On Mars: Alien Invasion is the much-anticipated somewhat cooperative expansion to Vital Lacerda’s best-selling and highly-rated On Mars. Though this expansion was originally to be named Surviving Mars, we made the decision to change the name to On Mars: Alien Invasion to better reflect the theme and content of this expansion. The game narrative is contained in four chapters of a story written by Nathan Morse. Gameplay contains four new and different ways to expand upon and play the base game. You will play one versus many; completely cooperatively; and even solo if you wish, depending on the chapter. Included are four fresh and completely replayable ways to establish colonies On Mars!

Alert! Sensors indicate that aliens are invading the famous red planet! Long have the conspiracy theorists predicted this. The threat to your mission is too great; you must take action. Will you be able to prevent the infectious spread of these beings bent on expanding to every habitable planet in the galaxy? Or will you play for the other side, a species trying to establish a colony on Mars, blithely oblivious to the danger their expansion represents, unaware that there are others out there eager to keep humans “where they belong” on Earth.

On Mars: Alien Invasion is a short story expansion to On Mars made in 4 chapters with 4 different modes of play. The short story is called Alien Invasion and contemplates the following Chapters and modes of play:

Chapter 1 is a One vs Many scenario that pits an Alien player against 2-4 Human players working cooperatively. The Alien player has their own new Alien player board, Alien Techs, Alien Blueprints, as well as a horde of Alien Troopers to wreak havoc against the Human players’ colony.

Chapter 2 is a cooperative scenario for 2-4 players that focuses on an unknown disease outbreak which the players will need to overcome together while still working toward their objectives of building a colony on the surface of Mars.

Chapter 3 is a cooperative scenario for 2-4 players that focuses on suspicious power failures and building vandalism from the Alien resistance. Players need to repair the shut down buildings and complete their objectives before the whole colony goes dark!

Chapter 4 is a new mode for solo / group co-op that requires you to complete 4 out of 5 unique goals in just 15 rounds. Sounds simple, but the Aliens will be interfering with your plans by sabotaging buildings, bots, rovers and more!

The On Mars (Kickstarter Edition) + On Mars: Alien Invasion expansion bundle is available in this campaign in either Deutsche or English. This bundle includes all of the Kickstarter Stretch Goals from the On Mars campaign as well as the new On Mars: Alien Invasion expansion for $174 (msrp $205). 

Available as an Add-On during this campaign.  

A set of 15 wooden heat-transferred Alien Action tokens to replace. the punchboard tokens for the Alien player in Chapter 1.

Available as an Add-On during the pledge manager.

Available as an Add-On during the Pledge Manager.  

Includes all of the Kickstarter extras from the On Mars Kickstarter campaign. 

English or German language.

In the post-campaign pledge manager, we will be offering the Kickstarter editions of our other Deluxe Lacerda titles such as Kanban EV, Lisboa Deluxe, Vinhos Deluxe, The Gallerist, Escape Plan and, of course, On Mars. Note: All English language editions.

We will also be offering many of our more recent releases as Add-Ons in the pledge manager in regions in which we have stock available.

Vital Lacerda has designed a prolific list of euro strategy games including Kanban EV, The Gallerist, Vinhos Deluxe, Lisboa, Escape Plan and On Mars.  He has a master's degree in Marketing and Advertising. His game designs center around the theme of the game and heavily incorporate intertwined mechanics. Vital lives in Portugal with his wife, Sandra, son and daughter. He enjoys extreme sports such as snowboarding and kitesurfing.

Ian O’Toole is an Irish illustrator, graphic designer and gamer working out of Perth in Western Australia. He has over fifteen years’ experience working in many creative fields,  producing illustration, design and 3D animation for a broad selection of industries. Ian has created the artwork for such notable board games as On Mars,  Lisboa, The Gallerist, Rococo Deluxe, Kanban EV, Vinhos Deluxe, and Escape Plan.  Ian works in a wide variety of styles and particularly enjoys drawing from design trends throughout history. Ian works from his home in Perth, where he lives with his wife, two children and dog.

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