The players acquire unique project cards (from over two hundred different ones) by buying them to their hand. The projects (cards) can represent anything from introducing plant life or animals, hurling asteroids at the surface, building cities, to mining the moons of Jupiter and establishing greenhouse gas industries to heat up the atmosphere. 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. Buying cards is costly, so there is a balance between buying cards (3 megacredits per card) and actually playing them (which can cost anything between 0 to 41 megacredits, depending on the project). Standard Projects are always available to complement your cards.

Your basic income, as well as your basic score, is based on your Terraform Rating (starting at 20), which increases every time you raise one of the three global parameters (which are temperature, oxygen, and ocean coverage). However, your income is complemented with your production, and you also get VPs from many other sources.

Microbadges:'

• 1 Rules Booklet
• 5 Income Mats
• 17 Corporation Cards
• 208 Project Cards
• 8 Reference Cards
• 200 Player Markers in 5 colors (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green and Black)
• 200 Resource Markers in 3 denominations
  • Bronze (1)
  • Silver (5)
  • Gold (10)
• 3 Global Parameter Markers
  • Temperature
  • Oxygen Level
  • Generations (For solo variant)
• 9 Ocean Tiles
• 60 Greenery/City Tiles
• 11 Special Tiles
• 1 First Player Token

Play versions:
Basic game: Players start with 1 production of each resource. Game time 90-120 min.
Corporate Era expansion (included): Players start without production and many cool cards are added to the game. Game time 150-180 min.
Solo version for Corporate Era: The player starts with a terraform rating (income) of 14 instead of 20, and has 14 generations to completely terraform Mars. If successful, VPs are scored. Game time 60-90 min.
Draft variant: Players draft the 4 cards they may buy each research phase, giving them more options and opportunities for combos. Adds 30 minutes to game time.

• 233 cards / Standard

• TM_PBF
• TM_PBF_Ladder

Expansion Microbadges:
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Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium fan
Terraforming Mars: Prelude fan
Terraforming Mars: Colonies fan
Terraforming Mars: Turmoil fan