Terraforming Mars: Turmoil (Expansion)

Turmoil, the fifth expansion to Terraforming Mars, takes players back to Mars, and the struggle for control and progress of human society on a big and dangerous planet.
The expansion includes new corporations, new projects, and a new type of cards — Global Events, from dust storms to riots to rising alloy demand — that give you something to plan for 3 generations in advance.
At the heart of this is the political arena of the Terraforming Committee. A new action allows players to add delegates to different parties, the first delegate each generation being free, and additional ones costing 5 MC. Neutral delegates are added by the global events, representing the wishes and trends of society.
When a player (even the neutral player) has more delegates in a party than any other player, that player takes over the party leader seat for that party, and when a party has more delegates than any other party, it becomes dominant. The dominant party will become ruling during the next generation, imposing its one-time bonus, its ongoing policy, and granting chairmanship for its party leader, awarding that player 1 terraform rating.
In Turmoil, players can try to force their own agenda, or push it in a more moderate, economic way. They can play to mitigate the global events with influence, or adjust their play to better take advantage of them. And they can anticipate the competing players' agendas and try to benefit from them, or counteract them.
Turmoil is an expert expansion - be prepared to meet the full spectrum of human civilization in the era of terraforming Mars!

 

Year Published: 2019

Designers: Jacob Fryxelius

Artists: William Bricker, Isaac Fryxelius

Publisher: FryxGames, Stronghold Games, Ghenos Games, Intrafin Games

Categories: Economic ,Environmental, Expansion for Base-game, Industry / Manufacturing, Science Fiction Space Exploration, Territory Building

Mechanisms: Card Drafting, Events, Hand Management, Set Collection, Take That, Tile Placement