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Cosmic Encounter Duel

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  1. 8 out of 10

    If CE is a solid 10, this is still a good 8 - the feeling of CE is as present as it could without the negotiation and coercion :) - very nice !

  2. 6 out of 10

    4 (4 in 2020) In this game, the core capabilities to win a duel or a contest are essentially the same between the two players. Both players have the same set of plan cards and the tactics tokens. Hence, playing those plan cards or the tactics tokens is very predictable. What is supposed to make this a game and add some nice flow to it is how you use your own alien special powers, how you use the envoy opportunities, and the possibilities to gain reinforcement cards, in order to break the symmetry in the game and progress with some interesting combo/bluffing. The game, however, fails to deliver in this essential aspect. In all our four plays, the alien powers already broke the symmetry from the very beginning, and the straggler gets little chance to evolve via either envoy associations or reinforcement cards. In order to gain those, you need incredible luck, or you need to already have won planets, so that the planet icon may later give you reinforcement cards if matching with some of the destiny cards. Therefore, the further gameplay just increases the asymmetry already imposed by the alien cards from the very beginning. The choice of the alien, and who gets the first reinforcement cards, has a definitive influence on the final outcome of the game. Perhaps there should have been a bit more opportunities to gain reinforcement cards, and, instead of having three envoy cards face down available in the game, maybe six cards face up, so that the players are able to efficiently compensate the weaknesses of their alien characters and the strengths of the opponent's one.

  3. 9 out of 10

    Im going to start by saying I've never played comsic encounter and that shouldn't matter. However, it seems like people can't review this game for what it is but only for what they thought it was going to be or what they wanted it to be. So as a none player of the original game what do I think of this game? I love it, I also love MTG, Yu-Gi-Oh, unmatched, skulk hollow, 7 wonders duel ect and I think I'm going to pick this game over those every single time. I love that every single decision you make, whether it's picking your card for combat, or sending ships or even picking what resources to get affects the outcome of the game. It's so strategic, and it also has luck and random. That's okay! Luck and randomness isn't always a bad thing. Especially in this game, all it does in this game is make you have to think and react in the moment and I love that. I really adore this game. I play with my brother and we laugh and/or enjoy every second of each playthrough. If you like duel games for two players and don't despise luck and randomness like everyone else in the bgg community, I think you should give this game a try. Edit.... I finally had a poor experience. I really feel I planned and played perfectly but the chaos and luck really just kept saving my opponent who should of been dead very quickly. Having said that, the very same game where I got screwed by the luck also happened to me the most fun game I've had in the game because of all the chaos. I just could see objective flaws in the game. Subjectively though I had a blast. I still love this game and highly recommend.

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The Cosmic Citizenship Council has announced it will allow two new alien species to join its ranks, but they forgot to make two copies of the filing form — which means that only one species can join! Now, the two candidates must battle for control of the planets to determine who deserves the right to become a Certified Civilization.

Cosmic Encounter Duel is a competitive standalone two-player game in the Cosmic Encounter universe in which you and your closest frenemy race to be the first to control five planets. Each of twenty-seven alien species comes equipped with its own unique abilities that play with the game mechanisms in some way, offering you an edge in the fight, e.g., the Cheater, who can reserve an additional tactic that they can put toward any fight in the game — as long as their opponent doesn’t call out how they’re trying to "cheat". How your game of Cosmic Encounter Duel plays out will inevitably be affected by which powers each dueling species has and how they play off of one another.

In addition to your unique species and its ability, you have twenty spaceships to traverse the cosmos and maintain control over the five planets you need to become a Certified Civilization. As long as you have a ship on a planet, you have control of it, even if your opponent also has ships there and you must share control. You can deploy these ships to fight in duels, use them to act as reinforcements, or draw them back for a tactful retreat. Just don’t lose them to the Warp or let them be claimed by the black void between the stars and end up lost in space forever!

To play, players draw and resolve Destiny cards, which come in three types: Discovery cards, Event cards, and Refresh cards. Discovery cards have you and your opponent discover a planet and duel for control, while Event cards ask you both to test your mettle against a variety of challenges and cosmic calamities, and Refresh cards offer a respite in which you can recover ships, gather allies, and ultimately prepare for another clash.

At the start of a duel, you and your opponent secretly decide how many ships to send to the planet, and once they have been deployed, you can call upon any befriended envoys. To plan your attack, you secretly choose a card from your hand and a standing tactic from your collection to either guard your ships or blast your opponent’s ships, then you fight, sending ships to face-off for control of the planet until the winner claims their prize while the loser retreats. After you and your opponent resolve a Destiny card, you check the icon on the bottom of the card to determine which deck to draw from next, then the race continues.

—description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

2 Players
Play Time

30m
Designer

Bill Eberle, Frank Brooks, Greg Olotka, Peter Olotka
Mechanics

Race, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection, Take That, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Bluffing, Science Fiction, Space Exploration
Publisher

Asmodee, Fantasy Flight Games
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