with your bots, upgrade these buildings using blueprints, take scientists and new contracts, welcome new ships, and explore the planet’s surface with your rover. In the Shuttle Phase, players may travel between the colony and the Space Station in orbit.

All buildings on Mars have a dependency on each other and some are required for the colony to grow. Building shelters for Colonists to live in requires oxygen; generating oxygen requires plants; growing plants requires water; extracting water from ice requires power; generating power requires mining minerals; and mining minerals requires Colonists. Upgrading the colony’s ability to provide each of these resources is vital. As the colony grows, more shelters are needed so that the Colonists can survive the inhospitable conditions on Mars.

During the game, players are also trying to complete missions. Once a total of three missions have been completed, the game ends. To win the game, players must contribute to the development of the first colony on Mars. This is represented during the game by players gaining Opportunity Points (OP). The player with the most OP at the end of the game is declared the winner.

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Kickstarter
Includes base game, upgrade pack, Beacon promo card and Cover Art Playmat

Complete
Includes base game, upgrade pack, Beacon promo card, Cover Art Playmat, On Mars: Alien Invasion Expansion and wooden alien tokens

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Released in 2020
Designed by Vital Lacerda
Artwork by Ian O'Toole

Mechanisms

Contracts Delayed Purchase End Game Bonuses Hexagon Grid Income Movement Points Set Collection Solo / Solitaire Game Tech Trees / Tech Tracks Tile Placement Variable Phase Order Worker Placement

Genres/themes

City Building Economic Exploration Science Fiction Space Exploration Territory Building

1-4 players
Best: 3

90-150 min
of play time

Suggested for
ages 14+

Heavy
complexity

1 Game board
• 4 Player boards
• 4 Astronaut meeples
• 4 OP disks
• 16 Bot meeples
• 32 Advanced Building markers
• 48 Colonist meeples
• 4 Rover meeples
• 20 Ship markers
• 20 cubes
• 6 Scientist meeples
• 1 Colony level marker
• 1 Shuttle marker
• 4 LSS Track markers
• 5 Starting Building tiles
• 30 Building tiles
• 20 Shelter Building tiles
• 1 Removeable Building tiles display tray
• 100 Resource tiles
• 30 Crystals
• 8 Research tiles
• 19 Discovery tiles
• 16 Tech tiles
• 4 Shelter Tech tiles
• 3 Mission cubes
• 1 Remaining Missions tracker
• 3 Mission markers
• 8 LSS Reward tiles
• 6 First Colonist tiles
• 12 First Colonist cards
• 1 Scientists and Contracts Board
• 24 Blueprint cards
• 6 Scientist cards
• 12 Earth Contract cards
• 16 Private Goal cards
• 9 Mission cards
• 12 Solo cards
• 4 Player aids
• 1 Rule book
• 1 Reference book

Kickstarter bundle includes the above plus:
Upgrade pack
Beacon promo card
Cover art playmat

Complete bundle includes the above plus:
Alien Invasion
Over 20 Alien Meeples
• Alien Player Board
• Alien Advanced Building Marker
• Sentry & Defense Exosuit Meeple
• New Scientist - The Microbiologist
• 77 Full-size Cards and 23 Mini Cards (includes the Beacon Promo Card)
• Over 115 Tokens and Markers
15 Wooden upgrades to the punchboard tokens

Box Dimensions: 320 × 395 × 80 mm / 12.60 × 15.55 × 3.15 in
Box Weight: 3.65 kg / 8.09 lb

New to On Mars Board Game? Watch this how-to-play video for a quick rundown of the rules.

Keep On Mars Board Game rulebook PDF on hand for game night

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Card sizes of On Mars Board Game

63.5 x 88.9mm (36 cards)
63.5 x 63.5mm (18 cards)
44 x 68mm (37 cards)
100 x 150mm (4 cards)
63.5 x 63.5mm (12 cards)
44 x 68mm (6 cards)

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