My wife’s birthday is coming up and since TM is her favorite game, getting her an expansion seems the obvious choice. But I’m trying not to spoiler myself too much.
So we have played around 80-90 games and probably half of them with Prelude. We know every card by heart and generally love the game how it is.
I think I’ll definitely get her Hellas & Elysium, since I’ve read almost only good reviews about the new maps.
Big question: Would be Venus Next here also a good idea to add variety to the game? Not necessarily by the Venus tracker only, but also due to the new corporations and project cards, since there are plenty? Most important: we usually dislike when there is an expansion “just to make the game bigger” directly resulting in longer game time without real content. But since the Venus terraforming is not mandatory and they add the solar phase, I assume game time would more or less remain the same?
Could you in general add the Venus project cards and corporations without adding the Venus board (or e.g. do the new “floaters” rely on the board?)
Thank you guys for support! :)