Terraforming Mars

Quick Takes:  1-5 players    120 minutes  Ages 12+   Level 3 (advanced, looking for a challenge)

Didn't make Musk's shortlist to colonize Mars? No worries, this game will give you a taste on what you may be missing out on. In the 2400s, mankind is forced to terraform Mars (we will not comment on climate change, oops). To do this, giant corporations sponsored by the World Government on Earth initiate huge projects.

In Terraforming Mars, you play one of those corporations. You earn prestige by contributing to the terraforming process and advancing infrastructure in the solar system. The goals are to do all of the following: raise oxygen levels to 24%, raise the temperature to 8°C (a chilly day in Atlanta), and cover Mars with oceans (30% of the planet will do). This is a resource management game similar to a few other titles we carry, but with the twist that quite a few of the cards that can be played can actually attack other players. Cooperative? Nope, not in this capitalist game.