Terraforming Mars: Astra Mechanica Promo Card
2024

Expansion of

Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars: Astra Mechanica Promo Card

1-5

players

120

min

12+

age

Categories

Expansion for Base-game
Economic
Environmental
Industry / Manufacturing
Science Fiction

Community Tags

Description

"Astra Mechanica" is a Science-tagged automated promo card (X51) from Prelude 2 Kickstarter, available limited at conventions, retrieving 2 project cards from event pile to hand. Key mechanics include: - *Automated functionality* Operates without active play. - *Science tag* Counts toward Science category requirements. - *Project card retrieval* Select 2 project cards from event pile into hand. - *Restriction* Excludes cards that place special tiles. - *Promo distribution* Kickstarter exclusive for Prelude 2, limited convention availability. Astra Mechanica, designated Promo Card X51, is an automated card featuring a Science tag, originally included in the Prelude 2 Kickstarter and offered in limited quantities at select board game conventions. Its core effect allows players to choose 2 project cards from their event pile and add them directly to their hand, with the explicit restriction that these cannot be cards which place special tiles, providing strategic recovery options for project-based gameplay.