Week ending Saturday 20-April-2019
On Wednesday 17th April, 3 of us went to Ludorati after work for some gaming. This time, we played a single game of Terraforming Mars. This is an interesting"engine bulding" type of game, where you need to get cards into play, as well as placing several types of hex tiles, in order to earn "TR" (Terraforming Rating)
TR is basically victory points, the aim being to earn the most. The cards you can get into your hand, and then play, represent various terraforming-related "projects", there are 6 resources each player has to manage their production and spending of, and in addition the game end is set by 3 different measurements, all of which need to be met before the game can end. These are: Oxygen level, Temperature, and Ocean size (Oceans being represented by one of the hex types)
There are various set ways of earning TR points, in addition to what you may be able to earn from various of the project cards. Also, each player is assigned one of the terraforming corporations at the beginning of the game - because none of us had played before, we went for the basic starting setup, which meant we all had corporations with the same setup. It also meant we started the game with more project cards in hand.
There are some ways of earning bonus victory points, that don't increase your TR at the time they are earned, but are then added to your score at the end of the game.
I managed to win, and a big part of that was being able to claim the maximum (for the game, not per player) of 3 of the "milestones" achievements. That was 15 bonus VP at the end of the game.
TR is basically victory points, the aim being to earn the most. The cards you can get into your hand, and then play, represent various terraforming-related "projects", there are 6 resources each player has to manage their production and spending of, and in addition the game end is set by 3 different measurements, all of which need to be met before the game can end. These are: Oxygen level, Temperature, and Ocean size (Oceans being represented by one of the hex types)
There are various set ways of earning TR points, in addition to what you may be able to earn from various of the project cards. Also, each player is assigned one of the terraforming corporations at the beginning of the game - because none of us had played before, we went for the basic starting setup, which meant we all had corporations with the same setup. It also meant we started the game with more project cards in hand.
There are some ways of earning bonus victory points, that don't increase your TR at the time they are earned, but are then added to your score at the end of the game.
I managed to win, and a big part of that was being able to claim the maximum (for the game, not per player) of 3 of the "milestones" achievements. That was 15 bonus VP at the end of the game.
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