Ceres

Description

Ceres (designed by Gustaf Sundström) is a 1-4 Sci-Fi worker placement game where players take the role of an Asteroid Mining Corporation in the near future and try to outplay their opponents and rule Ceres! The game consists of 3 rounds that represent 3 years in Ceres and the respective full business cycles of the corporations. Players can choose among a variety of actions including launching mining probes to the Asteroid Belt, trading raw materials, constructing and upgrading their core facilities as well as expanding the colony of Ceres, improving their technology through research and liaising with the Mars council in order to exploit their power even more!

Ceres has been co-developed with an astrophysicist for the best possible thematic applications and brings a couple of innovative twists to the worker placement genre!

Summary:
Players aim to accumulate Victory Points through various actions in the game.

Components include Corporate Headquarters, tokens, markers, and cards.

Rounds involve rotating rings, activating locations, and passing turns.

Special abilities like Mars Droid and Leader Assistant provide strategic advantages.

Research Programs offer ongoing benefits based on progress levels.