The players acquire unique project cards (from over two hundred different ones) by buying them to their hand. The projects (cards) can represent anything from introducing plant life or animals, hurling asteroids at the surface, building cities, to mining the moons of Jupiter and establishing greenhouse gas industries to heat up the atmosphere. The cards can give you immediate bonuses, as well as increasing your production of different resources. Many cards also have requirements and they become playable when the temperature, oxygen, or ocean coverage increases enough. Buying cards is costly, so there is a balance between buying cards (3 megacredits per card) and actually playing them (which can cost anything between 0 to 41 megacredits, depending on the project). Standard Projects are always available to complement your cards.

Your basic income, as well as your basic score, is based on your Terraform Rating (starting at 20), which increases every time you raise one of the three global parameters. However, your income is complemented with your production, and you also get VPs from many other sources.

Each player keeps track of their production and resources on their player boards, and the game uses six types of resources: MegaCredits, Steel, Titanium, Plants, Energy, and Heat. On the game board, you compete for the best places for your city tiles, ocean tiles, and greenery tiles. You also compete for different Milestones and Awards worth many VPs. Each round is called a generation (guess why) and consists of the following phases:

1) Player order shifts clockwise.

2) Research phase: All players buy cards from four privately drawn.

3) Action phase: Players take turns doing 1-2 actions from these options: Playing a card, claiming a Milestone, funding an Award, using a Standard project, converting plant into greenery tiles (and raising oxygen), converting heat into a temperature raise, and using the action of a card in play. The turn continues around the table (sometimes several laps) until all players have passed.

4) Production phase: Players get resources according to their terraform rating and production parameters.

When the three global parameters (temperature, oxygen, ocean) have all reached their goal, the terraforming is complete, and the game ends after that generation. Count your Terraform Rating and other VPs to determine the winning corporation!

SLEEVING:

233 cards size 63,5x88mm (standard)

COMPONENTS:

1 Rules Booklet

1 Game Board

5 Player Boards

17 Corporation Cards (Include the Corporate Era Expansion: 2 cards)

208 Project Cards (Include the Corporate Era Expansion: 71 cards)

8 Reference Cards

200 Player Markers (transparent plastic cubes, 5 colours)

200 Resource Markers (opaque plastic cubes in gold (45, 10mm), silver (30, 8mm), and copper (125, 7mm) in different sizes)

3 Game Board Markers (big white plastic cubes)

9 Ocean Tiles

60 Greenery/City Tiles

11 Special Tiles

1 First Player Tile

AWARDS & HONORS:

2019 Vuoden Peli Strategy Game of the Year Winner

2018 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Winner

2018 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee

2018 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Winner

2018 Guldbrikken Best Expert Game Winner

2018 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Winner

2018 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Expert Nominee

2017 Tric Trac Nominee

2017 Tric Trac d'Argent

2017 Spiel der Spiele Hit für Experten Recommended

2017 Lys Passioné Winner

2017 Lys Passioné Finalist

2017 Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee

2017 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist

2017 Juego del Año Recommended

2017 Jogo do Ano Nominee

2017 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee

2017 Hra roku Recommended

2017 Gra Roku Game of the Year Winner

2017 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Winner

2017 Gra Roku Advanced Game of the Year Nominee

2017 Gouden Ludo Best Expert Game Nominee

2017 Goblin Magnifico Nominee

2017 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming Nominee

2017 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner

2017 Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Nominee

2016 Swiss Gamers Award Nominee

2016 Meeples' Choice Winner

2016 Meeples' Choice Nominee

2016 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Winner

2016 Jocul Anului în România Advanced Finalist

2016 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee

2016 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee

2016 Golden Geek Best Solo Board Game Nominee

2016 Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel Winner

2016 Cardboard Republic Architect Laurel Nominee

2016 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Winner

2016 Board Game Quest Awards Game of the Year Nominee

2016 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game Nominee

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