Mining Mars

In this game of cards and cubes, players assume the role of entrepreneurs in the far future investing in mineral mines on the planet Mars. Various types of ore are represented by colored cubes contained in a small cloth bag called "the mine." A large card represents the Ore Train with a set of ore cubes available to all players, but players may choose to draw a random cube from the mine instead. Each player has a large card representing their own refinery which includes conveyors to process the five types of ore. Each player also has a small screen called their Warehouse, behind which they will conceal their store of refined minerals as the game goes on. There are also cards which can be drawn by the players to aid their efforts, or hinder the efforts of their competitors. On each turn, a player may draw a card (if they wish), and will select an ore cube to add to their refinery. When ore completes the refining process, the player is rewarded by special tasks or choices they can make, including playing their cards. The end game is triggered when one player has refined five "rarium" cubes (the most valuable of the Martian minerals). Then the winner is determined by the greatest number of refined minerals in the player's warehouse.

—description from the publisher