As the mega corporations are getting ready to start the terraforming process, you now have the chance to make those early choices that will come to define your corporation and set the course for the future history of Mars - this is the prelude to your greatest endeavors!In Terraforming Mars: Prelude, you get to choose from Prelude cards that jumpstart the terraforming process, or boost your corporation engine. There are also 5 new corporations, and 7 project cards that thematically fit the early stages of terraforming.Terraforming Mars: Prelude is the third expansion to the smash-hit game, Terraforming Mars, and can be combined with any other expansion or variant.

Stock Code : SG-7202UPC : 653341720405

Street Date:

AUG 2018SUGGESTED RETAIL

$19.95

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Terraforming Mars: Prelude 1-5 PLAYERS 90-90 MIN AGES 12+4.5” x 6.5” x 1.2” (6 per case)

CONTENTS35 Prelude cards5 Corporation cards7 Project cards1 Rules sheet

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A community of technological entrepreneurs join forces to invest in space exploration.

(You start with 37 M€. As your first action, draw 3 Prelude

cards, and play one of them. Discard the other two.)

(Effect: When you play a science tag, you pay 2 M€ less for it.)

C O R P O R AT I O N

E F F E C T

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ROBINSONINDUSTRIES

Buying into diverse businesses, Robinson Industries is soon expected to influence all aspects of Martian life

(You start with 47 M€.) (Action: Spend 4 M€ to increase (one of) your LOWEST PRODUCTION 1 step.)

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BIOLAB

(Increase your plant production 1 step. Draw 3 cards.)

Bioengineering is of the utmost importance on Mars, and you just got a head start

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EXCENTRIC SPONSOR

He’ll support you, but he wants something big with his name on it

PLAY A CARD FROM HAND, REDUCING ITS COST BY 25 M€

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IO RESEARCH OUTPOST

(Increase your titanium produciton 1 step.Draw 1 card.)

Exploring the most volcanic place in the solar system

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BUSINESS EMPIRE

(Increase your M€ production 6 steps. Remove 6 M€.)

Numerous assets on Earth that support your Mars efforts

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MINING OPERATIONS

(Increase your steel production 2 steps.Gain 4 steel.)

Your mettle is in your metal

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LAVA TUBE SETTLEMENT

(Decrease your energy production 1 step.Increase your M€ production 2 steps.

Place a city tile ON A VOLCANIC AREA, same as Lava Flows, regardless of adjacent cities.)

Giant lava tubes can provide protection for early settlements on Mars

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HOUSE PRINTING

(Increase your steel production 1 step.)

Large scale 3D printing - on Mars

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ACQUIRED SPACE AGENCY

(Gain 6 titanium.Reveal cards from the deck until you have revealed 2 space cards. Take those into hand, and discard the rest.)

The Western Alliance Space Agency has a lot of leverage, now at your disposal

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NITROGEN SHIPMENT

(Raise your terraform rating 1 step. Increase your plant production 1 step.Gain 5 M€.)

Mars needs it to get the air pressure up