How to Play On Mars: Alien Invasion in 21 Minutes

Learn how to play the Alien Invasion expansion to On Mars in just 21 minutes (yes I know the runtime is longer than that, there's a bit of silliness at the front and back) To support RTFM, consider pledging at http://patreon.com/RTFM Want to buy this game? Get it here https://amzn.to/3UifvE7 and it'll kick back a few bucks to me (or go to your friendly local game store, that's cool too) 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Important Info 1:35 - Ch. 1 Basics 2:15 - Ch. 1 Setup 3:59 - Alien Gameplay Basics 6:50 - Alien Blueprints 7:52 - Alien Unlockable Actions 9:02 - Alien Cleanup 9:32 - Human Scoring 10:24 - New Human Blueprints 13:08 - Ch. 2 Basics 13:54 - Infection Phase and Sick Colonists 14:55 - Win/Lose Conditions 15:26 - Medicine and Hospitals 16:05 - Medical Blueprints 16:54 - Ch. 3 Basics 18:06 - Blackouts and Vandalism 19:42 - Fixing Blackouts/Vandalism 20:16 - Ch. 4 Basics 20:52 - Sabotage Cards 21:35 - Goal Cards 22:06 - Win/Lose Conditions and Scoring 22:28 - Outro Corrections: There have been a few changes to the rules for Chapter 1 that were posted on BGG and will be changed in the rulebook when it gets reprinted, so I'm going to summarize them here. - When playing a 2v1 game, return one sabotage token to the box during set up. - The alien player now starts with the Shelter tech - The alien player can remove sabotage tokens by paying 2 crystals at any time. They keep these tokens until their board is refreshed, after which they return them to the humans. - When the alien uses the abduction action, the scientist and its card are now returned to the display and the human players lose the points for having the scientist. The contract card that was in the scientist's space is returned to the deck. (Link for above rules updates https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2916848/rules-update-chapter-1-invasion ) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rtfmshow Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rtfmshow Personal Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sheasayswords Want to check out the gaming table I use? https://bandpassdesign.com #tutorial #boardgames #RTFM #rtfmshow