Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)
Science Fiction

Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)

With technology rapidly developing and the human population growing, Victorian-era Earth is in dire need of fuel, land, and other natural resources. Fortunately, automated probes sent to Mars have discovered celerium, an ore that can be combusted to produce ten thousand times more power than a steam engine, and sylvanite, the densest substance ever found. More incredibly, the probes found ice that could be used in terraforming the planet, bringing the idea of colonizing Mars even closer to becoming a reality.

2–6 players90 minages 14medium difficulty
About the game

What is Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)

With technology rapidly developing and the human population growing, Victorian-era Earth is in dire need of fuel, land, and other natural resources. Fortunately, automated probes sent to Mars have discovered celerium, an ore that can be combusted to produce ten thousand times more power than a steam engine, and sylvanite, the densest substance ever found. More incredibly, the probes found ice that could be used in terraforming the planet, bringing the idea of colonizing Mars even closer to becoming a reality.

As the head of a mining corporation, these minerals and ice found on Mars could make you unfathomably wealthy – if you can reach them before your competitors. You have ten rounds to send your astronauts into space, occupy the planet's most resource-rich zones, and harvest as much celerium, sylvanite, and ice as possible. At your command is a team of nine professionals. Each has a unique skill set, from helping your astronauts traverse the Red Planet to blowing up spaceships before they launch.

In each round in Mission: Red Planet, players start by secretly deploying one of their character cards, with this card determining both when they place astronauts on the spaceships awaiting launch to Mars and which special action they take during the round. Each spaceship has a specified destination, and until an astronaut sets foot in a region, no one knows which resource they'll find. Players collect resources (worth points) three times during the game, and they each have a secret mission card that might grant them additional points at game's end. During the game, players might acquire an additional mission or a research card that changes the value of what awaits on Mars.

The 2015 edition of Mission: Red Planet features the same gameplay as the original 2005 edition, but it includes:

Specs

Game details

Players
2–6
Age
+14
Duration
90 min
Difficulty
Medium
Type
Board game
Year
2015
Mechanics
Action Retrieval · Area Majority / Influence · Area Movement
Categories
Science Fiction
Designer
Bruno Faidutti · Bruno Cathala
Publisher
Hunter & Friends · Fantasy Flight Games · Edge Entertainment · Galakta
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byfed
byfed7.8/10
Juego de mayorías, muy caótico, en el que los jugadores tienen nueva cartas que permiten hacer diversas cosas. Las acciones son básicamente colocar astronautas en una nave y llevarlos a una zona de marte o gestionar cartas de mision/descubrimiento. En cada zona, en tres ocasiones durante la partida, se evaluan mayorías, y los ganadores se reparten el minearl que dicha zona produce (hay tres tipos de valor 1,2 y 3). Durante la partida también pueden aparecer cartas de descubrimiento en las zonas exteriores de marte. Al final hay un recuento de los puntos obtenidos por minerales durante la parti
diosuke
diosuke8/10
OK, con caja organizadora M
SrCornelius
SrCornelius8/10
Local-(341)
juanjonarc
juanjonarc8.5/10
Foliado.
ivanelfaker
ivanelfaker7.4/10
No es el tipo de juegos que me van, si se unen varias personas en ir a por uno, no hay nada que hacer
Almera
Almera7/10
muy bueno para desengrasar
J
jbedri0/10
Players 2-6, Best for 4 players, weight 2.20
Claudio2020
Claudio20200/10
URUGUAY
FAQ

Everything about Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)

How many players is Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition) for?

Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition) plays with 2–6 players.

How long does a game take?

A game takes about 90 minutes.

What age is it suitable for?

It is recommended from age 14.

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