Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition - How To Play
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, we're going to learn how to play Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the TH-cam comments below, ensuring you abide by our Code of Conduct: watchitplayed.tv/code-of-conduct.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:03 - Game Setup
05:59 - Game Play Overview
06:23 - Step One: Planning
08:07 - Step Two: Resolve Phases
08:48 - Phase One: Development
09:01 - Paying Costs
09:10 - Gaining MCs
10:00 - Tag Discounts
11:35 - Card Requirements
12:12 - Card Benefits
13:25 - Phase Two: Construction
13:52 - Blue Cards
14:44 - Red Cards
15:16 - Phase Three: Action
16:25 - Standard Actions
16:39 - Standard Action: Gain Forest Token
17:13 - Standard Action: Raise Temperature Level
17:24 - Standard Action: Spend Plants To Gain Forest Token
17:42 - Standard Action: Spend Heat To Raise Temperature
17:51 - Standard Action: Flip Ocean Tile
18:24 - Global Parameters
21:02 - Phase Four: Production Phase
22:02 - Phase Five: Research
22:50 - Step Three: End Of Round
23:28 - End Of Game
23:57 - Final Scoring
24:59 - Conclusion
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Great walkthrough of the rules!
Thanks so much Chris - have fun playing!
That feeling when you buy a game and see there’s a watch it played video 🥳
Have a great time playing!
that feeling when you see a watch it played video and decide you want the game
Great video, Rodney! I'm REALLY digging the use of on-screen visual effects (highlighting text, circling of icons, etc.) It really adds to the videos and helps me to stay on track with your explanations!
Hey, thanks for the nice feedback!
Agreed! I realize it takes that much longer to add these effects, but they are well worth it and we appreciate the extra effort.
@@christalbot210 I appreciate that comment Chris!
Note: The version shown in this video is from the Kickstarter - I have since found out that the version being sold at Target does not have the included trays or dual layered boards. Don't want to create any confusion there!
Has to be a benefit to the KS if the retail is somehow released earlier. Content to wait for mine, Nice work Rodney as always
@@christopherhealey8807 Thank you kindly :)
Thanks for the update
@Melissa V Interesting - not what I understood.
@Melissa V Same here, just got it on sale at Amazon - the collectors edition has $10 higher MSRP and includes that upgrades.
Damn, kept watching and I think I’m even more impressed by the little dexterous tricks you did flipping cards and catching them or spinning the box lid and exactly lining it up for a perfect fit. Don’t know how many takes it took you, but I appreciate the effort!
I’m impressed by your ability to smoothly and effortlessly grab the exact right number of cubes during the demonstration.
Thank you kindly!
My go-to channel for walkthroughs and 'how-to's' 👍 Rodney always does a great job of explaining things in a clear and concise manner!
Very kind of you to say Aaron!
He is one of the best if not the best
I’d agree with the others. Great video. Clear, concise, easily accessible. Looking forward to playing now.
Have a great time on mars!
It’s not only game boxes, he can also flip cards!!!
That's was impressive! Added a lot of flair to the video 😁
@@jeffreymcbride8184 Yeah, that impressed me, too. :-)
I was looking for your rules explanation for this game last night! Great timing. Thanks as always Uncle Rodney.
Glad this timing worked out, and glad you didn't give up the search!
You have a very energetic way of teaching games (I wonder how many takes you have to do for each scene). You would’ve made a great school teacher! Students would never fail your class.
Very kind of you to say :)
Agreed, high school chemistry would have been so much easier with this level of clarity and energy 😃
this morning i said to myself i hope i can find a good quality video tutorial for this game and boom... its here! thank you!
Whew - close timing!
@@WatchItPlayed thank you, hopefully i can find it at target ( i heard its available)
Great... Terraforming Mars is already on my Wishlist... Now I have to add this one...
Glad you enjoyed what you saw!
Good, clear and easy to follow-up introduction to TM: AE.
I'm shocked that it's so similar to my beloved Race for the Galaxy, but with some OG Terraforming Mars aspects.
Must buy for me.
Glad you enjoyed - have a great time playing!
True true :D
Another outstanding how-to-play video. Thanks, Rodney, for all the work you put on your channel. Cheers from Brazil!
Very kind of you to say - greeting from Canada!
My group loves some TM! THIS LOOKS AMAZING! I like how streamlined it looks. THANK YOU, Rodney!!
Hope your group enjoys this one too Erik!
if you get the retail copy you might be disappointed in not getting dual layer boards or a cube tray
Can't wait to get this game. Thanks for the tutorial!
You're very welcome Jon!
Thanks for your explanation! I see that is a "lite" version of the original TM, without the board (and it's lovely fight for the soil), and with a new selection phase mechanics.
You're very welcome!
My copy finally arrived, so I am only watching this now. Great explanation, and wonderful effects. Really augments the learning experience.
I hope you have a great time playing!
This was so helpful! My wife & I read the rules together & played our 1st game this week, but it just felt off based on our previous experience with the original TM game. After watching this video I see we were playing a few things incorrectly that made the game seem harder than it should be (a few of the rules were unclear to us and your explanation was different from our assumptions). Much appreciated! I'm now looking forward to trying it again.
I hope you both have a great time on the second play through!
I agree Billy, especially with the discard pile being face down. A lot can be figured out from what you discard. 😉 I play against my husband.
Excellent vid! Really enjoy the crisp and clear explanations of the rules. Keep it up👍🏼
Thank you Niels, really glad you enjoyed it!
Good stuff Ro Ro. Love seeing a Canadian knocking it out of the park.
Go Habs.
Thanks Gordie!
You did it again, another GREAT how to play! Thank you!
Very nice of you to say Kym!
Thank you for the video! Can't wait for my copy to arrive this week!
Hope you have a great time playing!
Thank you for the tutorial and all the slick moves. This is the pinnacle of tutorial videos. 👏
You're too kind - glad you're enjoying!
"And that's not all!!" 🤣 That's was nice.
Great video! I'm waiting for my copy to arrive. Looking forward to your next "learn to play" video.
Coming soon!
Thank you so much Rodney, it is always a pleasure to learn boardgames from you! You have such positive energy 😊
So very nice of you to say, and thank you for the very kind support. Happy gaming!
It's good to be back on Mars with Rodney Smith.
Thanks for another wonderful tutorial, Rodney!
You're very welcome - have a great time playing!
Cheers Rodney another great How to Play! Looking forward to getting this one to the table once it is delivered 😁
I hope you have a great time with it!
Another excellent video! I am so glad you have such great taste in games :D
I love the original TM so much and AE doesn't fully replace it, but it has still found a place in my collection.
Hey, glad you enjoyed this one :)
Looking forward to playing this one! Thanks for the tutorial!
I hope you both like it!
Got this on clearance for just $12 so thought I'd pick it up. I was happy to see WIT cover this to make me reading the rules all the more easier. Can't wait to try it
Great deal - have fun playing!
Me too. I’m playing it the first time now.
Awesome tutorial, so clear and ready to play. Great job!
Have a great time!
Thanks Rodney for another great teach. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too!
I'm excited for my copy to arrive. Looks fun.
I hope you enjoy it!
That card flip with the research card was smooth
Thank you Rodney!! This has been sitting on my shelf, intimidating me lol. Your video helps tremendously!
Have a great time playing Jeff!
Simple and brilliant as usual, thank you!
Thank you kindly Nir!
The best tutorial I've found, thank you!!
So glad you found it helpful!
Dat card flip @ 21:59 though!
Got my copy today! Great teaching/ Thank you))) Very helpful
Have a great time playing!
Another wonderful tutorial!
I was a bit confused about the Resource player track vs. gaining resources as it where to place them 😂
Thank you so much
You're very welcome!
It's amazing how you can be dramatically more didactic than all the other channels, are you a teacher? Congratulations and keep up the excellent work!
I’m not a teacher, except of board games - have fun playing!
Great explanation, as usual...thanks Rodney!
Very glad you enjoyed it Sean!
Beautiful video; thank you!
You're very welcome!
Another great video. Love your stuff. Thank you
Thank you kindly!
I'm so excited for this one!
I think you'll dig it Chevee!
Another great How To Play video!
Thank you kindly Steven!
You my friend.. Are the king.. The best! And I am sooo happy I got to talk to you in essen just before corona. 🥰
I hope I get to return to that convention in the future - glad we got to meet when I was there :)
Rodney, my sincire thanks for doing this. I had a one man play through the other day and felt some details wasn't sorted. But you really lay down the law (rules) in a informative way wich I like. Thank you! Now I can learn the young ones and then move ahead to Scythe where I guess your help will come in handy once again. Have agreat day!
Very glad this was helpful, and I hope Scythe is too!
Got the kickstarter of this! Cant wait to play it ! Come everyone we'll play at my house.
Hope you have a great time playing it Billy!
And of course you had to chose the one (?) card with a typo on it (8:50)... I stopped the video, went through my deck to see if I also have it. And darn it, I do! Now I cannot unsee it anymore.
Still a big thank you for the rules explanation. Very clear as always.
Quite a coincidence!
Thanks, now I can't unsee it.. haha!
Maybe been said already but this doesn't increase your tracks but merely produces the items.
What typo is that? The card seems fine to me.
EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. It's "Prodution" instead of "Production". Now I can't unsee it too LOL.
@@Steevo1977 To make it clearer : When you play the card, it inceases your tracks, and during the production phase, you get the resources.
@@fredericbanville Yeah totally no idea what I was on about. Very odd.
Slowly turning into the GMT wall :) Love it!
Not sure if it was slow :)
Best rules explanations in my personal opinion.
Thanks a lot!
Very kind of you to say!
Awesome video! Thank you!
You're very welcome Maria!
Great video! Looks like a winner!
Been enjoying it here :)
Very well explained! This made me very excited to play!
So nice of you to say - have a great time playing!
@@WatchItPlayed thank you!
Fantastic video. A great way to learn the game
Thanks Christian!
Fantastic explanation 👏
Thank you Paul.
Perfect video. Thanks!
Glad you liked it Jordan!
This video is a good help. I plan to play my first game tomorrow.
I hope you have a great time!
Thank you sir!
You're very welcome Scott!
Very helpful. I am looking forward to this
Hope you enjoy!
@@WatchItPlayed just finished the first play. I like it.
Great Video man. Congrats
Hey, glad you enjoyed Nelson!
that card flip was so cool
Glad you enjoyed that :)
Yes, a lite version! Reminds me of Pandemic Hot Zone. Dang it, Rodney, now I am itching to buy this at Target!
Glad you enjoyed what you saw!
Thank you for all your videos! So far have learned most of the games I own through this channel. This game is my latest purchase and by far quite confusing to me despite the clear instructions there’s so much that seems to keep track of. Going to have to keep referring to the video! Thank again! Glad I also got this game in a clearance sale from Target for just $12 (though I would have preferred the dual layer boards collector’s edition).
It's really nice to know these have been helpful. What a great deal you got on your copy of the game!
Thanks Rodney, just got the game and wanted to ease into it.
Have a great time playing!
Very helpful.
Have fun playing!
Impressed by how you even make the stripe in your shirt perfectly line up with both your examples of TFM in the beginning of your video. 😂Sorry to see that you didn't get your hands on the Canadian version Torrarforming Moars though.
All jokes aside, thank you for the best bg videos on yt. 🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed Niels :) Stripes and all.
Thank You!
You're very welcome!
Thanks Rodney!
You're very welcome!
Another great video. But I wouldn't expect anything less from a guy with such an awesome first name.
Ha! :)
Thx boss!!
God bless you, good man. You make many gamers' lives easier🙂
Thanks for the kind words :)
Sweetness!!
Thanks for checking it out!
once again Rodney thank you ! now let’s play
Do check out our just released game play video for this!
Thank you, Rules King.
Cheers :)
You are amazing man! Your pace and explanation of everything is perfect. You go step by step, and for us slow people your gestures help tremendously! Also was that Punishers first appearance?
That WAS Punisher's first appearance - good catch. Glad you're enjoying the videos :)
The choosing phases part reminds me a lot of race/roll for the galaxy.
It's absolutely inspired by Race for the Galaxy which is exactly why we Kickstarted it! Such a simple but fun and interesting dynamic to play.
This is my favorite thing about this version of TM. I love Roll For The Galaxy so much, and I'm happy that another game is using that phase selection mechanism.
My buddy has the original Terraforming Mars, and it's as good a game as it is hyped to be. But I love that we can get the same theme in a smaller bite, and add in a mechanism that I love. Yay!
Thanks, even includes a That's Pretty Clever! easter egg.
You're welcome!
Wow. This is like TM meets Race for the galaxy!!
Yes, that comparison comes up a bit.
Excellent video as always. Saw this on sale recently and heard good things, so wanted to check out how it plays. I wasn't a fan of Terraforming Mars as a bit too much is going on for my tastes. This looks to fix some of those issues, and there is a good expansion that turns it into co-op play which is good to have as a back up play.
I'm glad this seemed like a good fit for what you were looking for!
Amazing walktroug as usual. I want to play this game right away. Thanks Rodney.
I hope you have a great time playing!
12:12 Thanks for that, cause it was not clear in the rulebook and I messed up my first game. Watch out in the rulebook about the Development Phase. It doesn't mention at all that you get to move the markers right away. In the example with Bob on page 13, they don't mention that he also gets to move his marker for Heat by 3. They don't mention it except that you get the Lightning icon. But if you go further into the book page 15, suddenly they mention that Bob had already moved those markers on his player board when he played those cards. Anyway, for newbies like me who messed up lol
Glad it helped CG!
Always enjoy your videos! you're the best at explaining games by a long shot! how many takes did that little flip on the Research card take? lol
So glad you're enjoying - and are you suggesting I don't get it on the first attempt? *gasp*
@@WatchItPlayed LOL
@@WatchItPlayed well if you ever do miss a card flip or box flip, you should put together a video of bloopers lol.
@@rajbhangu9029 Don't worry, I already have one! th-cam.com/video/9WXTNh3fsM0/w-d-xo.html
Who's going to teach me the solo rules? ;)
Excellent video as always.
Thank you :)
Thank you for the great video as always. Can you play this full game with only 2 players, or do you have to play the Co-Op mode?
You can play this competitively as 2 players as well!
Great walk through. Do you have any strategy tips and tricks? Thank you.
I don't have any, but you might be able to find some online!
@@WatchItPlayed thank you!
21:58 How do you do it? I mean, that's just taking the Mickey Mouse now! 🤣🤣🤣
Any chance of a new video for the Ares Expedition: Crisis mode? I got the kickstarter expansion with all 3, but with all the different parts, the setup and rules feel a bit daunting. This video helped a ton learning how to play the original, so I would love one for the expansions or just crisis. Thanks!
No plans currently, but thanks for the interest!
Love it!!, Thank you so much
How can i produce steel or titanium??
Through cards that give you bonuses to their production (like the effect shown in the bottom left of this card: th-cam.com/video/Nbrkfu_bVBM/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared)
9:33 when you casually grab 6 cubes in one go. What kind of sorcery is this!?
I don't like to talk about my studies of the dark arts!
**Cough** they were staged to sit nicely on top **cough**
In all honesty though, the fluidity with which various actions and steps in the teaching process are carried out is one of the main reasons these videos are so engaging and easy to follow. I'm sure a lot of prep time goes into the setup.
@@jdtyler7 Thanks Josh :)
I love the rftg-style phase selection and more forgiving card economy, but I do wish there was a little more depth to the central terraforming board. I'll have to give it a play sometime and see what it's like.
I hope you find you enjoy it, if you get a chance to try it!
@@WatchItPlayed Thanks Rodney! I've gotten to try it now, and while I do have some complaints, it's definitely a solid game! (Good enough for me to play 3 times in a row, at least!)
@@TheRealJabbergeist Nice - glad you are having some fun with it :)
Great "how to play". Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed Claudio!
I want this game 😢
Appreciate you checking out the video - I hope you get a chance to play it.
Hello. Great video. I am a bit stuck on one aspect though! Do you take you corporation MC during the production phase? The instructions read "each player collects resources equal to the production on their green cards, corporation card, and place on the TR track". So if my corporation card granted me 51 MC at the start of the game do I also take this in the production phase?
The MC value in the top right corner of your Corporation Card is your "starting" resources, and you only collect those once, at the beginning of the game.
If your Corporation shows the normal symbol for MC production in the bottom left (like you find on other cards), then that contributes to the MC you gain each turn.
Anyone know when the big box version of this is coming out :)
I see you have Pax Pamir 2nd Edition underneath where Terraforming Mars goes! And yet no "How To Play".... Surely a game deserving of your incredibly lucid and clear explanation style :D
So many games, so little time!
@@WatchItPlayed One needs but look at your shelves to know how true that is!
Just a thought but have you guys considered
an annual voting type format where your viewers get to vote on a game they'd love your take on based off a list?
Or a charity/auction concept where viewers may bid on a requested rules video of their choice, with the money then going to a charity of your choice 😃
Not to dictate, obvs, just a fan with a surplus of caffeine and ideas, and the cheek to give unsolicited advice 😉