u/rch2101

UPDATE: Thanks for all the great tips! With your help, I am understanding the cards system better and just came within 2 oxygen levels of winning a Solo game on BGA! Great start... thanks again!

I am a RELATIVE newcomer to modern board gaming, but I have been playing for about a year and a half now, and I have a collection of over 20 games. The heaviest games I play regularly are Ark Nova and Brass Birmingham. I kind of thought the fact that Ark Nova is currently one of my most regularly played games would be helpful in learning to play Terraforming Mars. But I'm just kind of finding that I don't really know what to do. I mean I understand the structure and the actions… But I'm finding it difficult to formulate any strategy. And I know that will come in time, but I'm finding it difficult to even begin to play the game with any strategy other than "well... I guess I'll do this... because I can".

I'm not really a fan of making plays just because I can and not really knowing the longer-term implications of them. Perhaps I'm just being impatient… But I would appreciate if anybody can take what I've said here and offer some advice in helping me to understand some basic strategy.

Thanks.

SOLVED - It was placed at the very south of Mars. No idea whether I did that or if it happened automaticlly, but it was hidden under my cards. Not very good logs in this game.

Trying to learn TM and playing my first game after going through the tutorials. Playing this Card did not allow me to place a city tile and there was no explanation. Any ideas? It seems like it is saying I was supposed to get to place a city.

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