Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game - Partial Solo Tutorial Playthrough | DaniCha

[@Gralem02]

If I am not going to play a full game of TM, I would rather play this one than Ares Expedition. Keep up the great work, Dani.

[@DaniCha]

I have the same thoughts!

[@77mats]

Thanks a lot for a great video showing how this game plays! It convinced me to get this game as my first Terraforming Mars game. (Mainly for solo.) 😊

[@DaniCha]

Awesome! Glad my video could help :) as a dice lover, this is my favorite TM game!!

[@Azure_Death]

Eagerly waiting for retail release 😁Thanks for the vid!

[@ryanbartlett672]

Thanks

[@salbertron]

This game looks awesome... I love euro dice games

[@DaniCha]

I’m enjoying it!!

[@favouritefoe1806]

Wow! Great video! Thanks for taking us through - I didn't know it was out yet!

[@charnesch4274]

Thanks for the play through, definitely not an easy game but with lots of variety.

[@tonycutty598]

Regarding hte Eco Architect tipping the card: I think it's only when an *action* is performed that a blue card gets tipped on its side. So every time someone places a Forest, you get that blue die - and you don't have to tip the card on its side.

[@DaniCha]

Yes you’re right! I did that wrong in my video. Thanks for letting me know :)

[@rodneydunn9611]

I played this solo yesterday and did not win. It’s tough! I believe the discounts are permanent. That’s how I played it and it’s in line with how main TM handles that kind of benefit.

[@DaniCha]

That’s good to know! I haven’t found anything in the rulebook stating one way or the other.

[@rodneydunn9611]

@@DaniCha I just checked. The book does say that discounts and effects are not flipped. They are always active. (Page 10). So that would save you a fair amount of resources over the course of the game. 👍🏻😁

[@DaniCha]

@@rodneydunn9611 awesome, thanks for checking this for me and for noting the page number! I missed that!!!

[@jabbawookeez01]

just got my Ks copy. is this "as hard" or easier than solo ares expedition? 🤔 cause this looked way more smaller and "streamlined"

[@DaniCha]

I think it is a little harder because of the dice rolling and luck factor. I’d love to know your thoughts once you’ve played it!

[@travelinwithTODD]

Dani, played my first game of this last night. i started one game and realized i was playing the cards wrong so started over. i finished my game with full temp but 1 shy of oxygen and i still had 3 water tiles left. question for you. can you only get water tiles from the cards or is there a way to get them through another means? seems like there is a lot of cards to go through and i just couldn't find the ones with the water tiles. maybe i was playing wrong.

[@DaniCha]

Yeah I think in this game, water tiles are placed from cards. But it’s been awhile since I’ve played it, so I could be wrong about it! Maybe I’ll play it again this weekend!

[@travelinwithTODD]

@@DaniCha i know you can turn in 3 water drop blue dice for a water tile also. maybe i should have done that more often. i got to the end of the game and realized i still had 3 water tiles left. and you need all water tiles, temp and oxygen all the way up for victory condition, plus any points. but since i didn't get the first 3 i didn't add any points. i have it set up again to play tonight again. i enjoy that game.

[@travelinwithTODD]

@@DaniCha i have been playing Fliptown also. i like that game. combo crazy! i love my roll/flip and writes.

[@DaniCha]

@travelinwithTODD oh yeah I think you can use the dice too!!

[@scottcaltagirone]

Thanks for the video! I'm confused about the bonus cards... you get to look at 4, choose 1. Are you supposed to shuffle the remaining 3 or is it ok to know which bonuses are upcoming and in which order? Or could you even return the bonus cards in a preferred order? I think that might make a difference in play/strategy.

[@DaniCha]

My understanding is that it is okay to know all the bonus cards. No need to shuffle them.

[@rodneydunn9611]

Yeah you get to choose one each time. If you’re familiar with the original Terraforming Mars they are kind of like community Prelude cards.

[@bryanscollick8305]

That is exactly what the rules say and even in competitive game, you get to look at all bonus card so you get the fun of hate drafting! 😂

[@scottcaltagirone]

Thank you! I completely missed the rule for bonus cards in the competitive game somehow. We had been pulling a random card from the top.

[@miisomini4517]

Hi, this looks very interesting! Is it already available in retail? Thanks!

[@DaniCha]

I don’t believe so. But I could be wrong!

[@matteogarancini9796]

Did you forget to take a bonus card at rounds 5 and 12?

[@DaniCha]

I did. Thanks for pointing that out!! A bonus card should be chosen turns 5 and 12.

[@matteogarancini9796]

Sorry I was a bit wrong: when YOUR little cube reach 5 and 12 you pick the bonus card. But during your gameplay only the "timer" cube reached them.