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- BGG rating
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Rules assistance for Terraforming Mars: Vastitas Borealis – Big Board Edition
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- 1–5 players
- Complexity 3.0/5
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Terraforming Mars: Vastitas Borealis – 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
Vastitas Borealis is a new fan-made board for Terraforming Mars with new milestones and awards: Special Rules Place a tile on Viking 1 and Viking 2 areas and get a delegate for free. Put these delegate to the delegate area of your desired party. Place a tile on temperature area and raise temperature for 4 MC. Milestones Agronomist - have 4 plant tags Spacefarer - have 5 space tags Geologist - have 4 tiles on and/or at vulcanic areas Engineer - achieve 10 energy/heat production Farmer - have 6 animals/microbes-resources Hoverlord - have 7 floater resources Awards: Traveller - most planet tags (Jovian/Earth) Landscaper - most adjacent tiles Highlander - most tiles NOT adjacent to ocean tiles Promoter - most event cards Blacksmith - most steel/titanium production Venuphile - most venus tags
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Questions and answers
Terraforming Mars: Vastitas Borealis – 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: Vastitas Borealis – 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: Vastitas Borealis – 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: Vastitas Borealis – Big Board Edition and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Terraforming Mars: Vastitas Borealis – 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: Vastitas Borealis – 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.