Mars 2050: Role-playing game

As many as ten Xplore rockets, four Chinese and two large Red Horizon rockets launched almost at the same time. The rockets landed on Arcadia Planitia, China in the east, Red Horizon in the west, Xplore in the center of the area – near the first habitat. Much more equipment and materials were brought from Earth, including rock drilling machines. The Xplore base developed the fastest. Rockets were sent four more times, and the bases gradually developed until 2044, when the economy on Earth completely collapsed and countries and corporations ran out of funds to carry out space missions.

Mars and the people inhabiting it were abandoned and left to their own devices. A hierarchy formed in each of the three human settlements and a fight for the available technology from rockets began. People lost their sense of security; besides the extreme conditions, there was a threat from hostile groups. The development of the bases stalled, but the number of incidents increased: attacks, sabotage, and related tragedies. The rockets available on the surface from the last arrival were definitely too few for everyone to return to Earth; there was barely enough space for a handful of rebels who decided to leave all the other colonists behind. They did not manage to escape – charges set by radicals exploded, destroying the rockets and killing the traitors. Only two rockets launched, the traps exploded with a delay and not completely. The ships broke apart in the atmosphere, their parts fell over a huge area of the planet. They are still being searched for today. Mars became a home full of enemies.

Where there are people, there are conflicts...

What distinguishes this game

• Simple and intuitive rules contained on a few pages will allow quick preparation for the game. The main statistics in the game defining characters are skills, measured in values from 1 to 4. These are athletics, alertness, vehicles, survival, relations, combat, general knowledge. Tests are based on them. The complexity level of a given action is determined by the difficulty level (ST).
• The Stress mechanic will emphasize the game's atmosphere. Some factors and events will negatively affect the character's mental health. On Mars, there will be many of them – even longer stays in the base will have side effects. Outside, there are more threats, including dust storms and whirlwinds, landslides, radiation. Every risky event or too long stay in a spacesuit, which is the only protection, negatively affects the psyche.
• Combining character roles that influence each other. In every test where the player declares that their character uses specific advantages resulting from the combination of their roles, they receive a bonus for their hero or another character. The player must describe and justify this influence. These can be activities taking any amount of time, including attacks in combat. Character roles provide one ability and detailed knowledge in their field. These are Biologist, Geologist, IT Specialist, Engineer, Commando, Doctor, Meteorologist, Teacher, Pilot, Psychologist, Mediator, Technician.