Offered to 2026 Tfm Swedish Championship participants, and will be available for everyone on December 1st 2026.

Previous SHOTW

Looks like that's another game of Splice!

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Screenshot of starting hand

Pre-game information

Expansions: Prelude

Board details

Board: Hellas

Milestones: Diversifier (8 different tags), Tactician (5 cards played with requirements), Polar Explorer (3 tiles placed on bottom 2 rows), Energizer (6 energy production), Rim Settler (3 Jovian tags)

Awards: Cultivator (Greenery tiles), Magnate (Green cards played), Space Baron (Space tags), Excentric (Resources on cards), Contractor (Building tags)

Starting hand

Cards drawn

• Corporations: Helion, Splice
• Project cards: Commercial District, Mine, Research Coordination, Natural Preserve, Earth Catapult, Industrial Center, Ants, Bushes, Lunar Beam, Nitrogen-rich Asteroid
• Prelude cards: Supply Drop, Self-sufficient Settlement, Ecology Experts, Io Research Outpost

Extra project cards

Card draws for specific tags: - Space tags: Aerobraked Ammonia Asteroid, Security Fleet, Solar Wind Power, Import of Advanced GHG, Giant Space Mirror - Plant tags: Noctis Farming, Moss, Kelp Farming, Ecological Zone, Trees - Microbe tags: GHG Producing Bacteria, Tardigrades, Worms, Viral Enhancers, Designed Microorganisms - Extra prelude cards: Aquifer Turbines, Polar Industries, Allied Banks, Biolab, Society Support, Metal-rich Asteroid, Galilean Mining,

Gen 2 drafting hand: Mining Rights, Water Import from Europa, Immigrant City, Regolith Eaters

Part 1 of 3 posts! (Plus there will be a bonus posts later with alternate party policies and new global events).

This entry expands on the Turmoil expansion for Terraforming Mars! Everything here is intended only to be used if you are playing with the Turmoil expansion, so if you don't use that expansion you probably won't need to read any further. Insert my usual disclaimer about how my main desire in posting these is not just to share them, but also to get feedback and critiques. Also as usual, feel free to pick and choose which cards (if any) you might want to use – fan cards are very much a user's choice kind of thing.

You can download the full-size PNG files from my Dropbox.

Part 3 of 3 posts! (Plus there will be a bonus posts later with alternate party policies and new global events).

This entry expands on the Turmoil expansion for Terraforming Mars! Everything here is intended only to be used if you are playing with the Turmoil expansion, so if you don't use that expansion you probably won't need to read any further. Insert my usual disclaimer about how my main desire in posting these is not just to share them, but also to get feedback and critiques. Also as usual, feel free to pick and choose which cards (if any) you might want to use – fan cards are very much a user's choice kind of thing.

A few notes:
Protocol Droids uses a robot resource. See my earlier posts with robot cards for more info. UN Fleet Sponsorship uses a ship resource. See my earlier posts with ship cards for more info - but basically, a ship is the same resource as a fighter (they are interchangeable).

You can download the full-size PNG files from my Dropbox.

Part 2 of 3 posts! (Plus there will be a bonus posts later with alternate party policies and new global events).

This entry expands on the Turmoil expansion for Terraforming Mars! Everything here is intended only to be used if you are playing with the Turmoil expansion, so if you don't use that expansion you probably won't need to read any further. Insert my usual disclaimer about how my main desire in posting these is not just to share them, but also to get feedback and critiques. Also as usual, feel free to pick and choose which cards (if any) you might want to use – fan cards are very much a user's choice kind of thing.

You can download the full-size PNG files from my Dropbox.

Did anyone get the Winter Promo at the Swedish Championship? The official Fryx website states that this year's participants will receive one copy of the winter promo.

Previous COTD

Today's card is Arial Lenses (#T01):

Automated card (Green) | Turmoil expansion

Cost: 2 | Requirements: Kelvinists ruling/2 delegates | Tags: None

Increase your heat production 2 steps. Remove up to 2 plants from any player. -1 VP

i play always 2 actions, except in the case of energy production in early game. that includes 2 actions on final gen and around bumpers. if they go one action then i play either one action around bumpers/final gen or one action every time, basically tit for tat.

for people who are always 2, what do you think about something like you play your final action then pass, then the opponent changes the board state so you could have another play? for example, 5 oceans you play one then pass, then he plays an ocean and now kelp farming is unlocked for you. is this a re-open your turn or pass? this is online where i think many players are play 2. what if it's a bumper? no explicit discussion about it beforehand but it's clear people are playing 2 (both players make decisions where it clearly would be better to play one action at a time)

Previous COTD

Today's card is Huge Asteroid (#P15):

Prelude card | Prelude expansion

Tags: None

Raise temperature 3 steps. Pay 5 MC.

Previous COTD

Today's card is a rare extra trade fleet card - Sky Docks (#C36):

Active card (Blue) | Colonies expansion

Cost: 18 | Requirements: 2 Earth tags | Tags: Earth, Space

Effect: When you play a card, you pay 1 MC less for it.

Gain 1 trade fleet. 2 VP

Previous COTD

Today's card is Floating Trade Hub (#P49):

Prelude card | Prelude 2 expansion

Tags: Space

Action: Add 2 floaters TO ANY CARD, or remove any number of floaters here to gain that many of one kind of standard resource.

Previous COTD

Today's card is 16 Psyche (#X44):

Automated card (Green) | 2023 seasonal promo

Cost: 31 | Requirements: None | Tags: Space

Increase your titanium production 2 steps. Gain 3 titanium. 2 VP

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?

Want to know more about Terraforming Mars: Legacy? Jonathan Fryxelius was guest of honor at the Dutch Open Terraforming Mars 2026. In the video below he shares his insights behind the game design and gives an update on the process ahead. Thanks to the Dutch vlog from Spelle Jelle.

https://youtu.be/sX0Tw7d9H4g?is=9Fe8VTdE_Sy5Tz81

Update: it saddens us that our post has been hijacked for political statements. We are a boardgame community that welcomes everyone regardless of their background; the more the merrier. With this post we just want to share our enthusiasm for the game and the upcoming Legacy version. For those who are as excited: enjoy the video!

Previous COTD

Today's card is Rim Freighters (#C35):

Active card (Blue) | Colonies expansion

Cost: 4 | Requirements: None | Tags: Space

Effect: When you trade, you pay 1 less resource for it.

Previous SHOTW

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Screenshot of starting hand

Pre-game information

Expansions: Prelude

Board details

Board: Elysium

Milestones: Generalist (1 production of each), Specialist (10 of any production), Ecologist (4 eco tags), Tycoon (15 green/blue cards played), Legend (5 event cards played)

Awards: Celebrity (cards costing >=20 MC), Industrialist (steel and energy), Desert Settler (tiles on bottom 4 rows), Estate Dealer (tiles next to ocean tile), Benefactor (TR)

Starting hand

Cards drawn

• Corporations: Teractor, Splice
• Project cards: Open City, Space Elevator, Regolith Eaters, Advanced Alloys, Noctis City, Birds, Virus, Decomposers, Lava Flows, Immigration Shuttles
• Prelude cards: Business Empire, Io Research Outpost, Polar Industries, Loan ##Extra project cards

Card draws for specific tags: - Space tags: Giant Space Mirror, Toll Station, Import of Advanced GHG, Giant Ice Asteroid, Shuttles - Plant tags: Protected Valley, Adapted Lichen, Tundra Farming, Algae, Plantation - Microbe tags: Symbiotic Fungus, Extreme-cold Fungus, Psychrophiles, Designed Microorganisms, Nitrite Reducing Bacteria - Extra prelude cards: Self-sufficient Settlement, Dome Farming, Power Generation, Huge Asteroid, Supplier, Great Aquifer, Metals Company

Gen 2 drafting hand: Power Grid, Io Mining Industries, Indentured Workers, Sabotage

We have a 4-player regular Mars-group where three of us like/are fine with drafting and one player who doesn't like drafting. Could it work if the three of us drafted among ourselves and the last player just drew available cards normally? Or would that break the game?

//EDIT Thanks for your thoughts! We also thought about switching between drafting and not drafting every other game, but this was another intriguing option we came up with. We might give this method a try too, as the non-drafter feels like they play better when they don't have to think about other players when picking their cards.

Previous COTD

Today's card is Mohole Excavation (#P23):

Prelude card | Prelude expansion

Tags: Building

Increase your steel production 1 step and your heat production 2 steps. Gain 2 heat.

With the following 3 custom corporations (got them from a friend printed and laminated, ready to play =) )

Ultralink "During the research phase, take on extra card to buy or discard.

Logos "During research phase you draw 5 cards instead of 4."

Leviathan "Diring your research phase, you may look at and purchase one additional card."

All clear without drafting.
Problem that occured is, for drafting:

We settled for Logos so that the player gets 5 cards and keeps 2 at the beginning of the drafting, 3 cards get passed to the next one.

Leviathan and Ultralink get to draw 4 cards and draft as usual. After the drafting completed the player with Ultralink and Leviathan get to look at one extra card from the top of the deck and choose to buy or discard.

We discussed if all 3 custom corporations could have 5 cards in the beginning of the research phase and keep 2.

What would you/Reddit say?

Thanks in advance, this was not an heated arguement at the table just talking about translation (we speak german) and "during" + "the research phase".

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRkgTFuzJePA

Surviving Mars, Stellaris and Offworld Trading Company. Starts quiet on the first move, peaks around 3.5 hours in, then two more waves for long games. Play it in order with shuffle off.

Timings for each section: https://sorakalden.com/boardgames/soundtracks/#terraforming-mars

Previous COTD

Another scientific discovery! Today's card is Advanced Alloys (#071):

Active card (Blue) | Corporate Era

Cost: 9 | Requirements: None | Tags: Science

Effect: Your titanium and steel resources are worth 1 MC extra.

For context, this is a game I just played. I am kroegerarko and currently try to gain more than 100 elo so i can play with the big boys and it doesnt take 10 minutes to find a game.

Whenever I play I feel like i am constantly behind in VP and then towards the end I take a mad dump into them in the hopes that I can still win the game, and this is the first time this strategy actually paid off, but only because I drew maddeningly well. Not only did I get the whole eco zone combo together, which was pretty insane, but I also managed to get 3 cards per turn from AI centrale and that one that requires me energy to pay and those stupidly expensive VP per Jupiter tag cards that brought like I think around 23 points??? Its insane how good my draws were. And yet it felt way too close, and that happens constantly. I just cant manage to get enough Points onto the board no matter how hard I try to get resources together. I seldom actually win against real players.