Terraforming Mars: Turmoil – Politics Come to the Red Planet 🏛️🔴

Terraforming Mars: Turmoil, designed by Jacob Fryxelius and illustrated by Isaac Fryxelius (Stronghold Games), is the fifth expansion to Terraforming Mars. It is an expert expansion for 1–5 players that adds politics and Global Events. You need the Terraforming Mars base game to play.

Against dust storms and a harsh climate, human civilization on Mars is growing, and at its centre is the Terraforming Committee. Six parties compete there, each with its own policy and a one-time bonus when it takes power. A new action lets you place delegates in a party: the first one each generation is free, and more cost 5 M€. Whoever has the most delegates in a party becomes its leader, and the party with the most delegates becomes dominant. The dominant party rules during the next generation: it applies its bonus and policy, and its leader becomes chairman and gains 1 terraform rating. Neutral delegates arrive with Global Events – from dust storms to riots – which you can see three generations in advance. Your influence, from the chairman seat and from delegates in the dominant party, softens or strengthens each event's effect for you. To pay for all of this, the Committee lowers everyone's terraform rating by 1 step each generation. The box also adds new corporations and 16 new project cards.

🏛️ Six Parties

Each with its own policy.

🗳️ Delegates

Lead parties, take the chair.

🌪️ Global Events

Visible 3 generations ahead.

📉 TR Revision

Lose 1 TR each generation.

Why You'll Love It:

• 🔴 For Terraforming Mars: base game required.
• 🧠 Expert Expansion: for experienced players.
• 🤝 More Interaction: politics affect everyone. More ideas among our strategy games.

Quick facts

• Players: 1–5 (with the base game)
• Playing time: about 120 minutes
• Designer: Jacob Fryxelius
• Illustrator: Isaac Fryxelius
• Publisher: Stronghold Games
• Type: expert expansion – requires Terraforming Mars
• Language: English
• Contents: Terraforming Committee board, Global Event board, 31 Global Event cards, 6 policy tiles, delegates, 5 corporations, 16 project cards, Terraformer milestone tile, rules

Is Turmoil good for new players? It is designed as an expert expansion – ideal once you know the base game.
Can I see Global Events coming? Yes – they are visible three generations in advance.

Win the Committee, weather the events and lead Mars through turbulent times. 🏛️

⚠️ Warning: Choking hazard – small parts. Not for children under 3 years.