Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition expansions
Ares Expedition: Discovery vs Ares Expedition: Crisis
| Question | Ares Expedition: Discovery | Ares Expedition: Crisis |
|---|---|---|
| Our label | Buy this first | Depends on your group |
| Buy order | #1 for Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition | #3 for Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition |
| What it adds | Awards and milestones, upgradeable phase cards, wild-tag project cards and new corporations and projects. | Co-op mode: players face a new Crisis card each round that lowers terraforming metrics until its goal is met, and win by re-terraforming Mars. |
| What it fixes | Adds end-game awards and in-game milestones, giving each game goals to chase. | Turns Ares Expedition into a cooperative game for groups that prefer playing together. |
| Type | Expansion | Expansion |
| Players | 1–4 players | 1–4 players |
| Rules load | Adds more rules | — |
| Best for | Fine for any group | Fine for any group |
| What you need | Just the base game | Just the base game |
| Price guide | — | — |
| More | Ares Expedition: Discovery details | Ares Expedition: Crisis details |