{"product_id":"ruins-of-mars","title":"Ruins of Mars","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"game-description-classification well ng-scope\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" ng-if=\"geekitemctrl.showclassifications\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel panel-bottom game-classification ng-scope\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" ng-if=\"geekitemctrl.geekitem.loaded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-header panel-header-sm panel-header-condensed\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"panel-title\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca name=\"classifications\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"game-description\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel panel-condensed panel-expandable ng-scope ng-isolate-scope expandable open\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" ng-if=\"geekitemctrl.expandabledescription\" gk-expandable-geekitem=\"description\" expandable-height=\"300px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-envelope\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" ng-style=\"{maxHeight:expandablectrl.maxHeight}\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"expandable-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" ng-transclude=\"\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"game-description-body ng-scope\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ng-binding\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" ng-bind-html=\"geekitemctrl.wikitext|to_trusted\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe year is 2179, and Earth's future seems bleak. Years of pollution have tarnished the landscape, and the world's supplies of natural resources have dwindled to abysmal levels.The use of electric vehicles, solar technologies, and other energy-saving solutions have slowed the problem, but the long-term abuse on the planet by previous generations has been hard to reverse. Most Earthlings seem to have given up hope, yet a group of optimistic explorers are trekking to Mars, which some believe may turn around their fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn search of knowledge, these explorers hope that understanding the demise of alien populations can assist them with preventing or at least slowing the rapid deterioration of Earth. They'll need to replicate Martian technologies, translate their languages, and avoid gaining too much radiation along the way in order to end up with the most prestige and save Earth as they know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRuins of Mars\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, players compete to build out their arsenal of knowledge, attempting to understand the languages of ancient civilizations that colonized Mars and made it a hub of economic activity. The game is played around a board with five locations and eleven communal action tiles that are laid out at random underneath the board as evenly as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn a turn, you choose one of the locations, optionally pay to shift an action tile from an adjacent location to the active one, take the action of the location — the effect of which will be based on the tiles below that space — optionally replicate alien tech by paying resources and adding it to your board for personal use, then reallocate the action tiles from the active site in a mancala-like fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver the course of the game, you learn the Martian languages and re-discover and study their technologies, which come in three levels and multiple classifications and which grant you special abilities. Along the way, you might pick up radiation from various actions, and you'll want to ditch that if possible so as not to lose points in the final scoring, which is mostly based on the tech you've assembled and your skill with languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atheris Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39322936049769,"sku":"ATH2020","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0298\/9473\/8025\/products\/pic4034784.jpg?v=1616785440","url":"https:\/\/odinsplace.com\/products\/ruins-of-mars","provider":"Odin's Place","version":"1.0","type":"link"}