

2014 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming Nominee.Terra Mystica was a big winner when it was released in 2012 and through the 2013 awards season. Terra Mystica also allows up to 4 players to represent one of 14 different factions as they terraform landscapes in competition with other factions. Gaia Project builds of the legacy of Terra Mystica, currently ranked as the 6th greatest game on Boardgamegeek and the 5th greatest strategy game. These powerful machines can be placed on Transdim planets to begin resource extraction.Ī successful Gaia Project allows you to claim a planet that would not be suited your faction without having to go through the costly terraforming process. An investment in a Gaia Project grants you Gaiaformers. To claim these planets you must initiate a Gaia Project. These purple planets contain critical resources, but unlike other planets they cannot be built directly upon. With Navigation Research you can increase your range to reach distant planets that appear as mere specks.Īmong the many worlds you will encounter are the Transdim Planets.

Creating Quantum Intelligence Cubes will help you extend your reach beyond the planets merely adjacent to your position. Investing in research will be critical, whether it be something that can boost your economy, your scientific output or your terraforming ability. Something you'll need to do faster than your opponents. You've also mastered the ability to terraform planets, altering the environments enough to create the conditions necessary to sustain your specific faction.Įven with this amazing technology your faction can develop further. When the game begins all fourteen factions have already developed the technology to travel between planets. You're not starting from scratch in this game. Choose what planets to make habitable wisely or you'll waste the scarce resources you've collected.
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As your tiny empire grows you can upgrade existing resources like mines, invest in your research engine, or develop your own federation to help keep your planets aligned.Įven if you manage to claim a planet before your rivals, you will still have to deal with the unforgiving environments on these new planets. Only through successful good production will you have the resources necessary to power your way through the galaxy.

Once the galaxy is constructed players need to immediately start producing the resources necessary for exploration. Featuring a modular board, players will be able to create a new galaxy for exploring every time they play.
