Once your colony is up and running it is time to put your business strategy to work. While you are more than able to live with debt, you will have a harder time buying your way out of sticky situations. It balances out, however, as the quicker you fund your colony the more debt you will start the match with, while waiting for a little bit can have you starting in the green. The pressure is on as the round starts as each player has a claim to any kind of colony in any part of the map they see fit. Then, the expansive colonies have the upper hand in maps where resources are scattered throughout and their fast freighters can give them a clear advantage over the competition.
Scavenger colonies do not require steel to build their structures, so you need to focus on getting as much carbon as possible while scientific colonies can create finished goods from a core resource (like putting a steel mill on an iron deposit, bypassing an iron mine all together). Robotic colonies benefit from not needing life support such as water or oxygen, so you aim to place them close to some silicon deposits for electronics manufacturing and maybe a geothermal vent to get suitable amounts of power. In order to be successful at this you must have an understanding of what each colony type needs. Each match starts with all the players scouring the map for the appropriate resources at the same time and dropping their colonies wherever they see fit. You are part of a land rush in Mars, taking the role of one of four different companies in a bid for resources on the red planet. Yet, through some ingenious design, straight forward gameplay and deep mechanics “Offworld Trading Company” made the art of a corporate takeover one of the most thrilling strategic experiences I have ever had. To be fair, the only people watching FOX Business or playing economic simulators are those with something invested in it. I have proof of that, as I hopelessly tried to explain to my friends just how much fun it was to profit in a free market economy only to be rewarded with blank stares. If I describe to you what the concept of “Offworld Trading Company” is, you will probably walk away from me.
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