Kyi-Leo
Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game
Initial Card Selection
Bill selects
Terralabs, gaining 2 wild, 1 science, 1 oxygen, and 2 cards, and gives
oxygen to Kevin.
Chris selects Phoblog, gaining 4 wild, 3 titanium, 1 nuclear, and 1
water.
Christopher selects Thorgate, gaining 3 wild, 1
science, 1 energy, and 1 water.
Kevin selects Polyphemos, gaining 3 wild, 1 credit, 1 energy, 1 water,
1 temperature, and 1 event.
Round 1
Terralabs takes
an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining microbes, and a gray die,
gaining titanium.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining a plant, and a
green die, gaining an animal.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a green die,
gaining an animal, and a blue die, gaining energy.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining microbes,
and a green die, gaining an animal.
Round 2
Terralabs takes
an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining microbes, and a yellow die,
gaining science.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and
another gray die, gaining titanium.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a green die,
gaining a plant, and a blue die, gaining energy.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining microbes,
and a green die, gaining a plant.
Round 3
Terralabs takes
an Action turn, rolls a red die, gaining event, and another red die,
gaining nuclear.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and
another gray die, also gaining steel, then claims the Monopoly
milestone.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a red die,
gaining nuclear, and spends 1 plant, 1 water, and 1 wild to play Algae.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining oxygen, and
spends 1 plant, 1 microbe, 1 temperature, and 1 energy to play Lichen.
Round 4
Terralabs takes
an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining credits, and spends credits
and titanium for a Space Station.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, spends a titanium to flip an animal to a
plant, and spends 2 plants and 1 water for Arctic Algae.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a red die,
gaining temperature, and rolls another red die, gaining nuclear.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining an animal,
and a red die, gaining nuclear.
Round 5
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining science, and spends
wild, event, and nuclear for a Underground Detonations.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining credits, and
spends 2 wild for a Discovery, gaining 1 wild and 3 cards.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die,
gaining titanium, and a yellow die, gaining credits.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining microbes,
and a blue die, gaining energy.
Round 6
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a red die, gaining temperature, and rolls a
blue die, gaining water.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a red die, gaining temperature,
then spends 1 temperature, 1 nuclear, and 1 wild for Lava Flows in D6,
increasing the temperature to -28C, gaining 2VP, and rolling 2 red
dice, gaining event and nuclear.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die,
gaining titanium, and rolls another gray die, gaining a city.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining an animal,
and spends a microbe and an animal for Bio Methane, increasing the
temperature to -24C, gaining 1 temperature and 2VP.
Round 7
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and rolls a red
die, gaining temperature.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining an animal, and
a blut die, gaining energy.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a green die,
gaining microbes, and a red die, gaining nuclear.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining microbes,
and a red die, gaining event.
Round 8
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, discards a science to flip a microbe to a plant,
then spends 1 plant and 2 temperature for Bushes.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, discards a steel to flip a titanium to a
city, and spends steel, city, and energy to place a Corporate
Stronghold in D3, gaining 2VP and a card.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, discards a nuclear
to flip a nulcear to an event, and spends credit, science,
microbes, titanium, and event for a Shipment of Terraforming Bacteria,
increasing the oxygen level to 2% and the temperature to -20C and
gaining 4VP.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining a plant,
and spends a plant, microbe, water, and credit for Snow Algae.
Round 9
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining oxygen, and spends a
wild for Bio Import, gaining a plant and an animal.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining energy, and
rolls another blue die, gaining water.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die,
gaining energy, and rolls another blue die, gaining another energy.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining water, and a
gray die, gaining titanium.
Round 10
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and spends a
steel, a plant, and a water for an Artificial Lake in E5, rolling a
blue die, gaining energy, and gaining 2VP. Phoblog rolls a green
die, gaining a plant.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, discards a titanium to flip a nuclear to
event, and spends credits, energy, water, titanium, and 2 events to
play Giant Ice Asteroid, increasing the temperature to -16C, placing an
ocean in XX, gaining 2 temperature, 1 water, 2 cards, rolls a green
die, gaining microbes, 4VP, and the Bio Expert bonus card.
Terralabs loses microbes. Thorgate
loses an animal. Polyphemos loses an animal.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die,
gaining energy, and rolls another blue die, gaining anonther energy.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gainning steel, and
spends steel, wild, titanium, and nuclear for an Industrial Zone in C3,
gaining 2 wild and rolling a yellow die, gaining credit.
Round 11
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, discards oxygen to flip steel to city, and spends
1 city and 1 animal for Pets, rolling a yellow die and gaining a credit.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining earth, spends
1 temperature and 2 wild for Tipping Point, increasing the oxygen level
to 4%, rolling a green die, gaining a plant, and gaining 4VP, taking
the Anaother Aquifer bonus card, placing an ocean in A1, rolling 2
green dice, gaining 2 plants and 2VP.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a red die,
gaining temperature, spends 1 wild and 1 city for a Cartel, gaining 3
credit and 1 earth. Terralabs and Polyphemos each discard a
credit and Phoblog discards an earth.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, discards an event to flip an event to
temperature, spends 2 wild, 1 microbe, 1 water, 1 oxygen, and 2
temperature for Fertile Fields, placing a forest tile in C2, increasing
the oxygen level to 8%, rolling a blue die, gaining energy, gaining
5VP, and playing the Administrator bonus card.
Round 12
Terralabs
takes a Production turn, drawing 6 cards, rolling one each of a blue,
green, red, and yellow die, gaining energy, a plant, an event, and
credit.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolling a gray die, gaining a city, and
spending 4 plants for a forest tile in D4, increasing oxygen to 10%,
gaining 2 temperature, and 3VP, gaining the Terraformer milestone.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, discards an energy
to flip a temperature to event, and discards another energy to flip
another temperature to event.
Polyphemos takes a Production turn, draws 5 cards and rolls 2 blue, 1
green, and 3 red dice, gaining energy, oxygen, microbes, temperature,
event, and nuclear.
Round 13
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining science, then spends
1 energy and 2 science for a Quantum Extractor.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a blkue die, gaining energy,
then spends 3 temperature to raise the temperature to -12C, gaining
2VP.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, discards an energy
to flip an energy to oxygen, and spends 1 oxygen, 2 events, and 1
titanium for a Nitrogen Rich Asteroid, gaining a plant and increasing
the temperature to -6C, gaining 2VP and the Invasive Plants bonus card,
placing a forest tile in B5, rolling a energy to a water,
increasing the oxygen level to 12%, and gaining 2VP.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and rolls another gray die, gaining titanium.
Round 14
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, discards energy to flip science to earth, and
spends earth and event for Imported Nitrogen, rolling 4 green dice,
gaining 1 plant and 3 microbes.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a red die, gaining temperature, and
spends 1 temperature, 1 microbe, and 1 water for a Swamp in C6, gaining
2 temperature, 2VP, and rolling 2 gray dice, gaining 2 titanium, and 1 green die, gaining a plant.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and spends steel, credit, and nuclear for a Mine.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining earth, and
spends steel, titanium, temperature, and energy for Ironworks.
Round 15
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining oxygen, spends 1 credit
for Hydrogen Import, placing an ocean tile in A3, rolling a blue die,
gaining oxygen and 2VP. Phoblog rolls a green die, gaining a
microbe.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining credit, and a blue die, gaining energy.
Thorgate takes a Production turn, discarding 1
energy, 1 water, 1 credit, and 1 earth, drawing 5 cards, and rolling 2
blue, 1 gray, and 1 yellow dice, gaining 2 water, 1 titanium, and 1
credit. Also gains 1 wild due to the lack of green dice.
Polyphemos takes an Actin turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and
spends an energy to use Ironworks, increasing the oxygen levle to 14%
and gaining 2VP.
Round 16
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, discards a microbe to flip a microbe to an animal, and spends 2 oxygen, 1 plant, and 1 animal for Birds.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, discards a microbe to flip an energy to
water and discards a titanium to flip a temperature to event.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining water, and rolls a red die, gaining nuclear.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, spends oxygen to use Administrator to
flip earth to credit and steel to city, and spends credit, city, and
oxygen for Zeppelins.
Round 17
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining water, and a gray die, gaining titanium.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining oxygen, and
spends energy, steel, a plant, temperature, and credit for Diversity.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, discards water
to flip nuclear to event, and spends 1 event and 1 titanium for a Small
Asteroid, increasing the temperature to -4C and gaining 2VP.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining credit,
spends 1 credit, 1 event, 1 nuclear, and 1 wild for a Media Group.
Round 18
Terralabs
takes a Production turn, discards titanium and 1 card, draws 5 cards,
and rolls blue, green, red, and yellow dice, gaining water, plant,
event, and science.
Phoblog takes a Production turn, discards oxygen, titanium, animal, and
3 cards, draws 5 cards, rolls blue, green, and red dice, gaining
energy, plant, and event.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolling a yellow die, gaining credit, and a red die, gaining nuclear.
Polyphemos takes a Production turn, discarding a card, drawing 4 cards,
resetting Administrator and Ironworks, and rolling 2 blue, a green, 3
red, and a yellow dice, gaining energy, oxygen, animal, temperature, 2
event, and credit.
Round 19
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining science, and a gray die, gaining titanium.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining water, and a yellow die, gaining science.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining a plant, and a red die, gaining temperature.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and
spends 1 energy to use Ironworks to increase the oxygen level to 16%
and gain 2VP.
Round 20
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, discards a water to flip titanium to city, and
spends science, city, and plant for Eco Architects, gaining the Mogul
milestone.
Phoblog takes an Action tur, discards an event to flip an energy to
water, and spends 3 water to place an ocean tile in A2, gaining 2VP and
rolling 3 green dice, gaining 2 plants and an animal.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, discards credit
to flip a plant to an animal, and spends 1 animal, 2 water, and 1
temperature for Fish, gaining a plant.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, discards credit to use the
Administrator to flip an event to temperature and steel to city, and
spends 2 temperature and an event to play Thawing, gaining 1 plant and
2 water.
Round 21
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining earth, and another yellow die, gaining credit.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, discards a city to flip an animal to a
plant, then spends 4 plants for a forest tile in D2, gaining 2VP and
flipping an event to nuclear.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining steel, and spends 1 steel and 2 plants for a Food Factory.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining an animal,
and spends 1 plant, 1 animal, 1 wild, and 1 city for Food Supply,
gaining 2 credit.
Round 22
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a gray die, gaining titanium, and spends
credit, earth, event, and plant for a Seed Shipment, gaining 2 wild and
placing a forest tile in F6, gaining 1VP and rolling a red die, gaining
event, and playing the Heat Expert bonus card.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, rolls a green die, gaining an animal, and another green die, gaining a plant.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining credit, and a green die, gaining microbes.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining science, and a blue die, gaining water.
Round 23
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, discards a microbe to flip titanium to steel, and
spends steel, water, and 2 wild for a Mohole Lake in E3, gaining 4VP
and rolling a green die, gaining a microbe. Phoblog rolls a green die, gaining an animal. As 2 global
parameters are complete, each player gets one final turn.
Phoblog takes an Action turn, discards a plant to flip an animal to a
microbe and spends a microbe, science, and nuclear for Gene Repair.
Thorgate takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die,
gaining science, and spends 3 credit for 2VP, gaining the Breakthrough
bonus card, gaining 1 wild and 2 cards.
Polyphemos takes an Action turn, spends a water to flip a science to
credit, and spends 3 credit for 2VP gaining the Coordinator bonus card,
takes another Action turn, rolls a blue die, gaining energy, and rolls
another blue die, gaining water.
Round 24
Terralabs
takes an Action turn, rolls a yellow die, gaining science, and a blue die, gaining oxygen.
Awards
Animals: Terralabs and Polyphemos each have 2, Thorgate has 1, and Phoblog has 0. Terralabs and Polyphemos each gain 5VP.
Science: Terralabs has 3, Phoblog has 2, Thorgate has 1, and Polyphemos has 0. Terralabs gains 5VP and Phoblog gains 3VP.
Temperature: Polyphemos has 6, Terralabs has 4, Phoblog has 3, and Thorgate has 1. Polyphemos gains 5VP and Terralabs gains 3VP.
Milestones
Monopoly and Terraformer both go to Phoblog, and Mogul
goes to Terralabs.
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VPs
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9
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25
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12
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13
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Awards
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13
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3
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5
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10
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Milestones
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4
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8
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0
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0
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Cards
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5
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6
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3
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6
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Total
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31
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42
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20
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29
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Congratulations to Chris Geggus on his resounding victory!
Bill Scharf (Terralabs):
Not a lot of card synergies for me this game. I’ve had games where the
play of one card would lead to me getting another and then another….not
this time! Thanks for running the game, and congratulations to chris g
for winning it. I ended it because I couldn’t see me improving my board
position, and no one else could catch up with Chris, so why not pull
the plug on it?
Kevin Wilson (Polyphemos):
An impressive start, snatching the two milestones early and ALL those
VPs, nicely done, an impressive win. Thanks to all for the play
and to Chris for running the game.
Two games under the belt now, a win and 3rd, and I’m not feeling it
with this one. While I’m still not very good I do really, really like
the OG game. Ares Exp keeps some, enough, of the feel that there
is TFM still underneath but this one not so much. Other than a little
of the artwork and the card names it just doesn’t feel anything like
the other two. It’s a dice game with some theme roughly pasted
on. I think I’ll let my copy go as it just isn’t doing it for me.
Chris Geggus (Phoblog):
As mentioned, I got off to a fast start which probably decided the
overall result. I hear what Kevin is saying and I agree that it does
not really reflect the tone of the original game - although how often
does a dice game really represent it's original format. However I
actually like it and would happily play it again and again, whereas
Ares just didn't do it for me at all. Horses for courses I guess.
Thanks again to Chris H.
The Players
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Bill Scharf
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Terralabs
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Red
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Chris Geggus
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Phoblog
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Yellow |
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25
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Christopher Hunt
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Thorgate
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Green
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12
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Kevin Wilson
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Polyphemos
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13
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Production:
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Christopher Hunt
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