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Terraforming Mars EPIC

Author: Christian Zoli
After a lot or procrastination, I decided to embark in the huge endeavor of compiling and describing
in an intelligible way (hopefully so) all the work and efforts spent on the last years in the creation of
my own version of an ultimate omni-comprehensive game of Terraforming Mars.
A brief history. I started playing on a double map almost since the very beginning and, as soon as
Giulio Baldi published the first map of GIGA, I almost played only this version of the game. I have
something as 60 games with various iterations of this format of the game and endless time spent in
changing, testing and adapting. I am a free-lance game designer myself, having published some titles
over the years and have the opportunity to have access to a very large and experienced group of
players that helped me with all the playtesting. For the whole time, I have been in contact with
Giulio and we both went on creating our own versions, but with many influences on one another
(we even managed to play an EPIC game in person together, even during the hard covid times!).
So, what about EPIC TM? Have you ever heard about best games be simple, elegant and minimalist?
Well, probably there is some truth in that, but that’s definitely not my cup of tea! I love huge games,
with tons of interactions, options, choices and possible strategies. I don’t necessarily mean complex
or difficult games, but several hours longs and with lots and lots of content, especially when it’s well
tailored around the theme of the game. In a word: EPIC games!
I have adapted several games over the years to the epic scale, but none of those ever came even
close to the result of EPIC Terraforming Mars.
All the contents that have been adapted to the EPIC format will
display the Epic logo that you can see besides. This is only to point
out that they might be different from their original version in
order not to create confusion among the players. The paternity of
the ideas remains to their original authors. I am grateful to all
players who contributed with their ideas and feedback to the
fanmade Terraforming universe, but a thanks in particular to
Jakub Wiecheć, Adhai Grey, Niels Jensen, Tim Emerick, Yaman
Yilmaz, David J., Kenny Wong, Corey Brown, Robert Schraut and
Matt Chaos for their contributions. And of course, to Giulio Baldi,
without whose amazing work I would have never been able to
take this project so far.
A final disclaimer: this version of the game is not for everyone. Actually, it can even be possible that
it is just for me, my crazy friends and some other crazy dude out there with similar tastes. But hey,
in for a penny, in for a pound, maybe you can find out you ARE one of those crazy dudes!
Enjoy!