Depends on your group
- Our take
- BGG 7.87 from 773 ratings. Co-op fans call it one of the best-designed co-op expansions; critics say the crisis deck is small and repetitive, and it suits co-op groups only.
- What you need first
- Just the base game
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition · Expansion
Ares Expedition: Crisis
- What it adds
- 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
- Turns Ares Expedition into a cooperative game for groups that prefer playing together.
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Sources
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