Built plant production to 5+ by gen 3–4, claimed Gardener around gen 5–6, converted plants nearly every generation thereafter, finished with 8+ greeneries placed and contention on Landlord.

Dominates board with plants and greenery; straightforward but vulnerable to plant destruction

Ramp plant production fast, secure good board spaces

Expand greenery aggressively, claim Gardener

Hoarding plants, overexposure to asteroid attacks

Placed 4–5 cities through the mid-game, claimed Mayor by gen 5–6, ramped MC production to 8+, ended with cities surrounded by greenery adjacency bonuses.

Excellent MC engine via cities and building tags

Build economy through city placement and steel

Expand city network, push Mayor milestone

Overbuilding cities too early without greenery support

Ramped heat production to 6+ by gen 4, spent heat flexibly as both MC and temperature, claimed Thermalist or Terraformer, and finished the game a generation early while ahead.

Flexible heat economy that can become money

Ramp heat aggressively

Terraform temperature quickly, shorten game if ahead

Treating heat only as temperature instead of flexible cash

Front-loaded 2–3 expensive infrastructure cards in gens 1–3 using starting cash, claimed Builder or Planner, finished with 4–6 high-cost VP cards in tableau and a Banker push.

Strong for expensive cards and efficient economy builds

Focus on economic efficiency

Leverage discounts on large cards

Buying weak cheap cards instead of leveraging discounts

Placed early tiles on 3+ steel/titanium bonus hexes for free production, won Miner, claimed Builder by gen 5–6, finished with a deep building-tag tableau.

Board bonus and steel-heavy strategy

Ramp steel and exploit placement bonuses

Build infrastructure efficiently

Overcommitting to steel when hand lacks targets

Drafted 5–6 science tags, used the ±2 requirement flex to play cards 1–2 generations earlier than opponents, won Scientist, closed on combo card payoffs.

Adaptable and tactical with broader requirements

Build flexible economy

Transition into science engine

Lack of strategic direction

Spent starting 10 titanium on 2–3 expensive space cards in gens 1–3, ramped titanium production, ended with stacked space-card multipliers and steady TR.

Strong titanium economy and space focus

Build titanium production fast

Efficiently deploy space events

Buying too many non-space cards

Used the +1 TR action almost every generation through the early/mid-game, claimed Terraformer by gen 7–8, finished with 35+ TR and steady incremental VP from TR alone.

Consistent TR pressure

Secure reliable terraforming options

Maintain TR gain every generation

Missing ability activations

Built an early economy with discounted buildings, pursued Builder and Banker, then converted income into efficient VP cards and board scoring.

Strong starting income and building discounts support a flexible economy

Build income with useful discounted infrastructure

Pursue Builder while shifting spending toward scoring

Playing weak buildings just for discounts, applying the discount to standard projects

Chained useful Earth-tag cards into extra draws, built income to afford the strongest options, pursued Planner, and finished with diversified VP cards.

Earth-tag card draw fuels a flexible engine but demands a strong economy

Resolve the initial card draw, prioritize useful Earth tags and income

Build purchasing power and adapt to the cards drawn

Missing draws from the corporation or Preludes, relying on speculative card chains, accumulating cards without income

Raised useful low production tracks early, sequenced upgrades to support the hand, and converted the resulting economy into diversified endgame points.

Flexible production growth rewards careful sequencing and long-term planning

Check production after Preludes, raise a useful lowest track

Sequence production upgrades around resource needs and remaining generations

Comparing stockpiles instead of production, ignoring negative MC production, treating the action as unrestricted or repeatable within a generation

Selected an extra Prelude that strengthened the opening, used science discounts on useful cards, and finished with flexible scoring and a potential Scientist push.

An extra Prelude and science discounts enable an adaptable opening

Keep a viable starting hand, choose the extra Prelude as the first action

Play discounted science cards that support the developing strategy

Assuming a particular extra Prelude during setup, discounting per card instead of per science tag, forcing weak science plays

Funded an award suited to the opening, reinvested VP-card rebates into further plays, and finished with efficient card scoring while competing for the funded award.

VP-card rebates and a free award reward efficient scoring and flexible planning

Collect the corporation rebate, fund an award suited to the opening and opponents

Reinvest rebates in efficient VP cards while maintaining income

Treating rebates as upfront discounts or production, missing qualifying rebates, assuming the funded award is guaranteed

Drafted Jovian tags every generation, played at least one Jovian multiplier (Io Mining, Ganymede Colony, etc.), finished with 6+ Jovian tags scoring 2+ VP each and contended Scientist.

Powerful long-game Jovian scaling

Build titanium and economy

Assemble Jovian multipliers

Failing to secure enough Jovian tags

Used 60 starting MC to ramp production hard in gens 1–3, drafted 5+ Earth-tag cards at −3 MC each, claimed Planner or Builder, finished on diversified VP across cards and cities.

Broad flexibility via MC

Build income engine

Pivot based on card draw

Lack of specialization