Fox Terrier
Terraforming Mars: Drafting, Venus Next,
Prelude,
Colonies
Generation 1
Initial Card and Company Selection
Bill selects Aridor and retains 6 cards, paying 18M€.
Andy selects Astrodrill, gaining 3 resources on the card, and retains 5 cards, paying 15M€.
Dave selects Mining Guild, gaining 1 steel production and 5 steel, and retains 6 cards, paying 18M€.
Chris selects the Ecoline, gaining 2 plant production and 2 plants, and retains 6 cards, paying 18M€.
Kevin W. selects Teractor and retains 5 cards, paying
15M€.
Prelude Phase
Aridor plays Aquifer Turbines, paying 3M€
and gaining 2 energy production 1M€ production, and an ocean in G6,
gaining a card and increasing its TR to 21, and Metals Company, gaining
1M€ production, 1 steel production, and 1 titanium production..
Astrodrill plays Metal Rich Asteroid, gainig a 4
steel, 4 titanium, increasing the temperature to -28C and its TR to 21,
and Mohole Excavation, gaining a 1 steel production, 2 heat production,
and 2 heat.
Mining Guild plays Eccentric Sponsor, playing Water Import from Europa,
and Martian
Industries,gaining 1 steel production, 1 energy production, and 6M€.
Ecoline plays Supplier, gaining 2 energy production and 4 steel, and Donation, gaining 21M€.
Teractor plays Huge Asteroid, losing 5M€ but
increasing the temperature to -22C and its TR to 23, gaining 1 heat
production, and Great Aquifer, placing oceans at E6 and F6, gaining 4
heat, 1 plant, and 4M€, and increasing its TR to 25.
Actions
Aridor places Ganymede into play and spends 11M€ for Research, gaining 2 cards and 1M€ production.
Astrodrill spends a resouce on itself for 3 titanium, then spends 7 titanium for a Comet, increasing the temperature to -20C, gaining 1 heat production and increasing its TR to 22, places an ocean tile at F5, gaining 2 plants, 4M€, and increasing its TR to 23. Ecoline loses 3 plants.
Mining Guild spends 10M€ for Rego Plastics, then spends 3 steel and 1M€ for Nuclear Power, losing 2M€ production but gaining 3 energy production.
Ecoline spends 17M€ for a colony on Luna, gaining 2M€ production, then spends 5M€ for a Technology Demonstration, gaining 2 cards.
Teractor spends 3M€ for Sponsors, gaining 2M€ production and spends 17M€ for a colony on Luna, gaining another 2M€ production.
Production Phase
Aridor gains 24M€, 1 steel, 1 titanium, and 2 energy.
Astrodrill gains 25M€, 1 steel, and 3 heat.
Mining Guild gains 18M€, 2 steel, and 4 energy.
Ecoline gains 23M€, 2 plants, and 2 energy.
Teractor gains 29M€ and 1 heat.
Solar Phase
All active colonies advance their trade markers one space to the right.
Generation 2
Research
Astrodrill keeps 4 cards, spending 12M€.
Mining Guild keeps 1 card, spending 3M€.
Ecoline keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Teractor keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Aridor keeps 4 cards, spending 12M€.
Actions
Astrodrill spends 5M€ for a Mineral Deposit, gaining 5 steel, then spends 10 steel and 3M€ for a Protected Valley, gaining 2M€ production, placing a greenery tile in G5, gaining 2 plants, 4M€, increasing the oxygen level to 1% and its TR to 24.
Mining Guild spends 17M€ for a colony on Triton, gaining 3 titanium, and spends 3 energy to trade with Triton, gaining 2 titanium.
Ecoline spends 9M€ to trade with Luna, gaining 12M€. Astrodrill and Teractor each gain 2M€. Ecoline then spends 13M€ to install an Asteroid Deflection System, losing 1 energy production.
Teractor spends 5M€ for a Terraforming Contract, gaining 4M€ production, then spends 23M€ for an Ice Asteroid, placing ocean tiles in F7 and C4, gaining 4M€, 2 heat, and 2 plants, and increasing its TR to 27.
Aridor spends 1 steel and 7M€ for a Natural Preserve in B6, gaining 2M€ production and 2 cards.
Astrodrill spends a resource from itself to gain 3 titanium then spends 16M€ for Designed Microorganisms, gaining 2 plant production.
Mining Guild spends 6 steel and 4M€ for a Space Port in G8, losing 1 energy production but gaining 4M€ production, 2M€, 1 steel, 1 plant, 1 steel production, and a trade fleet.
Production Phase
Astrodrill gains 30M€, 1 steel, 2 plants, and 3 heat.
Mining Guild moves 1 energy to heat and gains 22M€, 3 steel, and 3 energy.
Ecoline moves 2 energy to heat and gains 23M€, 2 plants, and 1 energy.
Teractor gains 36M€, 2 energy, and 1 heat.
Aridor moves 2 energy to heat and gains 28M€, 1 steel, 1 titanium, and 2 energy.
Solar Phase
All active colonies advance their trade markers one space to the right.
Generation 3
Research
Mining Guild keeps 4 cards, spending 12M€.
Ecoline keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Teractor keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Aridor keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Astrodrill keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Actions
Mining Guild spends 3 energy to trade with Callisto, gaining 5 energy, then spends 3 energy to trade with Luna, gaining 10M€. Astrodrill, Ecoline, and Teractor each gain 2M€.
Ecoline spends 9M€ for a Martian Survey, gaining 2 cards, and 10M€ for a Nuclear Zone in I5, gaining 2 cards, increasing the temperature to -14C and its TR to 22.
Teractor spends 8 heat to raise the temperature to -12C and spends 27M€ for a Big Asteroid, gaining 4 titanium and increasing the temperature to -8C and its TR to 31. Astrodrill loses 4 plants.
Aridor spends 12M€ for Gene Repair, gaining 2M€ production.
Astrodrill spends an asteroid from its card to gain 3 titanium.
Mining Guild spends 12M€ with Water Import from Europa to place an ocean tile at E7, gaining 4M€ and increasing its TR to 21, then spends 2M€ and 2 steel for Mars University, discarding a card and drawing a card.
Ecoline spends 1M€ for Market Manipulation, raising Luna and lowering Triton, then spends 4M€ for Local Shading. Titan activates.
Teractor passes.
Production Phase
Mining Guild moves 2 energy to heat and gains 23M€, 3 steel, 1 titanium, and 2 energy.
Ecoline moves 1 energy to heat and gains 25M€, 2 plants, and 1 energy.
Teractor moves 2 energy to heat and gains 39M€, 2 energy, and 1 heat.
Aridor moves 2 energy to heat and gains 30M€, 1 steel, 1 titanium, and 2 energy.
Astrodrill gains 31M€, 3 steel, 2 plants, and 3 heat.
Solar Phase
All active colonies advance their trade markers one space to the right.
Generation 4
Research
Ecoline keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Teractor keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Aridor keeps 0 cards, spending 0M€.
Astrodrill keeps 4 cards, spending 12M€.
Mining Guild keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Actions
Ecoline spends 9M€ to trade with Luna, gaining 15M€. Astrodrill and Teractor each gain 2M€. Ecoline then spends 2M€ for an Invention Contest, drawing 3 cards and keeping 1.
Teractor spends 18M€ for a Power Grid, gaining 2 energy production.
Aridor spends 14M€ for a Warp Drive.
Astrodrill spends 6 titanium and 5M€ for an Ice Moon Colony on Triton, gaining 3 titanium, placing an ocean in C3, gaining 2M€, 2 plants, and increasing its TR to 26.
Mining Guild spends 5M€ for Protected Habitats, then spends 3 energy to trade with Ganymede, gaining 4 plants.
Ecoline spends 13M€ for an Immigrant City in E3, losing 1 energy production and 1M€ production, and gaining 1 plant. Aridor gains a resource on Pets. Ecoline then spends 7 plants for a greenery tile in F4, gaining 2M€, 1 card, and increasing the oxygen level to 2% and its TR to 23.
Teractor spends 15M€ for Atmo Collectors, gaining 2 floaters on the card.
Aridor spends 8M€ for a Mass Converter, gaining 6 energy production.
Astrodrill spends 3 titanium for the Import of Advanced GHG, gaining 2 heat production.
Mining Guild spends 2 steel and 2M€ for a Colonizer Training Camp and 1 steel and 8M€ for a Development Center, and uses Mars University to discard a card and draw a card.
Ecoline spends 12M€ for a Food Factory, losing 1 plant production but gaining 4M€ production, then spends 7 plants for a greenery tile in D3, gaining 2M€, 2 plants, increasing the oxygen level to 3% and its TR to 24.
Production Phase
Ecoline moves 1 energy to heat and gains 30M€ and 1 plant.
Teractor moves 2 energy to heat and gains 39M€, 4 energy, and 1 heat.
Aridor moves 2 energy to heat and gains 30M€, 1 steel, 1 titanium, and 8 energy.
Astrodrill gains 32M€, 4 steel, 2 plants, and 5 heat.
Mining Guild gains 24M€, 3 steel, 1 titanium, and 3 energy.
Solar Phase
All active colonies advance their trade markers one space to the right.
Generation 5
Research
Teractor keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Aridor keeps 1 card, spending 3M€.
Astrodrill keeps 0 cards, spending 0M€.
Mining Guild keeps 1 card, spending 3M€.
Ecoline keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Actions
Teractor spends 3 energy to trade with Luna, gaining 12M€. Astrodrill and Ecoline each gain 2M€. Teractor then spends 5M€ for an Sub-Zero Salt Fish. Astrodrill loses 1 plant production.
Aridor spends 1 titanium and 1M€ for a Corona Extractor, gaining 4 energy production and 1M€ production, then spends 8M€ to claim the Engineer milestone.
Astrodrill spends a resource from Astrodrill for 3 titanium, then spends 3 titanium and 17M€ for Methane from Titan, gaining 2 plant production and 2 heat production.
Mining Guild spends 3 energy to trade with Pluto, gaining 3 cards, then spends 5 steel and 5M€ for Sub-Crust Measurements, using Mars University to discard a card and draw a card.
Ecoline spends 5M€ for a Minority Refuge on Triton, gaining 3 titanium but losing 2M€ production, then spends 3M€ for Heavy Taxation, gaining 2M€ production and 4M€.
Teractor spends 2 titanium and 2M€ for Directed Impactors, then adds a resource to Sub-Zero Salt Fish.
Aridor spends 14M€ for Anti-Gravity Technology.
Astrodrill sells a card for 1M€.
Mining Guild uses Sub-Crust Measurements to draw a card.
Ecoline spends 4M€ for a Luna Governor, gaining 2M€ produciton, then spends 8M€ to fund the Traveler award.
Teractor spends 2 titanium and 17M€ for GHG Import From Venus, gaining 3 heat production and increasing Venus to 2% and its TR to 32, then spends 12M€ for a Water Splitting Plant.
Aridor spends 3 titanium and 7M€ for a Magnetic Shield, increasing its TR to 25.
Astrodrill spends 8 heat to increase the temperature to -4C and its TR to 27.
Mining Guild spends 2 titanium and 6M€ for a Security Fleet, and 1 titanium to add a resource to it.
Ecoline spends 3 titanium and 2M€ for Hydrogen to Venus, increasing Venus to 4% and its TR to 25, then activates the Asteroid Deflection System, drawing Venusian Animals (fails).
Production Phase
Teractor moves 1 energy to heat and gains 41M€, 4 energy, and 4 heat.
Aridor moves 1 energy to heat and gains 37M€, 2 steel, 2 titanium, and 11 energy.
Astrodrill gains 33M€, 4 steel, 4 plants, 1 energy, and 10 heat.
Mining Guild gains 24M€, 3 steel, 1 titanium, and 3 energy.
Ecoline gains 35M€ and 3 plants.
Solar Phase
All active colonies advance their trade markers one space to the right.
Generation 6
Research
Aridor keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Astrodrill keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Mining Guild keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Ecoline keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Teractor keeps 3 cards, spending 9M€.
Actions
Aridor spends 1M€ for a Venus Waystation, gaining 1M€ production, then spends 6M€ for Atalanta Planitia Labs, gaining 2 cards.
Astrodrill adds a resource to Astrodrill.
Mining Guild spends 3 energy to trade with Triton, gaining 4 titanium. Astrodrill and Ecoline each gain 1 titanium. Mining Guild then spends 3 titanium to trade with Luna, gaining 10M€. Ecoline, Teractor, and Astrodrill each gain 2M€.
Ecoline spends 11M€ for Grass, gaining 1 plant production and 3 plants, and 8M€ to claim the Agronomist milestone.
Teractor spends 8 heat to raise the temperature to -2C and an asteroid from Directed Impactors to raise the temperature to 0C and its TR to 35.
Aridor plays Optimal Aerobraking, then spends 8M€ to claim the Spacefarer milestone.
Astrodrill spends 8 heat to increase the temperature to 2C and its TR to 28.
Mining Guild spends 12M€ for a Mining Expedition, gaining 2 steel, increasing the oxygen level to 6% and its TR to 23. Astrodrill loses 2 plants. Mining Guild then spends 4M€ for Crash Site Cleanup, gaining 2 steel.
Ecoline spends 11M€ for Cloud Seeding, losing 1M€ production and gaining 2 plant production. Astrodrill loses 1 heat production.
Teractor spends 3 energy to trade with Miranda, gaining 3 animals on Sub-Zero Salt Fish, then spends a floater from Atmo Collectors, gaining 3 energy.
Aridor spends 13M€ for a Plantation, gaining 1M€ production and placing a greenery tile on I6, gaining 2 titanium and increasing the oxygen level to 7% and its TR to 27, then spends 4 energy to use the Ore Processor, gaining 1 titanium, increasing the oxygen level to 8%, the temperature to 4C, and its TR to 29.
Astrodrill spends 8 plants for a greenery tile in H6, gaining 1 plant, 2M€, increasing the oxygen level to 9% and its TR to 29.
Mining Guild spends 1 titanium to add a resource to Security Fleet then
spends 8M€ for a Quantum Extractor, gaining 4 energy production and
using Mars University to discard and draw a card.
Ecoline spends 7 plants to place a greenery tile in E2, gaining 1 plant, increasing the oxygen level to 10% and its TR to 26.
Teractor spends 7M€ for Preroxide Power, losing 1M€ production but gaining 2 energy production, then spends 9M€ for Mining Rights in A4, gaining 2 steel and 1 steel production.
Aridor spends 6 titanium and 1M€ for Interplanetary Trade, gaining 9M€ production.
Production Phase
Aridor moves 7 energy to heat and gains 51M€, 2 steel, 2 titanium, and 11 energy.
Astrodrill moves 1 energy to heat and gains 35M€, 4 steel, 4 plants, 1 energy, and 9 heat.
Mining Guild gains 27M€, 5 steel, 2 titanium, and 5 energy.
Ecoline gains 36M€ and 6 plants.
Teractor moves 1 energy to heat and gains 44M€, 1 steel, 6 energy, and 4 heat.
Solar Phase
All active colonies advance their trade markers one space to the right.
Generation 7
Research
Astrodrill keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Mining Guild keeps 0 cards, spending 0M€.
Ecoline keeps 2 cards, spending 6M€.
Teractor keeps 1 card, spending 3M€.
Aridor keeps 0 cards, spending 0M€.
Actions
Astrodrill spends 7 steel for Deep Well Heating, gaining 1 energy production and increasing the temperature to 6C and its TR to 30, then spends 14M€ for a standard asteroid, increasing the temperature to 8C and its TR to 31.
Mining Guild spends 3 energy to trade with Luna, gaining 10M€. Astrodrill, Ecoline, and Teractor each gain 2M€. Mining Guild then spends 25M€ for a city in G4, gaining 1M€ production and 1 plant. Aridor gains a resource on Pets and Ecoline gains 1M€ production.
Ecoline spends 7M€ to use Space Mirrors to gain 1 energy production, then spends 11M€ for a Corporate Stronghold in C2, losing 1 energy production but gaining 4M€ production and 2M€. Aridor gains a resource on Pets.
Teractor spends a floater from Atmo Collectors for 2 titanium and adds a resource to Sub-Zero Salt Fish.
Aridor spends 4 steel and 6M€ for a Commercial District in I9, losing 1 energy production, but gaining 4M€ production and 1 steel.
Astrodrill spends 1M€ for a Caretaker Contract, then spends 8 heat to use the Caretaker Contract to increase its TR to 32.
Mining Guild sells a card for 1M€ and spends 23M€ for a greenery tile in F8, gaining 4M€ and 1 plant.
Ecoline spends 7 plants for a greenery tile in B2, gaining 4M€ and 2 plants, then spends 16M€ for Tundra Farming, gaining 1 plant production, 2M€ production, and 1 plant.
Teractor spends 2 titanium and 24M€ for Asteroid Mining, gaining 2 titanium production, and 13M€ for Zeppelins, gaining 4M€ production.
Aridor uses Inventors' Guild to draw a card, and discards it.
Astrodrill spends 8 plants for a greenery tile in H7, gaining 2M€ and 1 plant.
Mining Guild spends 3 titanium to trade with Triton, gaining 4 titanium. Astrodrill and Ecoline each gain 1 titanium. Mining Guild then uses Sub-Crust Measurements to draw a card.
Ecoline spends 7 plants for a greenery tile in D2.
Teractor spends 3 energy to trade with Ganymede, gaining 3 plants, then spends 8 plants for a greenery tile in A5.
Aridor spends 25M€ for a city in I7, gaining 1M€ production and a resource on Pets. Ecoline gains 1M€ production.
Astrodrill spends 10M€ for Cryo-Sleep.
Mining Guild spends 8 plants for a greenery tile in G9, gaining a card, then spends 2 steel for a Mining Area in H9, gaining 1 titanium, 1 titanium production, and 1 steel production.
Production Phase
Astrodrill moves 1 energy to heat and gains 38M€, 4 steel, 4 plants, 2 energy, and 9 heat.
Mining Guild moves 1 energy to heat and gains 34M€, 5 steel, 3 titanium, and 5 energy.
Ecoline gains 36M€ and 7 plants.
Teractor moves 3 energy to heat and gains 48M€, 1 steel, 2, titanium, 6 energy, and 4 heat.
Aridor moves 4 energy to heat and gains 57M€, 2 steel, 2 titanium, and 11 energy.
Solar Phase
All global parameters are at maximum, so the game concludes here.
Final Greenery Tile Placement
Ecoline spends 7 plants for a greenery tile in E4, gaining 2M€.
Victory Points
Awards
Traveler:
Earth and Jovian tags. Ecoline has 6, Mining Guild and Teractor each
have 4, and Aridor and Astrodrill each have 1. Ecoline gains
5VP and Mining Guild and Teractor each gain 2VP.
Venophile: Venus
tags. Aridor has 2, Ecoline has 1, and Astrodrill, Mining
Guild, and Teractor each have 0. Aridor gains 5VP and Ecoline gains 2VP.
Milestones
Spacefarer and Engineer each go to Aridor and Agronomist goes to Ecoline.
| Aridor |
Astrodrill |
Mining Guild |
Ecoline |
Teractor |
|
| Terraforming
Rating |
29 |
32 |
25 |
26 |
37 |
| Awards |
5 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
| Milestones |
10 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
| Map |
4 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
1 |
| Cards |
21 |
11 |
17 |
3 |
10 |
| Total |
69 |
46 |
51 |
55 |
50 |
End of Game Statements
Andy York (Astrodrill): Great job to Bill! Early on I knew this wasn't going to be my game, so I just tried to play as best I could hoping to keep out of last place. Obviously, that didn't happen. Thanks for running this one Chris!
Dave Hooton (Mining Guild): Congratulations to Bill on a well-earned victory, and thanks to Chris for running the game.
Not being in the running for any of the milestone or most of the awards hurt me.
Chris Geggus (Ecoline): Well done Bil, an outstanding win indeed. I could see that I was doing okay on the table, but I was also aware that my cards were doing very little as proved by the final point difference on cards alone between myself and virtually everyone else. Pretty empty map for a change which probably hurts me more when I should be churning out forests all over the world. Just didn't pick up enough plant cards. Thanks to all and particularly Chris H.
Bill Scharf (Aridor): I kept my eye on the awards and milestones, and built a good engine, but the major reason I won this game was one I can never duplicate, science cards. I had nine icons by game end, which is a record for me. I didn’t even play all of the ones I received, and I kept drawing them all game long. A surprising number of them have nice victory point payoffs. I wasn’t all that aware of the payoffs before, because you might see four or five of them during a game, but there were times I had that many in my hand, and they kept showing up! I got lucky. Thanks, as usual, for running the games, I don’t know how you do it.
Kevin Wilson (Teractor): Congrats to Bill, nice win. Thanks to the others for playing and to Chris for running the game.
I got off to a decent start and did try to focus on Milestones and
Awards but the MS got grabbed quickly and I came up just 1M€ shy of the
award I was watching. Wouldn’t have mattered so oh well. I wasn’t
getting too much to help with filling the board but then, no one
was. Still, overall fun as always.
The Players
|
Player |
Company |
Color |
Cards |
Terraform Rating |
| Bill Scharf |
Aridor |
Green | 0 |
29 |
| Andy York |
Astrodrill |
Blue | 0 |
32 |
| Dave
Hooton |
Mining Guild |
Red |
0 |
25 |
| Chris
Geggus |
Ecoline |
Yellow |
0 |
26 |
| Kevin Wilson |
Teractor |
Black | 0 |
37 |
|
Player |
MegaCredits |
Steel |
Titanium |
Plants |
Energy |
Heat |
||||||
| Production | On Hand | Production | On Hand | Production | On Hand | Production | On Hand | Production | On Hand | Production | On Hand | |
| Bill Scharf |
28 |
66 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
| Andy York |
6 |
47 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
14 |
| Dave Hooton | 9 |
39 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
| Chris Geggus | 20 |
48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Kevin Wilson |
11 |
61 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
15 |
|
Colony Name |
Colony 1 |
Colony 2 |
Colony 3 |
Resource Marker |
| Callisto |
(1 energy
production) |
(1 energy production) | (1 energy production) | 5 (7 energy) |
| Enceladus |
(3 microbes) |
(3 microbes) |
(3 microbes) |
2 (1
microbe) |
| Ganymede |
(1 plant
production) |
(1 plant production) | (1 plant production) | 4 (3 plants) |
| Luna | Ecoline | Teractor | Astrodrill | 4 (7M€) |
| Miranda |
(1
animal) |
(1 animal) | (1 animal) | 2 (1 animal) |
| Pluto |
(2 cards) | (2 cards) | (2 cards) | 1 (0 cards) |
| Titan |
(3 floaters) | (3 floaters) | (3 floaters) | 6 (3
floaters) |
| Triton |
Mining Guild |
Astrodrill | Ecoline | 4 (2
titanium) |
The numbers in the Resource Marker column indicate the box, numbered from left to right, while the number in parenthesis is the number of resources to be gained from that space. N/A indicates that the marker is not in place because a card that can accept those resources is not in play. Text in the colony spaces indicates either the owner of the colony, or the benefit of establishing a colony there.
