Pocket Mars

Pocket Mars is a small box with a big planet in it. You are an architect sent to Mars to build the infrastructure for the first colonists, and your goal is to place as many colonists as you can into the buildings of your settlement. The catch is that your cards can be played in more than one way, so every turn you decide how and when to use each one. Rules are compact, but the choices are surprisingly meaty for a game that takes around fifteen to thirty minutes. For one to four players, it is a heavy little card game at pocket size, and a fun contrast to the big Mars games that take a whole evening.