Adventures: Tales to Amaze
Martian Invader
From beyond the stars comes the Martian Invader, a ruthless conqueror wielding advanced technology to dominate and overwhelm. Strategically deploying forces, sabotaging defenses, and gradually escalating its invasion, it challenges heroes to thwart total planetary takeover.
Difficulty
medium
Win condition
Defeat Martian Invader
(reduce HP to 0)
Lose condition
4 bridges are destroyed or
All players are defeated
Mechanics
Threat Track
Action
Threat Maxed
When the threat marker reaches the end of the track, the invasion intensifies. The leftmost Invasion token is flipped — Martians are one step closer to victory.
1.
First Token Flipped
Flip the leftmost face-down Invasion token (placed randomply). It becomes active and may enable new card effects based on its symbol.
2.
Conditional Card Effects
Some Martian cards have effects tied to specific symbols. If the matching Invasion token is face-up, these effects now apply.
3.
Threat Resets
After flipping a token, reset the threat marker to the start. The Martian invasion will continue to escalate in the next rounds.
Mechanics
Fields & Alien tokens
Pool
Start with 8 Tokens
Martians begin the game with 8 Alien Tokens. These represent control over the battlefield and are placed on fields.
Occupation
Marked Fields
A field with 1 or more Alien Tokens is considered occupied. Some Martian effects only work if a field is occupied.
Spread
Token Placement
Cards like Splitting Beam place tokens on adjacent fields around the Martians.
Cleanup
After Maneuver
After a maneuver, a nearby hero may remove 1 Alien Token from an adjacent field (if present).
Overflow
No Tokens? Raise Threat
If tokens are unavailable when a card tries to place them, increase the threat by 1 per missing token.