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| description=A game of altering the board state to fulfill your secret objective and mess with your opponent's presumed objective
| min_players=2
| max_players=2
| game_length=Long
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| number_of_colors=3
| sets=
| other_equip=chessboardChessboard
| setup_time=3 min
| min_playing_time=20
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| release_year=2023
| language=English
| BGG_Link=[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378391/agents-of-mars Agents of M.A.R.S.]
| footnotes=
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==Materials==
{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}{{PL|:8by8|black|3em}}{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}{{PL|:Bag|black|3em}}{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}{{PL|:Paper|black|3em}} {{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}{{PL|:GraphPaper|black|3em}}{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}{{PL|:MiniTrio|black|3em}}<br>
 
*a 7×8 grid
*an opaque bag for storing and randomizing the pyramids
*8 strips of paper you can tear up to write on
*paper or a way to keep score (used only at game-end)
*a way to keep score (used only at game-end)
*75 pyramids
 
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[[Image:Setup give Player 2 Agents of MARS.svg|thumb|none|35%|''Give these to Player 2'']]
===Set Secret Objective===
WithTear up 4 strips of paper and write the materialsnumbers you'''2, have1, 0, -1''' beenon giventhem, usethen arrange them in order. Lay your your white pyramids todown, concealone yourin coloredfront pyramidsof each paper strip, with the tips facing away from you. PlaceConcealing what you are doing from your opponent, place the four colored pyramids inside the four white pyramids, secretly deciding which color should be worth how much, from 2 points down to -1 points. Your opponent will do the same.
[[Image:What You See Agents of MARS.svg|thumb|none|35%|''Your secret agendaobjective, hidden from your opponent by the opaque pyramids'']]
ToOptionally: to avoid the circumstance where the players end up choosing the same colors in the same positions, the designer added an expansion: a deck of 24 cards that ensures no two hidden objectives setups will be identical. It can be [https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/agents-of-m.a.r.s.:-objective-initiative ordered] from The Game Crafter or [https://cityhare.studio/games/agents-of-mars/ printed] from his website.
 
===Fill Bag===
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[[Image:Setup ready to fill board Agents of MARS.svg|thumb|none|700px|''Completed Setup. Ready to begin play.'']]
==Rules==
The player who most recently watched a spy movie goes first.<br>
A turn is structured as follows:
# (Optionally) Reveal two objectives and swap their places. (This is explainedtypically not performed until later in the game and will be explained last.)
# Then do one of the following:
*'''Draw''' a new pyramid and place it on an empty space on the board.
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===Ko Rule (No Undos)===
Similar to the game of ''Go'', Agents of M.A.R.S. employs a Ko-rule, which simply states that the opponent may not perform any move that would undo the move just performed by the previous player, i.e. by moving a piece back to where it once stood. This is to prevent endless back-and-forths.
 
==End Game and Scoring==
The game ends as soon as the final space on the board is filled. Every contiguous cluster of '''4 or more pyramids''' in the same color is counted. For pyramids to be part of the cluster, they must be orthogonally adjacent (share an edge). The total value of a given color is the total sum of all the pyramids’ face values in all of the aforementioned clusters. Count these and note them down.<br>
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Suppose this were how the board turned out at the end of the game.
 
{| style="text-align:center; border: 3px solid gray; border-collapse:collapse;"
|+'''Board state at end-game'''
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::SPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::SPU|green|3em}}
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|-
|}
<br><br>
If your objectives were like so for the above board, then your score would be as below.
 
To figure out the scores, mentally or physically remove all pyramids that are not part of orthogonally-connected clusters of at least four pieces:
{|style="border: 1px solid black; border-collapse:separate; width:40%;" class="wikitable"
{| style="text-align:center; border: 3px solid gray; border-collapse:collapse;"
|+'''Only color clusters of 4+ size visible'''
|-
|style="border: 3px solid orangegray;"|'''Yellow'''{{PL|&emsp;|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid greengray;"|'''Green'''{{PL|&emsp;|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid crimsongray;"|'''Red'''{{PL|&emsp;|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid royalbluegray;"|'''Blue'''{{PL|&emsp;|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|orange|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|royalblue|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::SPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|royalblue|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|black|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|royalblue|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|orange|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|green|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|crimson|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|BLACK|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|ORANGE|3em}}
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::SPU|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|&emsp;|royalblue|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::MPU|orange|3em}}
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|{{PL|::LPU|orange|3em}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|1
|style="text-align:center"|0
|style="text-align:center"|(-1)
|}
 
{|style="border: 1px solid black; border-collapse:separate; width:40%;" class="wikitable"
Count the pips of each color.
{|style="border: 1px solid black; border-collapse:separate; width:50%;" class="wikitable"
|+Points on the Board
|-
|style="border: 3px solid orange; text-align:center"|'''Yellow'''
|style="border: 3px solid green; text-align:center"|'''Green'''
|style="border: 3px solid crimson; text-align:center"|'''Red'''
|style="border: 3px solid royalblue; text-align:center"|'''Blue'''
|-
|style="text-align:center"|13 + 11 = '''24'''
|style="text-align:center"|10 + 8 = '''18'''
|style="text-align:center"|'''0'''
|style="text-align:center"|14 = '''14'''
|}
 
 
Now multiply those pip-counts by your secret objective numbers. If your secret objectives were like so for the above board, then your score would be as below.
 
[[Image:Example_Scoring_Secret_Objectives_Agents_of_MARS_spread_out.svg|thumb|none|475px|''Example secret objectives'']]
 
{|style="border: 1px solid black; border-collapse:separate; width:50%;" class="wikitable"
|+ Secret Objective
|-
|style="border: 3px solid orange; text-align:center"|'''Yellow'''
|style="border: 3px solid green; text-align:center"|'''Green'''
|style="border: 3px solid crimson; text-align:center"|'''Red'''
|style="border: 3px solid royalblue; text-align:center"|'''Blue'''
|-
|style="text-align:center"|'''2'''
|style="text-align:center"|'''1'''
|style="text-align:center"|'''0'''
|style="text-align:center"|'''(-1)'''
|}
 
 
{|style="border: 1px solid black; border-collapse:separate; width:50%;" class="wikitable"
|-
|style="border: 3px solid orange;"|Yellow
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|-
|style="border: 3px solid royalblue;"|Blue
|style="text-align:right"|(-1) × 1614 = -1614 points
|-
|style="border: 3px solid gray;"|'''Sum'''
|style="text-align:right; border: 3px solid gray;"|0<span style="color:coral">'''48'''</span> + <span style="color:green">'''18'''</span> + 48<span -style="color:red">'''0'''</span> 16+ <span style="color:blue">'''(-14)'''</span> = '''5052 points'''
|-
|}
 
==Variants==
===5 Color Agents===
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(Compatible with ''Only the Biggest Group Counts'' and ''Base Rules''.) In addition to the face value of the pyramids in a given group, the number of pyramids in a given group is added to the score as well.
The score for a given color is thus: '''(Points + Size) × Objective'''
===No Center===
Instead of using '''2, 1, 0, −1''' as the Objective, use the values '''3, 2, −1, −2'''. This way no pieces are ignorable and without consequence, which should make for a wilder, more “argumentative” game.
==External Links==
*The designer's official page for Agents of M.A.R.S. is located here: [https://cityhare.studio/games/agents-of-mars/ https://cityhare.studio/games/agents-of-mars/]
*The rulebook as written by the designer can be downloaded here: [https://www.overleaf.com/project/63b5a32ca746795e110b1a19 https://www.overleaf.com/project/63b5a32ca746795e110b1a19]
*A dedicated board can be purchased here: [https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/agents-of-m.a.r.s.-game-board https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/agents-of-m.a.r.s.-game-board]
*The expansion can be purchased here: [https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/agents-of-m.a.r.s.:-objective-initiative https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/agents-of-m.a.r.s.:-objective-initiative]
*The expansion can be printed as a print-n-play from the designer's site: [https://cityhare.studio/games/agents-of-mars/ https://cityhare.studio/games/agents-of-mars/]
*The expansion is also [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/419056/agents-of-mars-objective-initiative listed at BGG]
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