Buy this first
- Our take
- Both rankings we read put it first. It cuts the slow opening rounds and adds almost no rules.
- What you need first
- Just the base game
Terraforming Mars · Expansion
Terraforming Mars: Prelude
- What it adds
- Prelude cards that give each player a head start, plus 5 new corporations and 7 project cards.
- What it fixes
- Cuts the slow early rounds.
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Sources
- fjord-labs.com (opens in a new tab)
- thedicedrop.com (opens in a new tab)
- strongholdgames.com (opens in a new tab)
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
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