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[COTD] Carbon Nanosystems | 13 May, 2026

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Today's card is Carbon Nanosystems (#X52):

Active card (Blue) | Prelude 2 Kickstarter promo pack

Cost: 14 | Requirements: None | Tags: Science, Building

Effect: When you play a science tag, including this, add 1 graphene resource to this card. When you play a space or city tag, graphene resources here may be used as 4 MC each.

1 VP

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u/Enson_Chan — 1 day ago

[COTD] Cloud Tourism | 12 May, 2026

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Today's card is Cloud Tourism (#P69):

Active card (Blue) | Prelude 2 expansion

Cost: 11 | Requirements: None | Tags: Jovian, Venus

Action: Add 1 floater to this card.

Increase your MC production 1 step for each SET of Earth and Venus tags you have, including this. 1 VP for every 3 floaters here.

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u/Enson_Chan — 2 days ago

[SHOTW] Week 20, 2026

Previous SHOTW

##Useful Links

For information on how SHOTW works, please refer to the SHOTW Helper

Screenshot of starting hand

##Pre-game information

Expansions: Venus Next, Prelude, Colonies, Turmoil, Big Box promo

Players Order
1 1st
2 2nd
3 1st
4 2nd
5 5th

##Board details

Board: Vastitas Borealis

Milestones: Agronomist (4 plant tags), Spacefarer (5 space tags), Geologist (4 tiles on or adjacent to volcanic areas), Engineer (10 energy and heat production), Farmer(6 animal and microbe resources), Hoverlord (7 floaters)

Awards: Traveller (Jovian and Earth tags), Landscaper (number of contiguous tiles), Highlander (tiles not adjacent to ocean tiles), Promoter (event cards), Blacksmith (steel and titanium production), Venuphile (Venus tags)

Colonies: Titan, Callisto, Ganymede, Triton, Pluto, Enceladus, Luna (use leftmost first for less players)

Global events: Bioengineering Boom (Greens/Scientists), Titan-Venus Alliance (Unity/Reds)

##Starting hand

Cards drawn

  • Corporations: Stormcraft Incorporated, Arcadian Communities, Mining Guild
  • Project cards: Asteroid, Lightning Harvest, Urbanized Area, Grass, SF Memorial, Atalanta Planitia Lab, Advanced Ecosystems, Luxury Foods, Asteroid Mining Consortium, Urban Decomposers
  • Prelude cards: Dome Farming, Loan, Great Aquifer, Orbital Construction Yard

##Extra project cards

Cards 1-5 Cards 6-10 Cards 11-15
>![Field-capped City](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#X21)!< >![Asteroid Hollowing](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#X15)!< >![Interplanetary Colony Ship](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#C17)!<
>![Building Industries](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#065)!< >![Sub-crust Measurements](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#X29)!< >![Import of Advanced GHG](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#167)!<
>![Thermophiles](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#253)!< >![Warp Drive](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#C49)!< >![Olympus Conference](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#185)!<
>![Predators](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#024)!< >![Business Contacts](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#111)!< >![Parliament Hall](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#T08)!<
>![Meltworks](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#X26)!< >![Designed Microorganisms](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#155)!< >![Atmoscoop](https://ensonc.com/terraformingmars/card-selection#217)!<

Card draws for specific tags:

  • Space tags: >!Asteroid Hollowing, Interplanetary Colony Ship, Import of Advanced GHG, Atmoscoop, Ice Moon Colony!<
  • Plant tags: >!Algae, Eos Chasma National Park, Freyja Biodomes, Adapted Lichen, Moss!<
  • Science tags: >!Sub-crust Measurements, Warp Drive, Olympus Conference, Designed Microorganisms, Physics Complex!<
  • Microbe tags: >!Thermophiles, Designed Microorganisms, Psychrophiles, Venusian Insects, Ants!<
  • Venus tags: >!Thermophiles, Dirigibles, Extractor Balloons, Local Shading, Stratopolis!<
  • Floater cards: >!Atmoscoop, Dirigibles, Extractor Balloons, Red Spot Observatory, Local Shading!<
  • Extra prelude cards: >!Self-sufficient Settlement, Business Empire, Excentric Sponsor, Nitrogen Shipment, Biolab, Aquifer Turbines, Ecology Experts!<
  • Merger corporations: >!Polyphemos, Aphrodite, Aridor, Inventrix, Ecoline, Saturn Systems, PhoboLog, Morning Star Inc, !<

Gen 2 drafting hand: >!Lunar Mining, Medical Lab, Immigrant City, Industrial Center!<

u/Enson_Chan — 3 days ago

[COTD] Vitor | 9 Mat, 2026

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Today's corporation is Vitor:

Corporation | Prelude expansion

Tags: Earth

You start with 45 MC. As your first action, fund an award for free.

Effect: When you play a card with a NON-NEGATIVE VP icon, including this, you gain 3 MC.

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u/Enson_Chan — 5 days ago

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Today's card is Red Appeasement (#P80):

Event card (Red) | Prelude 2 expansion

Cost: 0 | Requirements: See below | Tags: Event

Requires Reds ruling/2 delegates, AND THAT NO OTHER PLAYER HAS PASSED. Increase your MC production 2 steps. PASS FOR THIS GENERATION (you have no more turns this generation).

Question: Has anyone ever played this card in a game? If so, how much did this card help you?

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u/Enson_Chan — 7 days ago

Previous SHOTW

##Useful Links

For information on how SHOTW works, please refer to the SHOTW Helper

Screenshot of starting hand

##Pre-game information

Expansions: Prelude

Players Order
1 1st
2 2nd
3 1st
4 4th
5 5th

##Board details

Board: Elysium

Milestones: Generalist (1 production of each), Specialist (10 of any production), Ecologist (4 eco tags), Tycoon (15 green/blue cards played), Legend (5 event cards played)

Awards: Celebrity (cards costing >=20 MC), Industrialist (steel and energy), Desert Settler (tiles on bottom 4 rows), Estate Dealer (tiles next to ocean tile), Benefactor (TR)

##Starting hand

Cards drawn

  • Corporations: Recyclon, Inventrix
  • Project cards: Underground City, Asteroid Mining Consortium, Self-replicating Robots, Giant Space Mirror, Cloud Seeding, Acquired Company, Permafrost Extraction, Energy Saving, Caretaker Contract, Nitrophilic Moss
  • Prelude cards: Galilean Mining, Mohole Excavation, Metal-rich Asteroid, Martian Industries

##Extra project cards

Cards 1-5 Cards 6-10 Cards 11-15
>Protected Valley!< >Anti-gravity Technology!< >Protected Habitats!<
>Herbivores!< >Restricted Area!< >Earth Catapult!<
>Tropical Resort!< >Ecological Zone!< >Lagrange Observatory!<
>Nitrite Reducing Bacteria!< >Fish!< >Mining Area!<
>Energy Tapping!< >Artificial Photosynthesis!< >Ganymede Colony!<

Card draws for specific tags:

  • Space tags: >!Lagrange Observatory, Ganymede Colony, Beam from a Thorium Asteroid, Space Hotels, Space Elevator!<
  • Plant tags: >!Protected Valley, Ecological Zone, Tundra Farming, Noctis Farming, Greenhouses!<
  • Microbe tags: >!Nitrite Reducing Bacteria, Tardigrades, Viral Enhancers, Regolith Eaters, Designed Microorganisms!<
  • Extra prelude cards: >!Nitrogen Shipment, Mohole, Biosphere Support, Power Generation, Supplier, UNMI Contractor, Polar Industries!<

Gen 2 drafting hand: >!Micro-mills, Research Outpost, Adaptation Technology, Great Escarpment Consortium!<

u/Enson_Chan — 10 days ago

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Do you want a city but you don't have energy production for it? This city is perfect for you! Today's card is Field-capped City (#X21):

Automated card (Green) | Big Box promo

Cost: 29 | Requirements: None | Tags: Power, City, Building

Place a city tile. Increase your MC production 2 steps and your energy production 1 step. Gain 3 plants.

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u/Enson_Chan — 15 days ago

Previous SHOTW

##Useful Links

For information on how SHOTW works, please refer to the SHOTW Helper

Screenshot of starting hand

##Pre-game information

Expansions: Venus Next, Prelude, Colonies

Players Order
1 1st
2 1st
3 2nd
4 2nd
5 5th

##Board details

Board: Hellas

Milestones: Diversifier (8 different tags), Tactician (5 cards played with requirements), Polar Explorer (3 tiles placed on bottom 2 rows), Energizer (6 energy production), Rim Settler (3 Jovian tags), Hoverlord (7 floaters)

Awards: Cultivator (Greenery tiles), Magnate (Green cards played), Space Baron (Space tags), Excentric (Resources on cards), Contractor (Building tags), Venuphile (Venus tags)

Colonies: Ganymede, Miranda, Triton, Callisto, Europa, Titan, Io (use leftmost first for less players)

##Starting hand

Cards drawn

  • Corporations: Manutech, Aphrodite, Morning Star Inc
  • Project cards: Rover Construction, Imported Nitrogen, Molecular Printing, Commercial District, Space Port, Aerosport Tournament, Decomposers, Comet, Atmo Collectors, Moss
  • Prelude cards: Loan, Biofuels, Nitrogen Shipment, Self-sufficient Settlement

##Extra project cards

Cards 1-5 Cards 6-10 Cards 11-15
>Open City!< >Sabotage!< >Cupola City!<
>Space Station!< >Industrial Microbes!< >Zeppelins!<
>Robotic Workforce!< >Great Escarpment Consortium!< >Mining Expedition!<
>Urban Decomposers!< >Solar Power!< >Pets!<
>Corona Extractor!< >Ore Processor!< >Solarnet!<

Card draws for specific tags:

  • Space tags: >!Space Station, Corona Extractor, Imported GHG, Technology Demonstration, Shuttles!<
  • Plant tags: >!Plantation, Snow Algae, Lichen, Adapted Lichen, Trees!<
  • Microbe tags: >!Industrial Microbes, Urban Decomposers, Designed Microorganisms, Sulphur-eating Bacteria, Regolith Eaters!<
  • Venus tags: >!Jet Stream Microscrappers, Sulphur-eating Bacteria, Maxwell Base, Dirigibles, GHG Import from Venus!< Floater cards: >!Jet Stream Microscrappers, Floater Leasing, Dirigibles, Floating Habs, Nitrogen from Titan!<
  • Extra prelude cards: >!Excentric Sponsor, Supplier, Orbital Construction Yard, Aquifer Turbines, Society Support, Business Empire, Acquired Space Agency!<

Gen 2 drafting hand: >!Sister Planet Support, Terraforming Contract, Floater Technology, Venus Governor!<

u/Enson_Chan — 17 days ago