Terraforming Mars: The Colonies Expansion | Space Colonies & Trade Strategy Board Game

Expand Beyond Mars

The terraforming of Mars is only the beginning. Terraforming Mars: The Colonies expands the acclaimed strategy board game into the outer solar system, giving corporations new opportunities to establish colonies, trade with distant moons, and gather valuable resources. 

Build your influence beyond Mars and use a fleet of trade ships to visit colonies throughout the solar system. Each colony offers its own rewards and strategic opportunities, creating new ways to generate resources and support your terraforming projects.

Colonize the Solar System

With The Colonies, players can establish settlements on distant moons and other celestial bodies. Build a colony to gain an immediate benefit and receive additional rewards when other players trade with that colony.

But opportunities are limited. Only a certain number of colony spaces are available on each tile, encouraging players to carefully consider when and where to establish their presence. 

Trade for Valuable Resources

Every player receives a Trade Fleet that can travel to the available colonies. Trading provides resources and benefits based on the colony's current trade track, while colony owners can also receive bonuses.

This creates a new layer of strategic decision-making: establish colonies for long-term benefits, trade for immediate resources, or adapt your plans around the colonies other players are developing. 

New Cards & Corporations

The expansion adds 49 new Project cards and 5 new Corporation cards, allowing you to integrate new strategies into your existing Terraforming Mars experience. It also includes 11 Colony tiles representing different destinations throughout the solar system. 

Key Features

• Explore beyond Mars: Visit colonies throughout the outer solar system.

• Build colonies: Establish your corporate presence on distant worlds and moons.

• Trade with colonies: Send your Trade Fleet to collect valuable resources.

• New strategic options: Balance colonization, trading, production, and terraforming.

• Unique colony benefits: Each Colony tile provides its own rewards and trade opportunities.

• More cards: Add 49 new Project cards and 5 new Corporation cards to your game.

• Highly replayable: Different combinations of available colonies create changing strategic opportunities.

• Works with other expansions: The Colonies expansion can be combined with the base game and other Terraforming Mars expansions. 

What's Included

• 49 Project Cards

• 5 Corporation Cards

• 11 Colony Tiles

• 1 Reference Tile

• 1 Trade Fleets Tile

• 8 Trade Fleets

• 8 Colony Track Markers

• Rulebook 

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