Highly regarded by many people, this game definitely deserves a place in the Gaming Hall of Fame, if only because it was so original for its time. This is the original version, produced by Eon in the seventies. Cosmic Encounter has since been produced by West End Games, Mayfair Games, and Avalon Hill (Hasbro) as well. A new edition has been released by Fantasy Flight Games in late 2008 (Cosmic Encounter). Each version is slightly different, but all share a core set of features.
Players represent alien races that are seeking to spread themselves onto five foreign worlds. To accomplish this, they make challenges against other players and enlist the aid of interested parties. But alien powers, which are unique to each race, give players ways to bend or outright break some rule in the game.
The components of the original Eon edition basic game are:
Since 1977, Cosmic Encounter (in its various forms and versions, but primarily keeping the same base gameplay) has won (or been nominated) for the following accolades:
2001 Spiel der Spiele Hit Games with Friends Winner.
Print friendly version of cards to be used with the Daggers expansion. This version has a border around the cards for easy cut-out.
Daggers are cards that give sinister effects and sometimes backfire or have great consequence for both sides in a battle. Daggers are used in a game with lucre. The degree of power that a dagger has is based on the amount of lucre that is spent on the dagger. There are three decks of daggers, Dagger Set 1 costs three lucre (one lucre EON) and performs a small effect. Dagger Set 2 costs seven lucre (two lucre EON) and performs a medium effect. Dagger Set 3 costs 13 lucre (four lucre EON) and performs a severe effect.
Print friendly version of cards to be used with the Daggers expansion. This version has no border around the cards.
Daggers are cards that give sinister effects and sometimes backfire or have great consequence for both sides in a battle. Daggers are used in a game with lucre. The degree of power that a dagger has is based on the amount of lucre that is spent on the dagger. There are three decks of daggers, Dagger Set 1 costs three lucre (one lucre EON) and performs a small effect. Dagger Set 2 costs seven lucre (two lucre EON) and performs a medium effect. Dagger Set 3 costs 13 lucre (four lucre EON) and performs a severe effect.
Daggers are cards that give sinister effects and sometimes backfire or have great consequence for both sides in a battle. Daggers are used in a game with lucre. The degree of power that a dagger has is based on the amount of lucre that is spent on the dagger. There are three decks of daggers, Dagger Set 1 costs three lucre (one lucre EON) and performs a small effect. Dagger Set 2 costs seven lucre (two lucre EON) and performs a medium effect. Dagger Set 3 costs 13 lucre (four lucre EON) and performs a severe effect.
Cards for Cosmic Encounter Rewards Deck. These cards are not part of the Challenge Deck, and can only be gained when a player can take Rewards (in addition to or instead of cards from the normal Challenge Deck, or tokens from the Warp).
Hazard Deck for CE (The last page is the back for the cards. Cards may be difficult to line up exactly, in which case you should go with a more generic backing. This sheet works well if you are using card protectors, and can print this page separately.)
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