Designer	Urs Hostettler
Artist	Res Brandenberger
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE Fata Morgana Spiele
Year Published	1998
# of Players	3
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 3 players (9 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (5 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games Strategy Games (14 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game
Mechanic	Trick-taking Variable Player Powers
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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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Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE, Fata Morgana Spiele

Artist: Res Brandenberger

Year: 1998

Product Code: 8983

Size: 2.25 x 3.50 x 0.38 inches

0.15 pounds

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0	Variants Ace of Lizards' Power (The Dealer)	2010-03-27	mojo shivers	0
0	Rules Many Cosmic Power Questions	2009-11-16	Seabie	6
0	General Loving it, but what kind of name is Cosmic Eidex?	2009-06-14	Kwyjibo	5
4	General iPhone Scoring module for Cosmic Eidex	2008-10-18	ryanch	0
7	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	8
0	Rules Shyness cosmic power (not leading)	2007-10-26	BrenoK	3
19	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
10	General A guide to teaching Cosmic Eidex to newcomers	2007-09-15	BrenoK	2

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Cosmic Eidex Trump-indicator

It helps the players remind the trump suit or no trump during the game.

skeil

2011-05-08

Cosmic Eidex Korean Rules

Cosmic Eidex rules in Korean. (revised)

skeil

2011-04-03

Cosmic Eidex Scoring Cards Cheatsheet

A one-page cheat sheet for all nine possible scoring cards during a game of Cosmic Eidex. At the top is the name of the card, the middle is the value in points, and the bottom indicates during what types of games the card scores during--normal, topdown, bottomup, or all. Just lay the cards in your score pile over the scoresheet to assist in scoring your hand quickly.

mojo shivers

2010-01-14

Cosmic Eidex rules in booklet form

I reformatted the rules so that you can create a booklet that will fit inside the Cosmic Eidex box. Print on 8-1/2" by 11" sized paper on a printer with very small margin allowances. Each page is 1/16th of a letter-sized page.

rayzg

2009-07-24

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

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German review - FAIRspielt	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/cosmiceidex.php	2011-11-13
German review - Neue Zürcher Zeitung	http://www.toy-net.ch/forum/spielebesprechung/cosm...	2011-11-13
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/cosmic_eidex	2011-11-13
Cosmic Eidex Korean Review on Mounted Cloud	http://mountedcloud.tistory.com/40	2011-05-08
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/c.html#cos...	2010-03-05
official and CORRECT english rules	http://www.fatamorgana.ch/fatamorgana/cosmic_engli...	2007-06-02
Official English Rules	http://www.abacusspiele.biz/?m=spiele&action=downl...	2007-01-24
Review in Finnish at Lautapelaaja.net	http://www.lautapelaaja.net/arvostelut/cosmiceidex...	2005-11-22