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Designed By	Urs Hostettler
Art By	Res Brandenberger
Published By	Abacus Fata Morgana Spiele
Year Published	1998
# of Players:	3 − 3
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 3 players (7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game
Mechanic	Trick-taking Variable Player Powers
Primary Name	Cosmic Eidex
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This little trick taking game is a fairly intriguing little game only playable with three. The idea is to take either the most points or the least points (designated by the trump and rank of the cards that you take each hand), to earn a victory point. A set number of victory points gets the game. However, if in a hand one of the players exceeds a set number of card points, then the other two players automatically get the victory point. And if one player can get all of the tricks then he receives two victory points. Additionally, each player is given a relatively weak Cosmic-like power to break one of the rules. There are as many possibilities as there are cards, but wise card play usually outweighs their influence.

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0	General Loving it, but what kind of name is Cosmic Eidex?	2009-06-14	Kwyjibo	1
3	General iPhone Scoring module for Cosmic Eidex	2008-10-18	ryanch	0
6	Sessions ∞S-But That Never Happens!	2008-05-21	rayito2702	3
1	General So, Can You Just Play Without the Silly Powers?	2008-04-28	Randy Cox	6
0	Rules Shyness cosmic power (not leading)	2007-10-26	BrenoK	3
13	Reviews ∞R-Cosmic Eidex, Trick Taking For Three	2007-10-01	rayito2702	5
1	General Some comments on a few specific cosmic powers	2007-09-29	BrenoK	0
8	General A guide to teaching Cosmic Eidex to newcomers	2007-09-15	BrenoK	1
5	Strategy Some beginner strategies in Cosmic Eidex.	2007-09-10	BrenoK	0
0	Rules Questions about "Shooting the Moon" and first player	2007-09-10	rayito2702	3

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Cosmic Eidex Special Character Cards Reference Sheet

Cheat-sheet for special powers, revised for clarity.

Verkisto

2007-09-13

Cosmic Eidex - portuguese (regras em português).pdf

Rules in Portuguese: Esta tradução foi baseada no arquivo em inglês disponível no Boardgamegeek. Decidi simplificar um pouco algumas explicações e corrigir alguns erros já identificados pelos usuários do site. Tomei a liberdade também de mudar o nome de alguns poderes após perceber que poderes cujos nomes são invocados no meio da partida (Justiça! Justiça!) tendem a provocar mais risadas. Botei o nome em inglês ao lado em parênteses, e o nome em alemão está impresso nas cartas.

BrenoK

2007-09-06

Cosmic_Eidex_scoring_reference.doc

A player reference for just the card scoring, which, with careful trimming, will fit in the game box.

atholbrose

2007-07-19

Rules #28_ Cosmic Eidex.m4a

A quick slideshow review of this strange little game!

snoozefest

2007-03-26

Cosmic Eidex Scoring

Scoring aid v 1.0. You must still tally each player's hand points and enter into the spreadsheet. Victory points are automatically calculated. It takes care of all the funky scoring rules except if all players score < 100 points and 2 players tie, in which case you must enter dummy hand point values (e.g., 50, 50, 57).

snoozefest

2007-03-07

Improved CEidex Aid.doc

Cosmic Eidex Player Aid

David Vander Ark

2007-02-16

Cosmic Eidex Player Aid three per page.doc

Three player aid cards for Cosmic Eidex, showing card values and crucial rules.

David Vander Ark

2003-12-10

CEidex.doc

English Rules

2001-01-31

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User Rank:	708
Num Ratings:	254
Average Rating:	7.05
Standard Deviation:	1.41
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.7
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Personal Comments:	145
Users Owning:	459
Users Wanting:	49
Users Trading:	8
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	494
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Review in Finnish at Lautapelaaja.net	http://www.lautapelaaja.net/arvostelut/cosmiceidex...	2005-11-22
Official English Rules	http://www.abacusspiele.de/Regeln/Kartenspiele/Cos...	2007-01-24
official and CORRECT english rules	http://www.fatamorgana.ch/fatamorgana/cosmic_engli...	2007-06-02
English Rules from Abacus Spiele	http://www.abacusspiele.de/neueseite/?m=spiele&act...	2009-05-14
German rules at publisher	http://www.abacusspiele.de/neueseite/?m=spiele&act...	2009-05-24
French rules at publisher	http://www.abacusspiele.de/neueseite/?m=spiele&act...	2009-05-24

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