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Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium reviews from people you don't follow
Board Game News (72 KP) rated
Sep 26, 2020
All-in-all a great Terraforming Mars expansion that will fit nicely to your original box.
Terraformong Mars: Hellas and Elysium is a small expansion that is a double sided board that overlays the original board to add new terrain, awards and milestones to TM. The new placement bonuses ocean areas change up the usual optimal placements, while the awards and milestones change what an optimal engine is. It adds enough variety to the game play for it's price, but doesn't add new cards or corporations. Unfortunately, the explanation for the new awards and milestones are on a not very durable sheet, so make sure to protect it well.
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Variety
Two New Boards
Let's be clear about this expansion: it is just two new boards for Terraforming Mars. If you are expecting more, then you will be sorely disappointed.
The two new boards add the right amount of variety to Terraforming Mars. They do not over complicate the game, but change the strategy just enough to make it interesting.
The awards change too! The new awards are more fun than the original, and are better balanced.
If you have played a lot of Terraforming Mars, I would definitely get this expansion to further enhance your gameplay.
The two new boards add the right amount of variety to Terraforming Mars. They do not over complicate the game, but change the strategy just enough to make it interesting.
The awards change too! The new awards are more fun than the original, and are better balanced.
If you have played a lot of Terraforming Mars, I would definitely get this expansion to further enhance your gameplay.
Peter Shephard (2822 KP) rated
Jun 4, 2019
Variation to the base game
The addition of two different maps for Mars is a welcome variation; the changes to the Milestones and Achievements is also a nice touch, as it changes the way people can score points from what they would usually aim for in the base game.
Although I do enjoy the different maps, and they are different enough, they dont really have a huge amount of "uniqueness" which the original one has. There are several cards which have been altered (Noctis City, for example) due to the location being on the other side of Mars. While this is an obvious side effect, it reduces the 'difficulty' of playing these cards hugely, so they feel less special.
It would have also been good to have had a small bundle of Hellas and Elysium cards included, even if it meant removing the original-location specific cards, but this opportunity was missed.
Out of all of the expansions, H&E adds the least, unless you have played the base map dozens and dozens of times.
Although I do enjoy the different maps, and they are different enough, they dont really have a huge amount of "uniqueness" which the original one has. There are several cards which have been altered (Noctis City, for example) due to the location being on the other side of Mars. While this is an obvious side effect, it reduces the 'difficulty' of playing these cards hugely, so they feel less special.
It would have also been good to have had a small bundle of Hellas and Elysium cards included, even if it meant removing the original-location specific cards, but this opportunity was missed.
Out of all of the expansions, H&E adds the least, unless you have played the base map dozens and dozens of times.