Pro tip: I found out my favorite game had a misprint in the rulebook this whole time

I was reading through the BGG forums for Terraforming Mars last night and someone pointed out that the "Tharsis Republic" corporation card has a misprint in the 2nd edition. The text says you get 2 MC for each city tile, but the official FAQ says it should be 3 MC. I have played this game over 40 times wrong! Has anyone else discovered hidden rulebook errors in their collection?

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abbyg602d ago

Oh man, the Tharsis Republic thing is a big one. I heard the same thing about the "Science Tag" card in the first edition of Anachrony, where it says you place a worker but it should actually be that you just gain the worker back from the supply. It makes me wonder how many games I've played completely wrong because of a tiny typo in the rulebook.

hayden1442d ago

Honestly, I've been there too. For Terraforming Mars, I just started treating the Tharsis Republic thing as a bug, not a feature, and house ruled it from the start. What helped me was making a little index card with the corrected rule for each game and tucking it in the box, that way I don't have to remember every little erratum. Ngl, I've definitely played games wrong for years because of stuff like that, so I feel your pain on the Anachrony one. Tbh, sometimes I just accept I'll never know if I'm playing perfectly and just have fun with it.