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Neko's Summoning

Neko's Summoning is an ability granted to you by Neko-San, Vah Neko's Champion. When you whistle at full health, your pet cat (The cat you got after defeating Gizmo-Kun) will be powered up. His health will be 10 (Twice as much as his base health) and he will do 50 damage. There is also an optional side quest to make your cat this stronger permanently.

Uses: 3

Recharge Time: 5 Minutes

Deactivation: When your cat dies it will deactivate.
TM/Capital

> ***With its ideal placement and all its facilities, this is the true capital of Mars***
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**Capital** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Capital on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Search For Life

> ***Finding native life-forms would be the greatest discovery in history, so let’s find out!***
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**Search For Life** is an active project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Search For Life on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
Rem

rem is a nexice who happened to be the younger sibling of zulian. when around strangers he hardly talks. when he was younger, he learned to use the axe years ago.

# dialogues:

meeting him: ... um you want something? ... you want to free the divine beast? who sent you?! wait impa... she sent you here? if she sent you hear then you l-link!

however... there's a group of hunter who wanna kill us. if you-you can stop the hunters then- then ill h-help you! \*link remembers a memory of zulian\*

meeting him with master sword: ... wait... the sword... you l -link! you been gone for a long time! hmm? you wanna free the divine beast? awesome! with the- the sword in your hands you gotta free it! however... there's a group of hunters who want to kill us. if you scare them then i'll help! \*link remembers a memory of zulian\*

when scared away hunters: you scared them off? amazing! i'll- i'll help! for zulian! here! have 20 fire arrows! meet me at the icey docks!

at the icey docks: here! i'll give you a ride! divine beast ka cherlu has ice cannons on its back melt them then i launch you on its back and it will be safe to if you melt all 4 icicles! lets go!

after freeing divine beast: wow! you did it! you should have a reward! lucky i found something you may want...
TM/Artificial Lake

> ***Landscaping is as natural as terraforming***
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**Artificial Lake** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## Gallery

Artificial Lake, full art (Isaac Fryxelius)
## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Artificial Lake on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Underground City

> ***Excavating is expensive, but gives both protection and building materials***
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**Underground City** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Underground City on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Cloud Seeding

> ***Lessens solar influx, but enhances plant growth***
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**Cloud Seeding** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Cloud Seeding on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Astra Mechanica

> ***Further developing successful space engineering projects***
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**Astra Mechanica** is an automated project promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on September 7, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Strategy

The card allows the player to return to hand two events from event pile, neither of these events may be cards that place special tiles (currently only Deimos Down and Lava Flows). Astra Mechanica potentially permits return of Law Suit, which was played against the player, thus cancelling out negative VP from that card during final scoring.

## Gallery

*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 3 unlocked milestone banner
## Trivia

* The card name and design idea were originally submitted during BoardGameGeek “Create a Corporation” contest on September 18, 2017 by user Richard Davenport.
* DAVENPORT is credited as ‘CEO’ on the card.

## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 8, 2023). *More Milestones + Map Mayhem!*. Kickstarter.
2. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
Thor City

**Thor City** is a city on Mars from *Terraforming Mars* universe.

## Universe

Thor City was ThorGate’s main operational base on Mars. It was affectionately known as “Thor Town” among corporate personnel and only accommodated up to around five hundred people.

It was built from compacted Martian soil bricks which provided adequate shielding and appeared to rise out of the ground like a series of red mountains on the horizon if observed from a distance. Thor City was surrounded by banks of a solar array which tracked the movement of the sun.

Like any other settlement on Mars, Thor City’s environmental system produced clinically clean air – an artificial mix of oxygen and nitrogen extracted from nitrates in the soil and oxidized rock. Filters removed extraneous carbon dioxide and trace elements until the atmosphere was devoid of anything other than the gases needed to sustain human life.

The main street with a yellow tint lighting ran through the heart of the complex. Lining the main street were rows of buildings with windows on the facades which were mostly shops and services. ThorGate corporation office, the building as high and as wide as the city enclosure itself, was located at the end of the main street.
Shores of a New Horizon

***Shores of a New Horizon*** is an upcoming *Terraforming Mars* novel written by M Darusha Wehm, planned for publishing in January 2024 by Aconyte Books in paperback and ebook formats.

## Publisher’s summary

**After a century of struggle, the terraforming of Mars was intended to bring peace and prosperity to the colonists of the Red Planet, but while the planet may be livable, humans bring their own chaos.**

On Mars, terraforming breakthroughs leave citizens dreaming of a transformed planet. However, when a contaminated ice asteroid puts water supplies in peril, the dream quickly shatters.

Professor Zambrotta “Zammi” Kaspar is tasked to investigate a fatal crash on a remote ice asteroid, but he never expects to discover his missing sister there as an indentured worker for the Mining Guild. As the siblings reconnect and dig deeper into the mystery of the contaminated water, they both discover a personal legacy of secrets and loss over competing visions for the future of humanity.

Can they unite to reveal the truth behind the water contamination before their dream of a terraformed Mars evaporates into the newly formed atmosphere?

## Gallery

*Shores of a New Horizon*, front paperback cover (Aconyte Books)*Shores of a New Horizon*, audiobook cover (Aconyte Books)*Shores of a New Horizon*, banner image (Aconyte Books)
## Easter eggs

* Mining Guild logo is visible on the rover on the cover art.

## External links

* *Shores of a New Horizon* on Aconyte Books website.
* *Shores of a New Horizon* on M Darusha Wehm’s website.
* *Shores of a New Horizon* on Edelweiss website.
TM/Milestones & Awards

**Milestones & Awards** is the fourth add-on to *Terraforming Mars*, planned for release in 2024 after successful Kickstarter campaign in September 2023.

## Description

This add-on is a set of 70 milestones and awards tiles players may choose (randomly or not) to replace milestones and awards printed on the game board.

## Milestones

35 milestones are added to the game as separate tiles: 22 new milestones and 13 copies (altered copies) of milestones printed on existing game boards (Tharsis, Hellas, and Elysium). The following rules are applied to milestones:

* When claiming a milestone, player must at least have the specified requirement in play.
* Face down cards (events) and their tags are never counted, unless specified.

## References

1. ↑ Jacob Fryxelius (August 28, 2017). *Generalist detail*. BoardGameGeek.
DG/Vitor

**Vitor** is a corporation promo card, from *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game* base game.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on October 10, 2022 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*. The card was included with all campaign pledge levels.

## Gallery

The Dice Game (Day 15 unlocked milestone).png*Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*, Kickstarter campaign Day 15 unlocked milestone banner
Heavy arrows

only used in the death arena. its a good use with a death bow. it end is made of heavy stone and could be a real pain getting hit by one. even a lynel can feel the pain. if something gets hit by one it fall to the ground screaming in pain.

power: 200

effect: a enemy screams in pain as it falls to the ground for 5 seconds
TM/Lightning Harvest

> ***Floating supercapacitors connecting clouds with a superconductive wire. The triggered and collected discharges are beamed down to a receptor***
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**Lightning Harvest** is an automated project card, from the *Corporate Era* expansion.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Corporate Era* expansion to *Terraforming Mars*.

## Gallery

Lightning Harvest, full art (Isaac Fryxelius)
## Trivia

* ThorGate logo is visible on the floating supercapacitor on the card art.

## Science behind

A technology capable of harvesting lightning energy would need to be able to rapidly capture the high power involved in a lightning bolt. Several schemes have been proposed, but the ever-changing energy involved in each lightning bolt renders lightning power harvesting from ground-based rods impractical: too high and it will damage the storage, too low and it may not work.

Additionally, lightning is sporadic, and therefore energy would have to be collected and stored. It is difficult to convert high-voltage electrical power to the lower-voltage power that can be stored.
TM/Small Asteroid

> ***I made that crater - can I name it?***
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**Small Asteroid** is an event project promo card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

* This card was originally available to full line game stores (FLGS) that purchased the launch kit of *Terraforming Mars* (limited to one per FLGS) containing 5 retail copies of *Terraforming Mars*, 1 demo copy of Terraforming Mars and 20 of Small Asteroid promo cards. The card was possible to be obtained from over 400 FLGSs participating in early launch of the game on September 14, 2016 and after.
* The FLGSs distributed the card by their own decision, likely with purchases. This was done to grow the local gaming communities around the FLGSs.

## Easter eggs

* Small Asteroid is the first promo card released for *Terraforming Mars*.
* This card is one of only two cards with “TERRAFORMING MARS PROMO” text printed on them. The other card is Snow Algae *spielbox* promo.
* According to rough estimates, more than 8,000 copies of this card in English were printed for the early launch event.

## References

1. ↑ Buonocore, Stephen (September 5, 2016). *“Terraforming Mars -- EARLY LAUNCH KIT -- List of stores that are participating!”*. BoardGameGeek.
2. ↑ Buonocore, Stephen (June 21, 2016). *“English version for Europe?”*. BoardGameGeek.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Small Asteroid on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
* Small Asteroid page on BoardGameGeek.
* Small Asteroid listings on GeekMarket.
TM/Phobos Space Haven

> ***The doorway to Mars***
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**Phobos Space Haven** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Phobos Space Haven on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Noctis City

> ***In Noctis Labyrinthus, where the mist is gray***
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**Noctis City** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Noctis City on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
DG/Base Game

***Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game***

## Game design

* *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game* is shorter, quicker, tinier version of of *Terraforming Mars*, where one can play it ideally under one hour.
* The idea was to make it a gateway game for the original and also to introduce younger or new players to the game.
* It is a card-driven game where players have cards in their hand they try put on the table either to get production of dice or…
TM/Snow Algae

> ***Protected by the ice and the micro-environment it creates inside, making the ice darker***
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**Snow Algae** is an automated project promo card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card could initially be obtained with issue #2/2017 of *spielbox* magazine.

## Gallery

Snow Algae, unedited full art (Unsplash/Stas Kulesh)*spielbox* magazine issue #2/2017, English edition cover (W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH)*spielbox* magazine issue #2/2017, English edition insert (W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH)
## Easter eggs

* Snow Algae is one of only two cards with “TERRAFORMING MARS PROMO” text printed on them. The other card is Small Asteroid launch kit promo.
* The magazine cover refers to the promo as *“a free bonus card for Terraforming Mars”*.

## Science behind

Text from *spielbox* issue #2/2017 insert:

ALGAES ARE INVADING MARS!
THE WATER released to the Martian surface will meet an extremely dry and cold environment, instantly freezing and forming glaciers. Water vapor will sublimate from the ice on warmer summer days, and soon fall back again as snow. This new environment is perfect for snow algae! Inside the ice and snow, they are protected from cold, dryness, and radiation, while creating their own microenvironment using heat from cellular reactions and increased light absorption when making the ice darker.
SNOW ALGAE spread slowly, but contribute at the same time to the biosphere, oxygen production and heat trapping.
THIS PROMO CARD may be used together with Terraforming Mars – simply shuffle one copy into the big project deck and hope that you’ll be the one to take advantage of the Martian snow!
## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Snow Algae on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
* Snow Algae page on BoardGameGeek.
* Snow Algae for sale at BGG Store.
* Snow Algae listings on GeekMarket.
TM/Ice Asteroid

> ***We need its water down here***
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**Ice Asteroid** is an event project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Ice Asteroid on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Hellas

## Placement bonuses

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**Hellas, the Southern Wild** is a game board, from the *Hellas & Elysium* add-on to *Terraforming Mars*.

## Topography

This game board features part of the southern hemisphere of Mars all the way down from the equator, with the south pole as well as the great Hellas impact basin.

Hellas overlaps original Tharsis game board on the west featuring Argyre Planitia and its surrounding mountain ranges where half of the titanium resources are located as placement bonuses. The other half of the titanium resources can be found southeast of Hellas basin in the Promethei Terra. The plant resources all lie at the top of the game board, along the planet’s equator. Steel resources can largely be found throughout Noachis Terra west of Hellas Planitia. Card bonuses are presumably located in places of historical Mars landers crash sites (Mars 2 and Mars 6), as well as Sisyphi Montes and Tyrrhenus Mons.

Hellas also features two new placement bonuses. The first, heat resource, is found in the Hellas sea because of the thin Martian crust in this area, as well as around the south pole itself, requiring you to pay 6 M€ for placing a tile here, but giving you an ocean tile to place on any available area, reserved for oceans.

Hellas game board lacks volcanoes and the Noctis region, so the tiles from the cards Noctis City and Lava Flows lose their placement restrictions and may be placed on any non-ocean area.

## Easter eggs

* The game board depicts Tyrrhena Terra northeast of Hellas Planitia where one of the oldest planet’s volcanoes, Tyrrhenus Mons, is located. When it was formed, magma may have gone through frozen ground and then erupted as easily eroded ash, instead of lava flows. This is a probable explanation of not making an area reserved for volcano (eligible for Lava Flows placement) here during the design process.
TM/Colonizer Training Camp

> ***Preparing for settlement of the moons of Jupiter***
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**Colonizer Training Camp** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## Gallery

Colonizer Training Camp, full art (NASA/Les Bossinas)
## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Colonizer Training Camp on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Neptunian Power Consultants

> ***Tapping the raw power of the oceans to bring the modern comforts to you and your family***
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**Neptunian Power Consultants** is an active project promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on September 17, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 13 unlocked milestone banner
## Trivia

* The card name, design idea and flavor text were originally submitted during BoardGameGeek “Create a Corporation” contest on September 19, 2017 by user Daniel King.
* KING is credited as ‘CEO’ on the card.

## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
TM/Anti-Desertification Techniques

> ***Soil-binding plants in combination with bacteria that converts salts into binding materials***
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**Anti-Desertification Techniques** is a prelude promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked together with Tycho Magnetics on September 5, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

Anti-Desertification Techniques, promo label removed*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 1 unlocked milestone banner
## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
TM/Red Ships

> ***With expanding oceans on Mars, transport by ship or skate-ship is just as cost-effective as on Earth***
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**Red Ships** is an active project promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on September 19, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 15 unlocked milestone banner
## Trivia

* The card name and design idea were originally submitted during BoardGameGeek “Create a Corporation” contest in September 2017 by user Emile de Maat. The corporation was among the runners up and Jacob Fryxelius commented on it: *“Red Ships was the last surviving ocean-related corporation, offering new ways to use oceans and other tiles, but in the end risked being used too little throughout the game. But there will be an ocean oriented corporation someday...”*
* DE MAAT is credited as ‘CEO’ on the card.

## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.
2. ↑ Jacob Fryxelius (December 3, 2017). *Terraforming Mars “Create a Corporation” Contest! Winners Announced!*. BoardGameGeek.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
DG/Polyphemos

**Polyphemos** is a corporation promo card, from *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game* base game.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on October 4, 2022 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*. The card was included with all campaign pledge levels.

## Gallery

The Dice Game (Day 9 unlocked milestone).png*Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*, Kickstarter campaign Day 9 unlocked milestone banner
TM/Colonies

*Our world has widened before us. Corporations expand their operations to all corners of the solar system in pursuit of minerals and resources. Most places are not suited for terraforming, but building colonies may greatly improve your income and your possibilities in achieving that higher goal – the terraforming of Mars. Send your trade fleet to distant moons! Colonize the clouds of Jupiter! And let your Earth assets propel you to success!*
Template:TM Expansion
**Colonies** is the forth expansion to Terraforming Mars. Featuring 49 project cards, 5 corporation cards, 11 colony tiles and 8 trade fleet tiles, the expansion was released in 2018.

## Background

The outer solar system is the new frontier! Colonies are beginning to flourish on the moons of Saturn. The clouds of Jupiter are no longer beyond our reach. Even Pluto will prove to be useful to humanity. This is a perfect opportunity for the corporations to trade with the colonies, harvest resources, and build colonies of their own!

## Gallery

Colonies, box full art (Isaac Fryxelius)Colonies, rulebook full art (Garrett W. Kaida)Colonies, box artColonies, advertisementColonies, advertisement
## External links

* *Terraforming Mars: Colonies* on *FryxGames*.
* *Terraforming Mars: Colonies* on *BoardGameGeek*.
TM/Hellas & Elysium

***Hellas & Elysium*** is an add-on to *Terraforming Mars*. Featuring new double-sided game board of two regions of Mars with new placement bonuses, ocean areas, and new sets of milestones and awards, the add-on was released in 2017.

## Description

### Hellas

This map shows the south pole as well as the great Hellas sea, all the way up to the equator. Therefore, the plant bonuses lie at the top of the map, along the equator. The map overlaps the original game board by featuring Argyre Planitia and its surrounding mountains. The map features two new placement bonuses. The first, heat, is found in the Hellas sea because of the thin Martian crust in this area, as well as around the south pole where frozen carbon dioxide can be released to the atmosphere as greenhouse gas. The other special bonus is on the south pole itself, requiring you to pay 6 megacredits for placing a tile here, but giving you an ocean tile (along with its terraform rating) to place on any available ocean area.

The Hellas map lacks volcanos and the Noctis region, so the tiles from the cards Noctis City and Lava Flows lose their placement restrictions and may be placed on any non-ocean area.

### Elysium

Here we see the region west of Tharsis, from the Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in the solar system, to Elysium Montes. In the north, the great northern lowlands, Vastitas Borealis, reaches down towards the equator, while the south is dominated by its crater-saturated highlands. The map overlaps the original game board by featuring Arsia Mons.

There are no special placement bonuses on this map.

The Elysium map does not have the Noctis region, so Noctis City may be placed without its restriction. It does, however, have four volcanic sites where the Lava Flows tile can be placed: Arsia Mons, Olympus Mons, Elysium Mons, and Hecates Tholus.

## External links

* *Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium* at BoardGameGeek
TM/Imported Hydrogen

> ***A light-weight but expensive crucial element***
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**Imported Hydrogen** is an event project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Imported Hydrogen on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Deep Well Heating

> ***Digging deep to find heat from the core***
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**Deep Well Heating** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Deep Well Heating on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Domed Crater

> ***A spacious area for a great city***
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**Domed Crater** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Domed Crater on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Cupola City

> ***In a thin atmosphere, normal pressure can hold up a protective dome over the city***
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**Cupola City** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Cupola City on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Tharsis

## Placement bonuses

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**Tharsis** is an original game board, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## Topography

The original game board has an accurate map of the Tharsis region of Mars, including Valles Marineris and 3 of the 4 great volcanos. Only the region around Olympus Mons is missing. The areas reserved for ocean tiles are low in elevation so water will naturally flow there.

The plant bonuses around the equator simulate that the higher average temperature will make it easier for life to thrive there. Mountain ridges have steel and titanium bonuses, while other interesting sites may have a card draw bonus, like the Viking site where the first man-made lander touched down.
TM/Land Claim

> ***Acquiring strategic land areas***
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**Land Claim** is an event project card, from the *Corporate Era* expansion.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Corporate Era* expansion to *Terraforming Mars*.

## Easter eggs

* Interplanetary Cinematics logo is visible on the flag on the card art.
* The card art by Daniel Fryxelius is a remake of an iconic photograph *“Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima”* of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
TM/Development Center

> ***Ensuring a constant influx of ideas***
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**Development Center** is an active project card, from the *Corporate Era* expansion.

## Gallery

Stockholm University, aerial 3D view (Apple Maps)
## Easter eggs

* Card art shows aerial view of Stockholm University, where Jacob Fryxelius got his doctoral degree in chemistry in 2006.
Projects

### Ice asteroid

Scientists have discovered water ice on a number of asteroids in the asteroid belt, suggesting that it is common on space rocks in the Solar System. The results also suggest that asteroids may have delivered water and organic molecules – essential materials for life – to the early Earth as well, so redirecting literally thousands upon thousands of (giant) water-containing bodies to collide with Mars could make a dry world more hospitable towards life. (TM • AE)

### Kelp farming

Kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting kelp – large brown algae or seaweeds that grow in “underwater forests” (kelp forests) in shallow oceans and require nutrient-rich water with temperatures between 6 and 14 °C. Farmed seaweed is used in industrial products, as food, as an ingredient in animal feed, and as source material for biofuels. (TM • AE • DG)

### Viral enhancers

Viral enhancers are small molecules used to enhance the viral transduction process and increase target gene expression. Viral transduction is the process of introducing foreign genetic material into a cell with a virus or viral vector and is commonly used by researchers to enable stable introduction of a gene into the genome of a target cell or cells. (TM • AE • DG)
DG/Manutech

**Manutech** is a corporation promo card, from *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game* base game.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on October 1, 2022 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*. The card was included with all campaign pledge levels.

## Gallery

The Dice Game (Day 6 unlocked milestone).png*Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*, Kickstarter campaign Day 6 unlocked milestone banner
## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 29, 2022). *Let's Look at the Latest Unlocks*. Kickstarter.
TM/Established Methods

> ***Boosting your start with proven technologies***
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**Established Methods** is a prelude promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on September 10, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 6 unlocked milestone banner
## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 13, 2023). *WHAT’S INSIDE PRELUDE 2?*. Kickstarter.
2. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
TM/Tharsis Republic

> ***With the first big city came a social community that could not be controlled by the corporations. Determined to have an elected leader, workers and staff from all corporations formed Tharsis Republic.***
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**Tharsis Republic** is a corporation card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game.
TM/Asteroid Rights

> ***Aquiring the rights to several asteroids that you can lease to miners, or mine yourself.***
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**Asteroid Rights** is an active project promo card, from the *Terraforming Mars*.

## How to get

The card could initially be obtained with issue #1/2021 of *spielbox* magazine. The magazine cover refers to the promo as “*a free mini expansion to Terraforming Mars*”.

According to *FryxGames* comments, *spielbox* has 6 months exclusivity period before the card will be available for official purchase elsewhere (e.g. *FryxGames* web shop).

## Gallery

*spielbox* magazine issue #1/2021, German edition cover (W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH)
## Trivia

* Card art by Isaac Fryxelius features asteroid rights acquired by PhoboLog corporation.
* The asteroids pictured visibly designated Lovisa Beta and Lovisa Alpha are named after Isaac’s wife Lovisa Fryxelius.

## External links

* Asteroid Rights thread on *BoardGameGeek*.
* *spielbox* magazine 2021 campaign on *Kickstarter*.
* Issue 1/2021 of *speilbox* magazine (English edition).
TM/Bio Printing Facility

> ***Introducing new species on demand.***
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**Bio Printing Facility** is an active project promo card, from the *Terraforming Mars*.

## How to get

Bio Printing Facility can be obtained from *FryxGames* web shop as spring 2021 season promo.

## External links

* Bio Printing Facility page on *BoardGameGeek*.

* Bio Printing Facility order page on *FryxGames* web shop.
TM/Mons Insurance

> ***With incoming asteroids and an unpredictable environment, any venture on Mars is a risky business. As the only insurance company on Mars, Mons Insurance has a busy time keeping up with all the claims***
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**Mons Insurance** is a corporation promo card, from the *Turmoil* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on April 17, 2019 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Turmoil*. The card was included with all campaign pledge levels.

## Gallery

Turmoil (Day 2 unlocked milestone).png*Turmoil*, Kickstarter campaign Day 2 unlocked milestone bannerMons Insurance, Kickstarter not final art and text
## Trivia

* Mons Insurance corporate logotype features three Tharsis Montes with Olympus Mons in the background. The other corporation logotype with depiction of these shield volcanoes is Tharsis Republic.

## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (April 17, 2019). *Day 2: Mons on Mars*. Kickstarter.
Edge of Catastrophe

***Edge of Catastrophe*** is a *Terraforming Mars* novel written by Jane Killick, published in November 2022 by Aconyte Books in paperback, ebook and audiobook formats.

## Publisher’s summary

**Return to the Red Planet as the saga of *Terraforming Mars* continues, in a sweeping science fiction thriller of planetary progress, set in the universe of the award-winning boardgame.**

In the 26th century, Mars is thriving: the huge crater made by the crashed moon of Deimos is now a vast domed city, buzzing with industry and a burgeoning Martian-born and immigrant workforce.

Ecoline scientist Mel Erdan is at the forefront of vital research to feed and maintain Mars’ increasing population. But when her viral enhancer transforms lush green plants into a blackened swathe of dead crops, it triggers a wave of violent unrest across Deimos City, and Mel is accused of deliberately sabotaging Mars’ fragile viability.

With resources rapidly dwindling, conspiracy theories flying, and criminal gangs rioting, Mel must prove her innocence, uncover the truth, and revitalise Mars’ harvest before it’s too late – for everyone.

## Author’s summary

**One scientist races to save the planet from a deadly contagion sweeping through the Martian food supply in this conspiracy thriller set in the world of *Terraforming Mars*.**

Doctor Mel Erdan stands on the verge of a career-defining discovery with her advanced food crops destined to feed the burgeoning Mars population. Until an unexplained failure lays waste to her experimental plants. Disappointment turns to global panic as death advances across Martian farms, the planet plunges into a food crisis and Mel becomes the prime suspect in a sabotage plot.

Alex, a teenage witness to the devastation, seizes the opportunity to strike back at the Martian authorities. Born on Mars, he feels alienated by a system where corporations rule the lives of ordinary people for the benefit of Earth. Angry and disaffected, he and his friends take to the streets. But, as their protests become more violent and dangerous, Alex questions whether he is a pawn in someone else’s fight.

Set against the backdrop of science’s manipulation of Mars into an inhabitable planet, *Edge of Catastrophe* takes the best selling *Terraforming Mars* game and turns it into a fast-paced, exciting read.

## Gallery

*Edge of Catastrophe*, front paperback cover (Aconyte Books)*Edge of Catastrophe*, audiobook cover (Aconyte Books)*Edge of Catastrophe*, banner image (Aconyte Books)*Edge of Catastrophe*, full cover art (René Aigner)
## Easter eggs

* Ecoline logo is visible on the rad-suit on the cover art.

## External links

* *Edge of Catastrophe* on Aconyte Books website.
* *Edge of Catastrophe* on Jane Killick’s website.
* *Edge of Catastrophe* on Edelweiss website.
TM/St. Joseph of Cupertino Mission

> ***A religious order dedicated to the patron saint of astronauts. Detached from humanity’s roots on Earth, many people on Mars will look for spiritual guidance***
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**St. Joseph of Cupertino Mission** is an active project promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked together with Strategic Base Planning on September 21, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 17 unlocked milestone banner
## Trivia

* The card name, design idea and flavor text were originally submitted during BoardGameGeek “Create a Corporation” contest on September 27, 2017 by user Phil Fleischmann. The corporation was among the runners up and Jacob Fryxelius commented on it: *“St Joseph of Cupertino Mission was so cool and thematic, but unfortunately didn't fit the theme of being a major player in terraforming.”*
* PHIL FLEISCHMANN is credited as ‘CEO’ on the card.

## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.
2. ↑ Jacob Fryxelius (December 3, 2017). *Terraforming Mars “Create a Corporation” Contest! Winners Announced!*. BoardGameGeek.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
TM/Research Outpost

> ***Finding new ways to do things***
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**Research Outpost** is an active project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Research Outpost on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Black Polar Dust

> ***The sprinkled dust absorbs heat from the sun. Must be renewed after each snowfall, though***
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**Black Polar Dust** is an automated project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Black Polar Dust on Terraforming Mars Cards List.
TM/Solar Logistics

> ***Solar Logistics created the first unmanned shuttles to go between Mars and Earth, establishing an essential commercial trade route***
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**Solar Logistics** is an active project promo card, from Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked together with Teslaract on September 20, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 16 unlocked milestone banner
## Trivia

* The card name and design idea were originally submitted during BoardGameGeek “Create a Corporation” contest on September 26, 2017 by user Ruben Cabezon.

## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
TM/Aqueduct Systems

> ***Getting water to the still arid parts of Mars will allow us to build the infrastructure faster***
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**Aqueduct Systems** is an automated project promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on September 6, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

Aqueduct Systems, promo label removed*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 2 unlocked milestone banner
## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
TM/Giant Solar Collector

> ***Making the sunlight produce electricity instead of heat***
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**Giant Solar Collector** is a prelude promo card, from the *Prelude 2* expansion.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on September 11, 2023 during Kickstarter campaign for the *Prelude 2* expansion. It is stated that the card will be included with all campaign pledge levels.

At the end of the campaign, all promo items will be combined into a single Promo Pack, making up an expansion that will be limited to campaign backers, late pledge backers and later will be available in limited quantities at select board game conventions.

## Gallery

Giant Solar Collector, full art (Dan Roam)*Prelude 2*, Kickstarter campaign Day 7 unlocked milestone banner
## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 13, 2023). *WHAT’S INSIDE PRELUDE 2?*. Kickstarter.
2. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 6, 2023). *Welcome + What to Expect!*. Kickstarter.

## External links

* ALL teased promo cards from the Terraforming Mars Kickstarter Campaign! on YouTube channel Mars Expert.
TM/Venus Next

Template:TM Expansion
***Venus Next*** is the second expansion to *Terraforming Mars*. Featuring 49 project cards, 5 corporation cards, Venus board, 2 new milestone and award tiles, the expansion was released in 2017.

*Venus might just be the deadliest world in the solar system… but it has potential! Up among the corrosive clouds, far away from the scorching hot surface, humans have begun colonizing and terraforming. Your corporation has a good opportunity to make a name for itself; build flying cities, shade off the sun to lessen the greenhouse effect, and introduce life to this planet! – And let Venus help you terraform Mars!*
## Background

With the terraforming of Mars initiated, and several projects already being implemented, the World Government on Earth sees an opportunity to start working on terraforming Venus as well. It is a much more difficult task, probably requiring a thousand years. All the more reason to get started now!

## External links

* *Terraforming Mars: Venus Next* on *FryxGames*.
* *Terraforming Mars: Venus Next* on *BoardGameGeek*.
DG/Lakefront Resorts

**Lakefront Resorts** is a corporation promo card, from *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game* base game.

## How to get

The card was unlocked on September 28, 2022 during Kickstarter campaign for *Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*. The card was included with all campaign pledge levels.

## Gallery

The Dice Game (Day 2 unlocked milestone).png*Terraforming Mars: The Dice Game*, Kickstarter campaign Day 2 unlocked milestone banner
## References

1. ↑ Stronghold Games (September 29, 2022). *New Corporation & More New Promos Unlocked*. Kickstarter.
TM/16 Psyche

> ***Asteroid 16 Psyche has metals enough to last for quite a while***
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**16 Psyche** is an automated project promo card, from the *Terraforming Mars*.

## How to get

The card could initially be obtained with issue #2/2023 of *spielbox* magazine. The magazine cover refers to the promo as *“a free mini expansion to Terraforming Mars”*.

The promo was announced on 14 October 2022 as an undisclosed add-on to *spielbox* magazine 2023 campaign on Kickstarter. Due to the production time, it was not clear during the announcement, what issue of the magazine the card would come with. The promo was revealed on 10 February 2023 in an update post stating it would be distributed with the second issue.

*spielbox* had six months exclusivity period before the card could officially be purchased elsewhere, including *FryxGames* website. Some leftover quantities of the card are likely to be sold through *spielbox* website, similar to Snow Algae and Asteroid Rights (both were originally *spielbox* magazines inserts).

## Gallery

16 Psyche, full art (NASA)*spielbox* magazine issue #2/2023, English edition cover (W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH)
## Easter eggs

* Release year of the promo coincided with postponed Psyche Mission to metal-rich asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter. The NASA’s namesake spacecraft was launched on 13 October 2023 with an expected arrival in August 2029.

## References

1. ↑ Fryxelius, Johnathan (19 February 2023). *“Availability?”*. BoardGameGeek.

## External links

* *spielbox* magazine 2023 campaign on Kickstarter.
* *“Start shipping preparations & promo for Terraforming Mars”* update post on Kickstarter.
* 16 Psyche page on BoardGameGeek.
* 16 Psyche listings on GeekMarket.
* Psyche Mission overview on NASA.
TM/Martian Rails

> ***Fast and cheap transportation for goods and guys***
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**Martian Rails** is an active project card, from the *Terraforming Mars* main game.

## How to get

The card is included in the *Terraforming Mars* main game. Digital version of the card is available in the *Terraforming Mars* video game by Asmodee Digital.

## External links

* Card of the Day discussion on Reddit.
* Rating Base Game Cards on YouTube.
* Martian Rails on Terraforming Mars Cards List.