Grey Fox Games

Pocket Mars

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$10.49 $14.99 In stock

RULEBOOK

In the world of big games about Mars everybody should have one that fits in their pocket.

Pocket Mars is a fast paced and wildly dynamic card game, but don’t let the short playthrough time fool you. It’s a heavy weight filler! A compressed and easy to understand set of rules combined with cards that you can play in more than one way is what makes this game great! Fifteen minutes is all it takes for you and your friends to set out on an exciting adventure in space!

Your goal is to place as many colonists as you can in the buildings of your Mars settlement. To do so, you will need to choose carefully how and when to play your cards.

The way you trigger actions on your cards is the heart of the game. Everything depends on where you play them from, which is the game’s main strategic element. You could play a project card straight from your hand and trigger its effect instantly or turn it into a module and play it from your preparation zone. This will let you add it to one of the five buildings in your settlement, trigger an action sequence and transport your colonists to Mars.

The Grey Fox Games edition of Pocket Mars comes with upgraded components and an updated rulebook.

Customer Reviews (4.4 / 5 · 5 reviews)

William B. ★★★★★

I've played a lot of heavy Mars board games that eat up a whole evening, so this little card version is a nice change of pace. The fast rounds mean we can usually squeeze in two or three games back to back.

Joshua ★★★★★

The setup takes maybe two minutes to explain, and we've already played three rounds during lunch breaks this week. For such a small box, the way each card forces you to rethink your whole turn keeps it surprisingly tense.

Evelyn ★★★★★

Went from zero to a full game in under 20 minutes on a lunch break — the rules are simple enough that the box didn't even stay open for long. The whole thing really does slip into a coat pocket, which makes it way easier to pull out at a bar than my other games.