Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition – Discovery (Board Game Expansion)

Terraforming Mars Ares Expedition: Discovery adds four new mechanics to baseAres Expedition: awards, milestones, upgraded phase cards, and wild tags.

Awards are end-of-game scoring that are granted to the player with the mostof something. Three awards are drawn at the beginning of the game so thatplayers know what they will be rewarded for at the end of the game. The playerwith the most of that item earns 5VP, second place earns 2VP.

Milestones are VP that are awarded during the game. They are granted to theplayer to first achieve the milestone. Milestones are worth 3 VP at the end ofthe game.

Some new project and corporation cards allow players to upgrade their phasecards. Each phase card has two different version that players choose from whenthey upgrade them. The upgrade gives the player a better bonus when they choosethat phase.

Some new project cards have a wild tag. Whenever a player reveals this cardeither from the deck (due to an effect) or from their hand because they aregoing to play it, that player chooses what tag they want it to be. Tokens areused to keep track of what tag was chosen for the rest of the game.