From Bruno Faidutti's website:This one, designed with Bruno Cathala, started with the theme. We wanted to make a game about colonizing Mars, with shuttles leaving the blue planet towards the red one. The theme is strong, and well caught in the steampunk graphic style decided by Asmodee. In Mission: Red Planet, each player plays a colonial power which sends astronauts, in space shuttles, to occupy the most promising zones on the planet. For scholars, the systems merge a majority game, a la El Grande or San Marco, with a character/action card system, somewhere between Citadels and Adel Verpflichtet. Nothing really new here, but there was much work on it and we're really proud of the result.Home Page at Publisher: http://www.asmodee-us.com/games/mission-red-planet/mission-red-planet-is-available-.php - BoardGameGeek