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First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet


60m - 90m

1 - 4 Players

Ages 10+
Co-operative play encourages or requires players to work together to beat the game.
Cooperative Play
Dice rolling in a game can be used for many things, randomness being the most obvious. Dice can also be used as counters. The dice themselves can be unique and different sizes, shapes and colors to represent different things.
Dice Rolling
Play occurs upon a modular board that is composed of multiple pieces, often tiles or cards. In many games, board placement is randomized, leading to different possibilities for strategy and exploration.Some games in this category have multiple boards which are not used simultaneously, preserving table space. Unused boards remain out of play until they are required.
Modular Board
In storytelling games, players are provided with conceptual, written, or pictorial stimuli which must be incorporated into a story of the players' creation.
Storytelling
Variable Player Powers is a mechanic that grants different abilities and/or paths to victory to the players.
Variable Player Powers
This mechanism requires players to select individual actions from a set of actions available to all players. Players generally select actions one-at-a-time and in turn order. There is usually(*) a limit on the number of times a single action may be taken. Actions are commonly selected by the placement of game pieces or tokens on the selected actions. Each player usually has a limited number of pieces with which to participate in the process.
Worker Placement

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  1. 5 out of 10

    Robinson Caruso was easier to figure out and we're still not fully clear on all of them even after watching how to play videos. That said, there seems to be an interesting game in there somewhere.

  2. 6 out of 10

    Spot on thematically. There are some minor holes in the rules and essential mechanics; systems management may not be for everyone, but I love it. For a NASA-ESA facility that must have quadruple redundancy for all their systems design, things fail way too often (but that is needed for game excitement). App will tailor experience in the campaign, but because of the presence of the app, I only give it a 9; otherwise it would have been a 10. After playing the two campaigns, my impression dropped from 9 to 6. Essentially disappointing endings for both, unfortunately. They were a let down for me. (I so much wanted to fall in love with this game...) And, there's no other way to say this: the app does NOT deliver at all.

  3. 7 out of 10

    Gets a bad rap for some admittedly rough edges but really enjoy the hard science take on the Robinson Crusoe system. Choices in the events that may not come back for multiple games is a great use of the legacy style system.

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Built on the core of the award-winning Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island, First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet pits players against the hostile Martian environment and a whole host of new adventures and challenges. The immersive experience is further enhanced with an integrated app that maintains the balance and challenge throughout. Players have the option of taking on the design as a series of separate games, in a custom campaign mode in which each successive game builds on the last.

Ages

10+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

60m – 90m
Designer

Ignacy Trzewiczek
Mechanics

Cooperative Play, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Storytelling, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement
Theme

Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Adventure, Exploration
Publisher

Pendragon Game Studio, REXhry, Edge Entertainment, Pegasus Spiele, Portal Games
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