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2023 Ranked #1,031

Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game

Terraforming Mars distilled into custom dice, card combinations, and a brisk race across three global parameters.

Strategy Games Dice Economic Dice Rolling Hand Management

Players

1-4

Play time

45 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.41/5

Rating

7.31

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.4/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.0/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.0/5

Deep strategy

Player control 3.8/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 10 min
Teach time About 18 min
Recommended edition Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game – FryxGames English edition (2023)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Roll resource dice, develop projects, and race rival corporations to terraform Mars in a streamlined engine-building contest.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Lead a corporation transforming Mars through cards and custom resource dice. Choose production to roll new resources or take actions that spend dice on project cards, standard projects, cities, and greenery. Build an efficient tableau, claim awards and milestones, and raise oxygen, temperature, and ocean coverage while watching the shared map and rival engines. When two of the three global parameters are complete, the most successful corporation wins by victory points.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game – FryxGames English edition (2023) 2023 English FryxGames / Stronghold Games / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (24)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
45 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.4/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 10 min Source
Teach time
About 18 min Source
Teardown time
About 8 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No save system; every corporation is a standalone game. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Includes solo play; Missions is a separate expansion. Source
Recommended edition
Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game – FryxGames English edition (2023) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
1800 g Source
Box dimensions
29.5 × 29.5 × 7.5 cm Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
English Fryxgames/Stronghold Edition; Compatible With Missions And Official Promos. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jacob Fryxelius

Artists

1
Isaac Fryxelius

Publishers

1
FryxGames

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