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Touch Rummy

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* To disable the zooming feature, in Touch Rummy go to Options and disable auto-zoom. Touch Rummy...

Word Search - Find Hidden Crosswords Puzzles Games

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Word Search is classic word puzzle game. Find the hidden words. You have to find secret words on...

Disney Emoji Blitz

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Ready. Set. Blitz! Collect and play with hundreds of Disney, Pixar and Star Wars emojis like never...

Match 3 emojis Disney Pixar Star Wars

Marvel United

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In Marvel United you take the role of iconic Marvel Heroes cooperating to stop the master plan of a...

The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated Terraforming Mars in Tabletop Games

May 22, 2018

Terraforming Mars

2016 | Business / Industrial, Economic, Environmental, Science Fiction, Territory Building

8.7

(33 Ratings)

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I love the science behind the cards (4 more)

fun to imagine

Building an engine and working with the cards

finding and exploiting synergies

managing your resources and timing.

can feel lucky based on cards that come up or don't come up. (1 more)

NEEDS to have an aftermarket system of keeping the cubes in place.

One of my favorite games right now.

I adore this game. I have so many good tings to say about it. The fact that all the cards are based on hypothetical science is amazing. Who doesn't love the Idea of throwing asteroids at the planet, or building a city with a dome, or even shooting lasers. The boards require an extra component in my mind and that is a board with raised edges to keep the cubes from accidentally moving around. This is the biggest detriment. You can find them online for about $5 -10 a piece. I love this game, and it's much better with these and I found it absolutely worth it. But I think if I was lukewarm on it, this might piss me off. Definitely try before you buy, but it's an amazing game. And there is an APP being developed now for it, so be on the lookout for that soon.

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Red Otter (340 KP) rated Terraforming Mars in Tabletop Games

Jun 1, 2019

Terraforming Mars

2016 | Business / Industrial, Economic, Environmental, Science Fiction, Territory Building

8.7

(33 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Terraforming Mars is one of the current hallmarks of today's tabletop gaming. It's based around building an engine to turn Mars into a livable land using cards. As a sci-fi lover, its theme is fantastic. Its art.... Is mostly stock pictures, which doesn't bother me too much, but could be a nitpick for other folks. It's component quality is okay, but the player boards, thanks to the squares that are your primary tokens/markers, can easily be bumped and ruin your board. I highly recommend getting 3rd party player boards that have recesses to solve this problem.

Every turn, every player draws cards and decides which ones they want to keep. Then use resources to either terraform mars or improve their engine using cards. The game length can be highly dependent on group. I've talked to people who have games last up to four hours as people focus solely on engines versus terraforming Mars actually. My personal meta has it around 1.5 hours (with expansions). The early game can be very slow and sometimes you just never draw the cards you need for your planned engines.

Still though, I love this game for its heavy emphasis on theme and on how good a powerful engine can be.