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Cosmic Encounter


60m - 120m

2 - 5 Players

Ages 12+
This mechanic requires you to place a bid, usually monetary, on items in an auction of goods in order to enhance your position in the game. These goods allow players future actions or improve a position. The auction consists of taking turns placing bids on a given item until one winner is established, allowing the winner to take control of the item being bid on. Usually there is a game rule that helps drop the price of the items being bid on if no players are interested in the item at its current price.
Auction/Bidding
Hand management games are games with cards in them that reward players for playing the cards in certain sequences or groups. The optimal sequence/grouping may vary, depending on board position, cards held and cards played by opponents. Managing your hand means gaining the most value out of available cards under given circumstances. Cards often have multiple uses in the game, further obfuscating an "optimal" sequence.
Hand Management
The simultaneous action selection mechanic lets players secretly choose their actions. After they are revealed, the actions resolve following the rule-set of the game.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Maneuvers that directly attack an opposing player's strength, level, life points or do something else to impede their progress.
Take That
In games with a trading mechanic, the players can exchange game items between each other.
Trading
Variable Player Powers is a mechanic that grants different abilities and/or paths to victory to the players.
Variable Player Powers

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  1. 9 out of 10

    Played once a long time ago -- finally tracked down my own copy, and I'm eager to make this game well-worn and well-played. I adore the negotiation inherent to games like [thing=30645][/thing], and Cosmic is the grandaddy of all that. Hoping to get the same rich experiences out of Cosmic that I have out of Tammany Hall. Like [thing=19857][/thing] (another of my favorites), everyone is Cosmic has access to their own particular game-breaking combo. When everyone can break the game, is the game really broken? This game is reminiscent of a time when games were more belly laugh than well-oiled machine, and I look forward to playing this one for years to come. Edit Jun-21: This is basically Munchkin in space but better. Group-dependent, so I can't ever rate it a ten, but I've had an amazing time playing it, often enough, that this is an easy 9 for me. [COLOR=#FFFFFF][BGCOLOR=#66CC33][b] EXPANSION(s) OWNED: [/b][/BGCOLOR][/COLOR] [thing=153971][/thing]

  2. 10 out of 10

    A study in chaos theory. At first glance it may seem like an unpredictable and disorganized mess. However, there is a measure of order in the chaos in this game. But oh, the hilarious moments the gameplay invokes, the looks on the faces of your four opponents when you singlehandedly destroy their fleets... Never there is a dull moment Cosmic Encounter.

  3. 5 out of 10

    Highly themed bluffing game, there is a lot of interaction between players, excellent for gamers that look for a good time even if it's complicated to play the game with all the rules in a clear way.

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Build a galactic empire… In the depths of space, the alien races of the Cosmos vie with each other for control of the universe. Alliances form and shift from moment to moment, while cataclysmic battles send starships screaming into the warp. Players choose from dozens of alien races, each with its own unique power to further its efforts to build an empire that spans the galaxy.

Many classic aliens from earlier editions of this beloved game return, such as the Oracle, the Loser, and the Clone. Newly discovered aliens also join the fray, including Remora, Mite, and Tick-Tock. This classic game of alien politics returns from the warp once more.

In Cosmic Encounter, each player is the leader of an alien race. On a player’s turn, he or she becomes the offense. The offense encounters another player on a planet by moving a group of his or her ships through the hyperspace gate to that planet. The offense draws from the destiny deck which contains colors, wilds and specials. He or she then takes the hyperspace gate and points at one planet in the system indicated by the drawn destiny card. The offense vs. the defenses ships are in the encounter and both sides are able to invite allies, play an encounter card as well as special cards to try and tip the encounter in their favor.

The object of the game is to establish colonies in other players’ planetary systems. Players take turns trying to establish colonies. The winner(s) are the first player(s) to have five colonies on any planets outside his or her home system. A player does not need to have colonies in all of the systems, just colonies on five planets outside his or her home system. These colonies may all be in one system or scattered over multiple systems. The players must use force, cunning, and diplomacy to ensure their victory.

Ages

12+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players
Play Time

60m – 120m
Designer

Bill Eberle, Bill Norton, Jack Kittredge, Peter Olotka, Kevin Wilson
Mechanics

Alliances, Auction/Bidding, Negotiation, Prisoner's Dilemma, Race, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection, Take That, Trading, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Bluffing, Negotiation, Science Fiction, Space Exploration
Publisher

House of Monks, Arclight, Asterion Press, Edge Entertainment, Fantasy Flight Games, Galakta, Heidelberger Spieleverlag
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