Your quiet afternoon playing video games is interrupted by a whirring noise and a loud bang! You rush to the window and look. Out on the neighboring field you see it - a large flying saucer and dozens of angry looking Martians!!!

Well, at least your day won't be boring!

Martians!!! Drops you into the middle of the first wave of a large-scale alien invasion. Armed with only your vast knowledge of sci-fi movies, you decide that it is up to you to save mankind from certain intergalactic slavery.

First things first, let's get the gaming group together! (from the back of the box)

Martians contains 30 map tiles, 30 Martian cards, 40 event cards, disks, chits, dice, player figures, 100 Martians in 3 different poses, and rules. This is a game for 2 to 6 players ages 12 and up. It plays in an average of 45 to 60 minutes. Martians can be played as either a cooperative game or a non-cooperative game.