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The Ares Project

#65534BGG ↗

2011 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 3.30 · 704 ratings

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ID
65534
Name
The Ares Project
Year
2011
Rank
5555
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
3.3
Num weights
80
Bayes avg
5.7406
Average
6.56697
Users rated
704
Num owned
1865
Wanting
53
Wishing
375
Num comments
355
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Dice RollingHand ManagementKing of the HillRock-Paper-ScissorsSecret Unit DeploymentVariable Player Powers
Categories (4)
Card GameFightingScience FictionWargame
Description (661 chars)

In The Ares Project, 2-4 players are competing to see which of their factions will lead mankind into the future. Each faction has its own deck of cards, buildings, upgrades, attacks, special powers, and a screen behind which a player will play cards. Your opponents do not know what you are building. When a player lays down an attack card, he chooses an opponent, the players drop their screens, and they battle for control of the Frontier, i.e. the center of the table. Whoever controls the Frontier scores points and also has the ability to attack player bases directly. Eliminate your opponent to win instantly, or have the most points when the game ends.

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

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