Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition Coming to Kickstarter

(Edit 2/16/21 – And it’s live! Lots of gameplay descriptions too. Check it out)

The other shoe has finally dropped!

A couple of weeks ago, I did a post about a “Terraforming Mars-esque” game that noted designer Geoff Engelstein teased on Twitter.

And now it’s arrived, or least the Kickstarter launch page has.

Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition is so new that it’s not even on Boardgame Geek yet, but Man Vs Meeple broke news about it last night on their Youtube channel in their “Most Anticipated Games of 2021” video.

They also put it out on Twitter.

We're excited to announce a new game in the Terraforming Mars universe from @StrongholdGames & @FryxGames – Ares Expedition! We talked a little about it tonight on our Most Anticipated for 2021: https://t.co/mqSqn4FMAM

More to come from us at the beginning of February. pic.twitter.com/Sx2OjvxJOd

— MvM (@manvsmeeple) January 12, 2021

It’s a card game in the Terraforming Mars universe, but that’s pretty much all we know.

Look at that pretty cover!

We know pretty much nothing else about this other than that it’s a card game.

It is designed by Jacob Fryxelius, Nick Little and Sydney Engelstein.

Here’s the blurb that’s on the Kickstarter page, though:

“A new, stand-alone, game inspired by Terraforming Mars featuring faster gameplay & over 200 beautifully illustrated cards!”

Sounds exciting!

I will be following this closely because, as you know, I’m a huge Terraforming Mars fan.

Any thoughts on this?

I will be posting more about it as I find out.

What do you think of it? What do you think it will be?

Or do you know stuff and you’re not telling me?

You bastard…

Anyway, let me know in the comments!