How to Play Terraforming Mars! 

Finally, an explanation of Terraforming Mars I can sit through... and understand. Bravo!

Love this guy's way of revealing the rules in a logical and thematic fashion. 10/10 will watch more of his vids

Thanks! I found this super helpful. I had played it solo once before, but was teaching hubby tonight how to play and watching this beforehand really allowed me to keep the instructions to a minimum without overly complicating things, as I prolly would have on my own.

After playing the game with friends, I bought TFM. Of course, playing 2-3 times isn't enough time to remember the rules, but your video set me up to skim the rules quickly before inviting others to play. Using your format, I was able to competently explain the mechanics of the game more quickly than others explained it to me. THANK YOU for a concise video which you kept engaging the entire time. I learned more in 5 minutes than most 1/2 hour videos.

Explained the rules better than. 90% of other videos

I introduce this game to a group I was apart of and it was very well received. Personally rules can be more clear but all in all great game.

If you havent played this game. You should cause its so much fun. Great strategy and Mechanics.

Thanks for putting this video together. I've had this game sitting on my shelf never played and now I've got the itch ;)

I just grabbed this, and the Kickstarter Ares Expansion. This was so helpful.

Sounds good. Thanks for the brief, but informative version of how to play the game.

For Poland, yes, it the average temperature is around 7-8°C, but Iceland is way lower, bellow 2. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_yearly_temperature

agreed, it's probably not a full 'how to play', but it is a good taster. Perhaps you could do a full 'how to play' as well sometime?

Getting ready to play for the first time with my adult kids. Thanks for the excellent overview.

Found this game for $32 on Amazon. Saw it was #3 on board game geek and figured I'd roll the dice. Can't wait to play!

it's a nice idea and honorable effort you guys put to show these medium weight games to your audience! It's a step ahead of Tabletop in this regard.

4:18 was the best part.

Very nice intro to the game. Thx much.

but is it a dry heat? good breakdown. the 1st couple times we played we missed the part about spending plants for greenery tiles at the end of the game. needless to say they were rather, ummmm, low scoring. is there any real point to keeping track of the generations? we forget to advance the marker all the time. havent found anything that really affects the game about keeping track.

This was helpful. The host also reminded me of a fusion of a young Elliott Gould and Wolverine.

0:17 - "Tenacious Corporations" is my favorite alt-rock band

The manual for this game makes no sense to me. This video helped a little but I still feel like there should be a TFM for dummies guide somewhere

Was this the guy from King Of The Nerds??

This one is definitely on my Xmas list.

Good job dude! Starburns for Halloween!

Great explanation and production quality. Thank you

Great Name, and Very well explained!

Thanks Wolverine!

My head is already spinning trying to comprehend all that jargon

I appreciate the effort, but this is not a how to play video. This is a quick overview. Anyone who tries to use this video in place of the instruction manual will fail miserably and probably be soured on the game. Please check out some of the How to Play videos on Watch it Played for an example of how to be succinct yet cover everything needed to play.

Great explanation :) thank you very much!

Love the series!

I am subscribed for this series only, that's how good this is!

You are so freaking funny. I love you.

You are fun. Nice job.

Why is he waving the player marker around when talking about victory points?

Omg I'm flipping that this is a game lmao. Also, he looks very familiar (first vid I'm seeing). Was he on King Of The Nerds?

Wish you guys did a game the game of Terraforming Mars!

Late to the comments on this one but I'd like to throw out one editing tip, if that's okay. Try rotating the overhead board shots 180 degrees so that the board is actually right side up and the orientation matches, with Ivan at the positioned at the top of the screen. You can also fix it so it's "level" (even though it's an overhead, the lines still aren't straight, you can always do a digital zoom in to hide anywhere that shows you've gone off the edge). Some of the other comments on "how to play" vs. overview apply and , of course, that token with the 1 on it that you held up at the beginning while mentioning victory points has nothing to do with victory points; that's the first player marker. Thanks!

Great editing!

Well done lads and ladies. Well written, concise and seemingly thorough. More like this please and Cheers!

Did they create a set for this or does this guy actually live in a spaceship?

I'm a b grade John Mayer type and I would be beneficial for a mission to Mars.

i need more recipe videos. ie. how do i make chickn parm

Top of my wish list.

I need this in my life!

Nice to see this game here! I live 5 minutes from those who created it 😆 so i Will link this to them

DUDE. My brother's Christmas gift, Sorted!

Thx!

Lovely made, thanks.

Decent video, good acting & editing. Content was a little tricky to follow, though.

0:45 what? Clearly never been to Poland ;)

I feel like I was just taught how to play by a geek Wolverine from a What If comic.

thx for the succinct explanation

Oh and the start player token is not a victory point... there's plenty more you didn't cover or even mention which again makes me very confused as why the video is called "how to play". Call it overview but really leave the teaching of games to others and let you tube watches find them by not muddying the waters.

1:18 lol, it are M€, not Dollars, 'Muricans always think they rule the world, now Mars?! XD

Very good

You talked about turns and then said generations interchangeably. They aren't. A turn is your one or two actions. The generation is after everyone has gone as many times as they wish and pass. You made it sound both like what I stated and also that you go one turn and then the generation is over. The generation rule is missed many times and has lead to the game being disliked because it was played incorrectly. So players please disregard when he interchanges turn and generation. The beginner corporations get the 10 starting cards for free it seemed to say you had to pay. You pay the following generations to keep from the drawn 4. Energy becomes heat and then you produce but you said it confusingly. There are only about 10-20 percent attacking cards. You never mention the ability to play a card relies on the stuff needed on the top being met. I get that this was an overview but you called the video how to play and frankly it isn't. You mainly just talked about the idea of the game but it isn't how to play at all.

So, you're supposed to get MCs equal to your TR rating, right? I mean every generation in the production phaze. That's just for money?

Wow! the player "boards" look naff

They should play this on tabletop

Nice and short and almost everything is told

Im here from ProZD

color grade your videos pls

Ohhhh.... This sounded great until I realised at the end it wasn't a euro :(

This sounds insanely complicated.

Wow, who would've thought terraforming another planet would be so simple? Is this theory Neil de Grasse Tyson approved?

Those player mats. Yikes!

bruuuuuuuuuuuuuh barely explains a quarter

Fake laugh......

you built a set for THIS? Yeesh. How much did you lose on this RU-vid attempt.