Mission: Red Planet – Mission Completion Rules & Multi-Turn Strategy

In Mission: Red Planet (the 2005/2015 board game by Bruno Cathala & Bruno Faidutti), you are NOT required to complete a mission in a single turn.

How Missions Actually Work

• Ongoing Objectives: Mission cards represent goals to achieve by game's end (e.g., "Control 3 zones on Mars," "Have most astronauts on Phobos").
• Flexible Action Economy: Each round, you deploy astronauts, play secret role cards, and trigger events. Progress toward missions accumulates over multiple rounds.
• Concurrent Progress: You can advance several missions simultaneously — e.g., one turn you secure a zone (Mission A), next turn you launch to Phobos (Mission B).

Strategic Implication

Plan your role selections (Captain, Pilot, Scientist, etc.) to efficiently advance multiple mission criteria across the 10-round game. Don't tunnel-vision one mission; diversify.

Note: If you meant the classic game Risk: Mission (secret mission variant), those missions are also completed over the entire game, not in one turn.