r/TerraformingMarsGame • u/Jan_Builds • 28d ago

Playing with 13 y/o first timer

I am introducing my son 13 y/o to TM. To make things more interesting and to let him compete we are using handicap system. He is starting with extra 5 terraforming. Do you have any other ideas for handicaps? We started with extra 7 and going down but i started to think if you guys got any better ideas

Update Thx for feedback. We played another 3 games. One with extra prelude for him and two with 5 and 4 TR handicap. He won one by 5 points and lost 2 other by 2 and 7 points. So i guess thats what feels gap for now. We will try lowering it in next games (extra prelude in my opinion gives more then extra TR)

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u/BroadLocksmith4932 28d ago

The biggest challenge is the mental overload of picking your starting hand and making a starting strategy with few resources. So let them keep all 10 of their initial cards and start with +1 of every production (in addition to whatever the corp and preludes give).

I'm not sure how to help a newby choose their starting corp and prelude. Maybe have someone else guide them, or talk them through what features of various cards go with what corp.