It´s a carefull thumbs up, the price first of all is a bit high for a game that can be extremely short if you do not wish to replay it after finishing it, took me about less than an hour to finish it with much luck on the RNG departement. With that said every run is different, so there is room for replayability and the devs do intend to add content.

Tharsis is basically a board game with lots of dice and you are at the mercy of three major RNG events, the first is to see which cards you are dealt in terms of hazards to the ship. The second is actually getting the right dice to manage those events and the third is choosing stuff for your crew which has both positive and negative impacts.

There is strategy in it since various modules of your ship offer different bonuses, the characters also have abilities and you have to dictate priorities right in order to succeed, that is if you get the right dice.

If you hate losing, dont buy this game.

It´s a carefull thumbs up, the price first of all is a bit high for a game that can be extremely short if you do not wish to replay it after finishing it, took me about less than an hour to finish it with much luck on the RNG departement. With that said every run is different, so there is room for replayability and the devs do intend to add content. Tharsis is basically a board game with lots of dice and you are at the mercy of three major RNG events, the first is to see which cards you are dealt in terms of hazards to the ship. The second is actually getting the right dice to manage those events and the third is choosing stuff for your crew which has both positive and negative impacts. There is strategy in it since various modules of your ship offer different bonuses, the characters also have abilities and you have to dictate priorities right in order to succeed, that is if you get the right dice. If you hate losing, dont buy this game.