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A competitive, card-driven engine-building game for 1–5 players (ages 14+, 40–70 mins) in which you build a thriving network of bird habitats. Hundreds of unique bird cards chain into powerful combos across three distinct habitats. Like Terraforming Mars, Wingspan is all about building an ever-more-efficient engine from scratch — each card you play unlocks new resources, triggers cascading effects, and nudges your tableau closer to an unstoppable machine. The medium weight, the satisfying arc from a bare board to a humming system, and the solo Automa mode all sit squarely in the same design space. You'll also recognise the same card-driven variability that keeps Terraforming Mars fresh across dozens of plays. No two games of Wingspan feel alike thanks to the huge bird-card pool, and the dual focus on personal optimisation plus shared end-round goals mirrors the project/milestone structure you already love.

A deep strategic building and resource-management game for 1–4 players (ages 15+, 90 mins) where you plan and develop vast underwater metropolises. An innovative card-action colour-matching mechanic creates constant tension between long-term planning and short-term optimisation. Underwater Cities scratches exactly the same itch as Terraforming Mars: you're a civilisation-builder racing to construct an interconnected network of domes, tunnels, and production chains on a hostile frontier. The resource loops, the tech choices, and the satisfaction of watching your infrastructure scale up over the game are unmistakably familiar. Where Terraforming Mars goes wide with its card pool, Underwater Cities goes deep on its card-action combo system — every action you take is paired with a card, and matching colours unlocks powerful bonuses, so you're constantly squeezing efficiency out of a tight hand. If you love the puzzle of optimal sequencing, you'll feel right at home.

A landmark 4X space civilisation game for 2–6 players (ages 14+, 60–200 mins) where you explore new star systems, research technologies, build customisable warships, and wage war across the galaxy. A revised and upgraded edition of the 2011 classic with new miniatures, refined balance, and asymmetric alien factions. This is the wildcard for when you want Terraforming Mars's space-age civilisation theme turned all the way up. You're still exploring a frontier, managing resources, and researching technologies — but Eclipse adds epic fleet combat, asymmetric species abilities, and a sprawling modular galaxy that feels genuinely different every session. If Terraforming Mars is the thoughtful corporation quietly greening a planet, Eclipse is the interstellar empire carving out its place in the cosmos by force or diplomacy. The strategic depth is enormous, the component quality is spectacular, and the shared sense of building something grand over the course of a game is very much in the same spirit as your reference pick — just with a dramatically higher ceiling on scale and confrontation.