Ruins of Mars - Strategic Board Game (60-90 min, 2-4 player)

A project in Orlando, FL by Atheris Entertainment
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Ruins of Mars is an action selection, engine builder with a unique shifting resource mechanism that makes each action vary turn-by-turn
Backers: 812
Average Pledge Per Backer: $27

Funded: $21,752 of $10,000
Dates: Sep 24th -> Oct 18th (24 days)
Project By: Atheris Entertainment
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Latest News

Wooden Action Tiles Unlocked!

October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello backers,  We just unlocked our wooden action tiles! We're super excited about that one.  We're fortunate and grateful for all of the tremendous support we've received throughout the campaign. We cannot thank you all enough for supporting our... (Read More)

Solo Mode Unlocked

October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone, The game now will play 1-4 players! Don has been developing the solo mode and we've just blown past that stretch goal so now we have it. Woohoo!  Let's start sharing the campaign so we can hit our final component upgrade - wooden... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #4 Unlocked (New character!)

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone,  We're unlocked the Stowaway. An explorer who just happened aboard the ship.  He's going to be an awesome addition to the game. We're super excited to be on our way to our final two stretch goals. We'll get there! Up next is the... (Read More)

500 Backers + 3rd Stretch Goal Unlocked!

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello there,  I appreciate all 500 of you!   We've unlocked the screen print on our rover meeple. :D  Next up we have: A fifth character added to the game, a solo mode and wooden action tiles.  if we keep sharing the campaign it is still well... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #2 Unlocked!

October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey there,  We just unlocked our second stretch goal (sorry the graphic doesn't reflect it yet)! We're looking forward to breezing through the next ones. We only need 17 more backers to get to our third stretch goal. We have a week left. If we keep... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #1 Reached!

October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We've hit our first stretch goal. We'll have our tremendous graphic designer update the graphic to reflect it tomorrow :) Now on to the next stretch goal. We'll be there in no time :D  That's all for now. We'll be revealing the amounts for our next... (Read More)

Social Goal Unlocked!

October 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello there,  We're well on our way to the first stretch goal. We're at $11,304 in funding. We only need $196 more to upgrade the card quality and increase the thickness on our punchboards (that's only 7 copies of the game!). We're so close!  Next... (Read More)

FUNDED + Stretch Goals

October 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone,  Thank you all for getting us fully funded! Woohoo!  Ruins of Mars is going to be made. That's an incredible feeling. We've worked on this game for several years now and are so very happy to see it coming to life. We're really proud... (Read More)

Nearly 95% Funded + Don's Story

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone,  We're so grateful that we're only a few hundred dollars away from funding, which equates to 19 copies of the game!  We've been asked a lot about adding additional copies of the game to your pledges. So this is what we came up... (Read More)

Over 90% Funded!

September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey there,  Thanks so much everyone for supporting the game! We're over 90% funded. We only need a few more backers to get there.   Social Goals   We've completed a few of our social goals and are well on our way to some others! Completed: We... (Read More)

We're over 75% funded! Solo Version, and other things

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone,  We're over 75% funded!  That's awesome. Thank you all so much! Let's keep it going. We cannot wait to start hitting our stretch goals.  Solo Version  We've heard a lot of backer interest in a solo version and we want that, too.... (Read More)

Pre-Production Photos

September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey there,  As most of you might have noticed our reviews have... umm... let's say less than beautiful prototypes. I hand assembled them, poorly, but with love. Reviewers typically need the files at least a month prior to a campaign launch and our... (Read More)

24 Hours in

September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello everyone,  Thank you all so much for supporting Ruins of Mars. We're blown away by the tremendous support. We cannot thank everyone enough for: Commenting on the campaign Pledging your support Sharing the campaign with your friends  Working... (Read More)

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