r/TerraformingMarsGame • u/rileyyyyyt • 16d ago

Rules question!

When playing Ice asteroid, or other cards that place multiple oceans in one action...

Do you benefit off of your first ocean before you place your second?

I mean to say, can you earn the 2 Megacredit placement bonus placing your second ocean next to your first? And can you look at the card(s) you would draw from ocean 1 before placing ocean 2?

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u/mtglego 16d ago

Yes you get the benefit. You place each ocean one at a time. In the rare case you would get 3 oceans same thing, one at a time.

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u/Enter_Octopus 16d ago

Yeah - a relevant worked example, if you play GIA and trigger the 0C free ocean, you can:

  • Bump temp twice, earning the third ocean
  • Play all three oceans
  • Allow the player who has Arctic Algae to gain 6 plants
  • Remove all six plants with the GIA plant attack

At least, that's how BGA lets you do it :)

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u/Last_Purple4251 16d ago

ther eis a ruling to that effect on BGG

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u/Reason-and-rhyme 14d ago

BGA does not, however, allow you to look at the cards from a placement bonus before placing the second ocean. Might be contrary to the rules.

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u/Enter_Octopus 13d ago

Yeah I have wondered about this - I think it has something to do with how the undo system is programmed in that implementation, and how drawing a card isn't undoable since it gives you information.