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Rules assistance for Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition
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- 1–5 players
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition
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Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition is an expansion for Terraforming Mars released in 2022 for 1–5 players. It was designed by Arnd Drifte.
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About the game
Utopia Planitia, The Neoprene version is a fan-made board with the following milestones and awards (which are a little different from the Carboard version of the map): Milestones Specialist - have 3 special tiles Pioneer - have 3 colonies Trader - have minimum 3 different nonstandard resources Metallurgist - minimum 5 of any combined steel and titanium production Researcher - have 4 science tags Awards Suburbian - most tiles on the rim of the board Investor - most earth tags Botanist - most plant production Incorporator - most played project cards cheaper or equal to 10MC Metropolist - most cities The Cardboard version of Utopia Planitia is the version rebalanced by Fryxgames and is available as double sided map in the Utopia & Cimmeria Expansion. it has the following milestones and awards (which are a little different from the Neoprene version of the map): Milestones Manager - 3 special tiles in play Pioneer - 3 colonies in play Trader - 3 different type of resources on cards (e.g. different kinds of microbes only count as 1 type of resource) Metallurgist - 6 steel production and titanium production combined Researcher - 4 science tags Awards Suburbian - most tiles along the border of the map Investor - most earth tags Botanist - highest plant production Incorporator - most cards played with a cost of 10 M€ or less Metropolist - most city tiles
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Questions and answers
Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition belongs to these categories: Print & Play and Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition are: Arnd Drifte. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Terraforming Mars: Utopia Planitia – Big Board Edition as an expansion for Terraforming Mars. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Terraforming Mars to use it. Check that your edition of Terraforming Mars is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.