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product_id: 384121598
title: "Stronghold Games SGTMCG1| Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition | Board Game ,Black| Ages 14+ | 1-4 Players | 45-60 Minutes Playing Time"
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price: "$182.92"
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# 45-60 min fast gameplay 200+ beautifully illustrated cards 1-4 players, solo to group Stronghold Games SGTMCG1| Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition | Board Game ,Black| Ages 14+ | 1-4 Players | 45-60 Minutes Playing Time

**Brand:** stronghold games
**Price:** $182.92
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Conquer Mars faster, smarter, and in style!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Stronghold Games SGTMCG1| Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition | Board Game ,Black| Ages 14+ | 1-4 Players | 45-60 Minutes Playing Time by stronghold games
- **How much does it cost?** $182.92 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- stronghold games enthusiasts

## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Co-op Mode Option:** Team up or compete—choose your path to planetary dominance.
- • **Solo or Squad Ready:** Flexible player modes from solo masterminds to competitive groups of four.
- • **Strategic Depth Meets Speed:** Over 200 unique project cards fuel endless strategic possibilities with streamlined play.
- • **Accelerated Mars Terraforming:** Experience the thrill of Mars colonization in half the time of the original game.
- • **Collector’s Edition Quality:** Premium components including double-thick player boards and detailed tokens for immersive play.

## Overview

Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition is a fast-paced, engine-building board game where 1-4 players act as interplanetary corporations racing to make Mars habitable. Featuring over 200 unique cards and a playtime of 45-60 minutes, it offers deep strategic gameplay with premium components and an optional cooperative mode, perfect for both newcomers and veterans eager to dominate the red planet.

## Description

From the manufacturer In the 2400s, mankind begins to terraform the planet Mars. Giant corporations, sponsored by the World Government on Earth, initiate huge projects to raise the temperature, the oxygen level, and the ocean coverage until the environment is habitable. In Terraforming Mars, you play one of those corporations and work together in the terraforming process, but compete for getting victory points that are awarded not only for your contribution to the terraforming, but also for advancing human infrastructure throughout the solar system, and doing other commendable things. The players acquire unique project cards (from over two hundred different ones) by buying them to their hand. 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.

Review: Standard expansion - You don't need this to play the game, and you do need the game to play this. It is the most used expansion for Terraforming Mars. Most people I have heard of playing TM used this expansion too. Not compulsory but pretty standard. Adds the pre-game cards to put a spin on starting settings, plus a few extra game cards. Like with all games, have fun!
Review: A really good game - This is a great game and, in my opinion, it's better than the base game of its bigger brother Terraforming Mars. It's definitely quicker and I really like the artwork on the cards. If I had one complaint it would be that the main scoreboard track is way too small and if a few players are playing it can get a bit crowded. I like the way the player boards are double thickness allowing the sunken track to keep the tracking cubes still, so they can't be knocked, I just don't know why they didn't do this for the scoreboard! Even if it was bigger that would help, but the actual game is excellent.

## Features

- Warning:Not suitable for children under 36 months
- Warning:Toy inside. Adult supervision recommended
- Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition is an engine-building game in which players control interplanetary corporations with the goal of making Mars habitable (and profitable)
- A new, stand-alone game inspired by Terraforming Mars featuring faster gameplay and over 200 beautifully illustrated cards!
- A faster version of the original with an optional co-op mode
- It features all the same complexity of strategy and decision making in half the playtime, and is easily enjoyed by both new players and Terraforming Mars veterans alike. How quickly can you terraform Mars?
- English Version | Ages 14+ | 1-4 Players | 45-60 Minutes Playing Time

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B08QY2YYNH |
| Age Range Description | 14+ |
| Are Batteries Required | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | 17,211 in Toys & Games ( See Top 100 in Toys & Games ) 373 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
| Brand | Stronghold Games |
| Brand Name | Stronghold Games |
| CPSIA Cautionary Statement | No Warning Applicable |
| Colour | Black |
| Country Of Origin | China |
| Customer Package Type | Flat Free Package (FFP) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 3,731 Reviews |
| Edition | Collectors Edition |
| Educational Objective | Develop creative thinking and imagination |
| Estimated Playing Time | 60 Minutes |
| Genre | Educational, Family |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00810017900206 |
| Included Components | 1 game board 208 project cards 9 ocean tiles 4 player boards 12 corporation cards 24 forest VP tokens 148 resource cubes 20 phase cards 52 player cubes 2 clear cubes 5 phase tracking tokens |
| Is Assembly Required | No |
| Item Dimensions | 8.9 x 20.1 x 24.9 centimetres |
| Item Type Name | Board Game |
| Item Weight | 1.36 kg |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Stronghold Games |
| Manufacturer Part Number | TMCG1SG |
| Material | Cardboard |
| Material Type | Cardboard |
| Maximum Age Recommendation | 1500.0 |
| Minimum Age Recomendation | 14 |
| Minimum Age Recommendation | 168.0 |
| Model Number | SGTMCG1 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Number of Players | 1-4 |
| Number of players | 1-4 |
| Operation Mode | Manual |
| Set Name | Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition |
| Size | 2. Expansion |
| Special Features | Simultaneous action resolution |
| Subject Character | Mars |
| Theme | Action |
| UPC | 810017900206 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Stronghold Games
- **Genre:** Educational, Family
- **Material:** Cardboard
- **Number of players:** 1-4
- **Theme:** Action

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What printing is this? First or second?**
A: Hi, 

It will be the second printing now. Hope this helps. Will.

**Q: Is the quality of the game still very poor as per the previous reviews**
A: My copy seems fine too, bought in March 2020.

**Q: Does this expansion include the double layer card player boards ?**
A: Sadly no this box does not have the double sided boards- they are only in the kickstarter version.  However you can buy the kickstarter version direct from Fryxgames website with the boars and it  also include additional cards.  If you have the retail version you can buy the player boards and the various promo cards for Terraforming Mars from website - take a look !

**Q: Please can you confirm that this is not the collector's edition that has the dual layer player boards and custom trays? As one of the photos suggests**
A: Sorry- I own all the other Terraforming Mars things but not this

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Standard expansion
*by R***. on 18 July 2024*

You don't need this to play the game, and you do need the game to play this. It is the most used expansion for Terraforming Mars. Most people I have heard of playing TM used this expansion too. Not compulsory but pretty standard. Adds the pre-game cards to put a spin on starting settings, plus a few extra game cards. Like with all games, have fun!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A really good game
*by V***N on 4 September 2024*

This is a great game and, in my opinion, it's better than the base game of its bigger brother Terraforming Mars. It's definitely quicker and I really like the artwork on the cards. If I had one complaint it would be that the main scoreboard track is way too small and if a few players are playing it can get a bit crowded. I like the way the player boards are double thickness allowing the sunken track to keep the tracking cubes still, so they can't be knocked, I just don't know why they didn't do this for the scoreboard! Even if it was bigger that would help, but the actual game is excellent.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jumpstart your Terraforming.
*by I***R on 28 July 2019*

This is my favourite Terraforming Mars expansion. I almost regard it as necessary. It adds a few corporations And project cards, nothing fancy there. It also adds a preliminary phase to the game in which everyone lays down 2 prelude cards of 4 they could choose from. These cards are pretty nice, they’re worth about 20ish credits each, and they basically speed the otherwise a little slow turns 2-4 up by giving your engine a jumpstart. It basically accomplishes the opposite of a bloat.

## Frequently Bought Together

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