RulesPal
Chat
Rulebook
FAQ
On Mars thumbnail

On Mars

← All On Mars questions

Can I build or upgrade on a hex with a Crystal?

The designer answered this directly in 2020.

  • newrev · Designer · 2020-01-03
  • MattDavisFLA · Community · 2020-02-06
  • Geroid · Community · 2020-02-06
  • joetweber · Community · 2021-03-08

You can construct a building on a hex with a Crystal, which returns it to the supply, but you cannot upgrade there. Crystals only sit on empty hexes, so an existing building never has one; the page 13 wording that seems to say otherwise is a typo.

More On Mars questions · Full rulebook