Besides rules issues I would also like to mention a few tips to make games of TFM more enjoyable for all players: - Shuffle the project cards very well, because cards get sorted during playing (green/blue/red cards, discard pile). Pile Shuffling with ~30 piles can help. Shuffle normally after the Pile Shuffling because Pile Shuffling isn't really randomizing. - Help other players to take all their triggered effects and even let them have it when they remember later as long as it can be clearly reconstructed. Else TFM becomes very frustrating for most players. - Drafting is fun and adds interaction, some balancing of luck and potential to specialize. We sometimes enjoy even drafting the starting project cards and prelude cards. For project cards drafting 2 hands of 5 seems better than 1 hand of 10. If the players can manage it without mixing things up, these 2 hands of project cards and 1 hand of prelude cards could be drafted simulaneously. Just saying. - TFM is easy adjustable with some house rules. For example to speed up the game a bit do World Government Terraforming 1-2 times per player even when not playing with Venus Next expansion. Or if all agree at the start of the game, you can ignore the last 1 or 2 steps of the last parameter for game end in order to not have to play another whole generation just because of 1 step of temperature. Or start at +5 MC production. Or play with 3 preludes per player. Or take some bad cards out of the deck. ... (Although I admit the game is best if played in full length, because many cards/strategies don't work well, when game is artificially shortened.)
Reading the cards usually explains the cards. And reading the reference cards explains important parts of the game. some important things I like to note: 1. The setup rules in the rule book describe only the 'quick' game or rather the beginner game. The game is much better when played with the Corporate Era cards, starting at 0 production and Drafting in the Research Phase. Playing with Preludes is recommended, but back then before Preludes existed we enjoyed the game similarly. 2. You can play a card only when you can execute everything on it, except for: (1) raising terraforming parameters that are at their maximum, (2) getting resources like animals that you can't use, (3) taking away resources from any player (red bordered symbols) is optional. Notably taking away red bordered production is mandatory. 3. Tags on event cards count only while they are played, but not afterwards.
Last night we just completed Terraforming Mars game number 84. We decided to go all in on the Amazonis Planitia map (higher Temp, more O2, and more oceans required) Prelude, Prelude 2, Venus Next, Colonies, and Turmoil. Even during our game the colonies tracker rule was being miss played part of our group wanted to put them back to space 2 and not to the right most space.
this is one of my favorite games to play. when playing standard game we don't generally miss those rules this is very good help and info if others are. one I think people miss is placement of tiles next to water generates 2 credits for each ocean tile adjacent to the tile placed. the mention of missing standard projects and the blue projects that generate things is very common and get s worse with the expansions due to the added boards and things to watch for things to do. We generally play with all content and my wife will often forget about turmoil's politics board or trading with colonies
Love this game. Thanks for sharing. Makes me feel a bit better that I’ve made many of these mistakes myself. Are those beautiful Hexes custom? They look great!
1 rule that can be forgotten is with certain cards that allow you to get cards from the deck until you get one with "x" tag they are shown face up, btw you should play with a fan made expansion called "Pathfinders" you're welcome...
At the end of the game we had 2 winners, they had the same amount of TR and M€. No where rules state how winner is determined if they had the same TR and M€ (no cards in hand). Can someone clarify win conditions ?
Oh, absolutely. Jesse's request for this list was specifically for core TM, but I fully agree that not playing with Prelude is a huge mistake. Plus, if we're including Prelude on this list, we can easily have a field day about the Wild tag...
Besides rules issues I would also like to mention a few tips to make games of TFM more enjoyable for all players:
- Shuffle the project cards very well, because cards get sorted during playing (green/blue/red cards, discard pile). Pile Shuffling with ~30 piles can help. Shuffle normally after the Pile Shuffling because Pile Shuffling isn't really randomizing.
- Help other players to take all their triggered effects and even let them have it when they remember later as long as it can be clearly reconstructed. Else TFM becomes very frustrating for most players.
- Drafting is fun and adds interaction, some balancing of luck and potential to specialize. We sometimes enjoy even drafting the starting project cards and prelude cards. For project cards drafting 2 hands of 5 seems better than 1 hand of 10. If the players can manage it without mixing things up, these 2 hands of project cards and 1 hand of prelude cards could be drafted simulaneously. Just saying.
- TFM is easy adjustable with some house rules. For example to speed up the game a bit do World Government Terraforming 1-2 times per player even when not playing with Venus Next expansion. Or if all agree at the start of the game, you can ignore the last 1 or 2 steps of the last parameter for game end in order to not have to play another whole generation just because of 1 step of temperature. Or start at +5 MC production. Or play with 3 preludes per player. Or take some bad cards out of the deck. ... (Although I admit the game is best if played in full length, because many cards/strategies don't work well, when game is artificially shortened.)
Reading the cards usually explains the cards. And reading the reference cards explains important parts of the game.
some important things I like to note:
1. The setup rules in the rule book describe only the 'quick' game or rather the beginner game. The game is much better when played with the Corporate Era cards, starting at 0 production and Drafting in the Research Phase. Playing with Preludes is recommended, but back then before Preludes existed we enjoyed the game similarly.
2. You can play a card only when you can execute everything on it, except for: (1) raising terraforming parameters that are at their maximum, (2) getting resources like animals that you can't use, (3) taking away resources from any player (red bordered symbols) is optional. Notably taking away red bordered production is mandatory.
3. Tags on event cards count only while they are played, but not afterwards.
Last night we just completed Terraforming Mars game number 84. We decided to go all in on the Amazonis Planitia map (higher Temp, more O2, and more oceans required) Prelude, Prelude 2, Venus Next, Colonies, and Turmoil.
Even during our game the colonies tracker rule was being miss played part of our group wanted to put them back to space 2 and not to the right most space.
this is one of my favorite games to play. when playing standard game we don't generally miss those rules this is very good help and info if others are. one I think people miss is placement of tiles next to water generates 2 credits for each ocean tile adjacent to the tile placed. the mention of missing standard projects and the blue projects that generate things is very common and get s worse with the expansions due to the added boards and things to watch for things to do. We generally play with all content and my wife will often forget about turmoil's politics board or trading with colonies
Love this game. Thanks for sharing. Makes me feel a bit better that I’ve made many of these mistakes myself. Are those beautiful Hexes custom? They look great!
They are custom! I’ll have a video showing them off :)
Can't wait to see the incredible TM content! I've still only ever played solo.
Next time you're in town I would be more than happy to play with you!
@@Corey_Adler I’m planning to be there tomorrow through Wednesday!
@@DennisLHubbard I'll bring TM Tuesday!
1 rule that can be forgotten is with certain cards that allow you to get cards from the deck until you get one with "x" tag they are shown face up, btw you should play with a fan made expansion called "Pathfinders" you're welcome...
Great video!
At the end of the game we had 2 winners, they had the same amount of TR and M€. No where rules state how winner is determined if they had the same TR and M€ (no cards in hand). Can someone clarify win conditions ?
Do tags from your event discard count towards requirements?
Nope! Not at all :)
i might have been messing up the mining cards. But the largest mistake is playing without Prelude.
Oh, absolutely. Jesse's request for this list was specifically for core TM, but I fully agree that not playing with Prelude is a huge mistake.
Plus, if we're including Prelude on this list, we can easily have a field day about the Wild tag...
Cooorrrryyyyyy!!!
It me!
Has anyone ever told you, that you have a voice almost identical to Grant Sanderson of 3b1b?
After years i corrected the wax we played the ocean tiles. 😂
First to say I'm missing something else. 😜🐦
Um I think you discard cards facedown regardless.
The red border boxes are completely optional to do, meaning you don't have to steal from another player
@@capt.scarecrow From my understanding only red border resource reductions are optional, red border production / tile / tag must be completed.