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Show HN: Digital player board for Terraforming Mars

72 pointsby sakerbosabout 1 year ago
My cousin and I love the Terraforming Mars board game. But we'd often get overly excited and knock our pieces off of our boards, losing track of our progress. So I digitised it. It comes with a few cool features like resource conversions (e.g. converting plants to greenery), production phase, offline, mobile-friendly and keeps track of the history using the browser history itself. Sharing this here in case there are any other TM fans that could also find some use in this :)

18 comments

neuahabout 1 year ago
Neat idea! However one issue with everyone using a digital tracker is that you can't then easily see what other player resource stockpiles and production levels are. Perhaps at the very top of the screen you could have a compact summary view that people can leave their screen at when not making adjustments, allowing other players to see the stats at a glance.
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PeterisPabout 1 year ago
Knocking the trackers off is a real issue, however, a great non-digital solution to that is the wooden laser-cut boards with physical notches for the cube slots - e.g. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cophus&#x2F;terraforming-mars-board">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cophus&#x2F;terraforming-mars-board</a> and the many other options if you google or search etsy.
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sbarreabout 1 year ago
I would consider including some context on the homepage that this supports a board game and isn&#x27;t a standalone game..<p>Great work too!
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chromatinabout 1 year ago
Beware: takes over the browser history rather than refreshing in-place
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fsiefkenabout 1 year ago
Nice, there&#x27;s also a Vassal Terraforming Mars module. Vassal provides a client-server shared board game state for lots of boardgame modules you can also make yourself. It&#x27;s java based. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vassalengine.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Module:Terraforming_Mars" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vassalengine.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Module:Terraforming_Mars</a>
themoonisacheesabout 1 year ago
Very nice! This could easily be adapted to the Ares Expedition expansion&#x2F;other game thing:<p>Remove production of titanium and steel, remove energy entirely. Players start at 5 TL and 0 production everywhere. They can also produce cards, maybe add a pop-up like &quot;draw x cards now!&quot; Whenever production happens?
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fsnowdinabout 1 year ago
I thought this was like that one Twilight Struggle companion digital board that was pretty much the physical board but digital (which allows you to play with just the cards) since this covers just the resources mat. Still neato though.
Narishmaabout 1 year ago
It&#x27;s not that mobile-friendly with the battery-draining background animation.
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can16358pabout 1 year ago
I can&#x27;t figure out how to play. I&#x27;m on a screen where there are - + buttons for various properties with a &quot;Production Phase&quot; button.<p>Whatever I do, nothing happens when I tap that button.
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Vilkkuabout 1 year ago
Bottom of the page is hidden behind the production phase on Firefox on Android: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ibb.co&#x2F;6PYz5WB" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ibb.co&#x2F;6PYz5WB</a>
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empikoabout 1 year ago
You could add logs with timestamps. It is common that players forgot what actions they did, e.g. &quot;Did I forgot to add a TR for this ocean?&quot;
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bayanganabout 1 year ago
Very nice!<p>Might consider this for our next game.<p>Would you consider adding a +-10 button to the megacredits (and maybe heat)?<p>It would be a good timesaver for large purchases
hhshhhhjjjdabout 1 year ago
If you press a plus button four times, then you have to press back four times to leave the site.
collinmcnultyabout 1 year ago
Mobile version seems to have odd scrolling behavior where I reach the bottom of the “page” too early.<p>Cool idea
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RangerScienceabout 1 year ago
Neat! Also, I&#x27;mma just gonna leave this here...<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terraforming-mars.herokuapp.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terraforming-mars.herokuapp.com&#x2F;</a><p>(no, not something I&#x27;ve made)
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nealsabout 1 year ago
Love this game! Anybody know of &#x2F; have experience with any expansions?
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thomascountzabout 1 year ago
Thanks for making this! Have you considered open sourcing this?
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szundiabout 1 year ago
How much does it cost to be hot on HN?
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