Another game that I found I would put into the Settlers of Catan category … a little bit of strategy, a little bit of luck. However Terraforming Mars does it one better … it is almost like a cooperative game but with a “winner” at the end! And instead of DICE (as in Settlers of Catan) there are lots of cards. Each card gives you points or item production or such. It should take about the same amount of time to play as Catan. I also have all the expansions and one of them (Prelude) actually shortens the length of the game (without wrecking it in any way).

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Symbols and Play Guide
=> Len’s Cheatsheet v1
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary v1 (includes Prelude expansion).
Also includes Phase 5 Solar as per Fryxgames note in Venus Next rulebook:
The Solar Phase will be used by other expansions as well.

Questions? Clarification Needed? Search inside this=> FAQ (87 pages)

=> Video Playlist

Board Game Co  and christened Terraforming Mars as the #1 best game of all time (video is queued to the right spot):

I put together a summary of the rules (including a couple house rules) and updated it with info on playing with the Prelude, Colonies and Turmoil expansions:

• Click => Rule Summary (PDF)

But EVEN BETTER … I then created a set of cards with all you need to do each step of each round:

• Click => Forgetful Player Summary Cards

And also a set of cards that lets you precount the cards for the first dozen rounds and use these cards as dividers between those precounted cards for each generation.

• Click => Forgetful Player Divider Cards

Board Game Geek (BGG) is the best place for information about board games. They also allow game players to rank the games … and Terraforming Mars is one of the top three games (along with a legacy version of Pandemic). Here is the link to their site:
Click=> https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/167791/terraforming-mars

Here is a link to the playlist for all 9 of the SHORT & OFFICIAL videos explaining how to play Terraforming Mars:
Click=> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo9iualSClk&list=PLs_NsVEJH6TUpYXCk3SGtQwAA1nHwcE9a

Here is a good overview of the game by my favorite game explainer:

Another How To Play:

How to with review:

Playthrough:

This guy has LOTS of playthrough games plus tips and helpful info. Here is his playlist:

Click=> Terraforming Mars & Expansions Playlist

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EXPANSIONS
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Turmoil:

Official How To Play with FryxGames Isaac:

Jon Gets Games – Turmoil and Prelude:

And another explanation of Turmoil:

and Grey Wizard reviews Turmoil:

An interesting look at Turmoil just before it was actually released:

FryxGames Jonathan Interview on Turmoil Release:

And a review just recently posted that wonders if the added complexity is worth it:

Colonies:

Full Game – Solo mode playthrough with a new Colonies Corporation (Aridor)

Venus Next:

Corporations Overview:

Cardboard From Mars playlist