5 Years to Mars társasjáték

Angol leírás

The space race is heating up once again, and governments have issued their challenge: develop a viable Mars program in five years. The catch, your government will only supply a fixed amount of funding per year. The rest of your budget, and the success of your mission, depend on the success of the projects you fund. But be careful, you’re not the only one in this race!

The winner of the race is the player with the most victory points. Points are awarded for progress in each of the 8 mission objectives. A bonus is given to the first player that completes the entire objective. The game is played over a series of five program years, after which the government funding ceases.

In the first program year, players spend their Space Bucks (Spucks) on funding research in their 5 space station experiment bays. In the following years, players fund projects to further their mission objectives and provide additional funding for the next program year. Research topics reduce the cost of corresponding projects. Action cards can be played to either help yourself or thwart your competitors. Random events are interspersed in the project deck and affect all players.

5 Years to Mars is card-based with a small board to track mission objective progress. The game can be played solo, cooperatively or competitively.

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