COSMIC ENCOUNTER: COSMIC DOMINION BOARD GAME EXPANSION PDF, EPUB, EBOOK none | none | 15 Aug 2014 | Fantasy Flight Games | 9781616619138 | English | United States Cosmic Encounter Cosmic Dominion Expansion – Gameology Major fan-made variants include multiple-power games in which players have multiple alien powers at once and hidden-power games in which powers are not revealed until their first use. Official variants include rules for adding a seventh or eighth player, and there has been a version providing enough components for a ten-player game when combined with a previous release. The original version of Cosmic Encounter had exactly six alien powers and was designed for up to six players. This edition was nearly published by Parker Brothers in the mids; when it was not, the designers founded Eon Productions, Inc. The first Eon edition was released in It allowed up to four players and included fifteen alien powers. Over the next five years, Eon released nine expansions, adding sixty more alien powers, components for a fifth and sixth player, and several new types of pieces, including "Flare" cards, money Lucre , Moons, and special power planet systems. The artwork on these early editions included images painted by Dean Morrissey. Eon published three versions of the base game, differing only in box size and cover art. In , the game was republished in the U. The game used the same deck of cards and number of players, and the same powers with five additional powers from Eon expansion sets 1 and 2. However, the cards and tokens were incompatible with the Eon edition. Meanwhile, in the UK, the game was published by Games Workshop. The GW edition supported six players, with powers from the Eon base set and some of the first three expansions. In , the game was licensed by Mayfair Games. Mayfair published Cosmic Encounter, an expansion called More Cosmic Encounter , and a stripped-down introductory version of the game called Simply Cosmic The Mayfair edition revised some powers from the original Eon set, introduced many more, and significantly revised some of the existing components. It also introduced several new components. By combining the three Mayfair products, it is possible to play a player game. In , Avalon Hill by then a division of Hasbro published a simplified version in one box with plastic pieces. While the production quality was high, this version was limited to 20 powers and four players and received no expansions. On August 17, , Fantasy Flight Games announced plans to reprint the game in This edition included 50 aliens, flare cards, a new Technology variant, and support for 5 players. Since , Fantasy Flight has released six expansion sets:. Each set of aliens includes their alien sheets and flare cards, along with any special tokens certain aliens may need. Extra players include 20 ships, 5 planets, and destiny cards of the corresponding colors. In , a special 42nd anniversary edition was released by Fantasy Flight, with new box art, translucent ships, a new alien the Demon , and a few other minor features. The new edition is still compatible with Fantasy Flight's expansions. A standalone two-player adaptation of the game was announced in January with an expected release date in April. Titled Cosmic Encounter Duel , it still features a race to colonize five planets through attacks and negotiations. However, it replaces the standard game's multiplayer alliance system with virtual allies called Envoys, and increases the degree of hidden information in an encounter through methods such as giving the players rotating dials with which to secretly choose their fleet strengths. In , original designer Peter Olotka and partners launched a new version called Cosmic Encounter Online that may be played over the internet. As of [update] , this version has 35 powers, including four new aliens and two more that are designed for online play such as Dork, which blocks other players' screens. Cosmic Encounter Online has since been shut down. It has been superseded by Cosmic Encounter Connector , released in and available through Tabletop Simulator. In the May edition of Dragon Issue 14 , Tony Watson found the game to be "highly playable, fanciful, and very fun. He concluded, " Cosmic Encounter is a new type of SF game From both a physical and design point of view it is a very good game. In the June—July edition of White Dwarf Issue 7 , Fred Hemmings found the game "simple to learn, and yet at the same time is so full of good ideas and potential player skill. He gave the game an overall rating of 8 out of 10, saying, "What makes this game is the aliens —they vary from good to excellent, and so does the game. In the September edition of Dragon Issue 18 , Dave Minch questioned the science fiction angle of Cosmic Encounter , saying it was "nothing more than hype. There are cards which introduce both chance and strategy of play, as in poker or bridge. There are chips representing the bases which you must build to win the game, giving the positional and matching requirements of pit-and- pebble games, as well as a betting flavor like poker. In the inaugural edition of Ares Magazine March , Greg Costikyan rated the game 9 out of 9, saying, "The result is a weird, constantly mutating, and gripping game that does not lose its appeal even after innumerable playings. The addition of any of the four expansion sets makes Cosmic Encounter even more fascinating. It's totally original, and a lot of fun. I recommend it without reservation to gamers". But sets 6 and 7 still have a lot of value for CE enthusiasts. In the March edition of White Dwarf Issue 75 , Tim Wilson gave the re-issued game an overall rating of 8 out of 10, saying, " Cosmic Encounter is an easy, light-hearted game with plenty of scope for devious strategy and backstabbing The earlier version of this game [published by Eon] proved too scarce and expensive for it to become well-known: try it now, and see why it was worth re-releasing. In the November edition of Dragon Issue , Allen Varney gave an ebullient review, saying, "This brilliantly interactive and spectacularly fun design is my very favorite game, bar none. Varney again gave a very positive review of the Mayfair edition in the December edition of Dragon Issue , but questioned some of the new rules in Mayfair's expansion set, saying the set "offers many terrific powers and some terribly unbalanced ones plus new cards and forgettable rules additions like Lucre and Moons. Bruno Faidutti commented, "The box for Eon's first edition of Cosmic Encounter proclaimed 'the science-fiction game for everyone. Cosmic Encounter was one of the first commercial board games with a simple set of core rules and a specific set of modifications to those rules for each player. The possibility of an organic and completely different experience every time one plays was one of the influences in the design of the card game Magic: The Gathering. Magic designer Richard Garfield has often cited Cosmic Encounter as being influential in the design of Magic, the Gathering , going so far as to say, "[ Magic' s] most influential ancestor is a game for which I have no end of respect: Cosmic Encounter. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Archived from the original on Retrieved Cosmic Dominion adds 30 new aliens to the FFG canon. These will include a few favorite classics from the good old days, with a large number of new alien powers contributed by a wide variety of fan designers. The set also includes a brand-new Reward Deck that can stand alone or be mixed with the one in Cosmic Incursion, but that is composed almost entirely of new cards, many with interesting twists on standard ones. Finally, included are special "Special Ship Markers" that can be used for a variety of variants, with some included in the rulebook to start you off. TableTopFinder is a project created by Jeroen Deviaene that allows you to find board games that you will love. Only a few keywords are needed to start searching. And when you found your match we provide you with the best prices on the market. This website uses cookies to remember your preferences. By doing this we can modify the content to show what is most important to you. Browse Board games Persons Publishers. Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Dominion. Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Dominion | Asmodee USA In the November edition of Dragon Issue , Allen Varney gave an ebullient review, saying, "This brilliantly interactive and spectacularly fun design is my very favorite game, bar none. Varney again gave a very positive review of the Mayfair edition in the December edition of Dragon Issue , but questioned some of the new rules in Mayfair's expansion set, saying the set "offers many terrific powers and some terribly unbalanced ones plus new cards and forgettable rules additions like Lucre and Moons. Bruno Faidutti commented, "The box for Eon's first edition of Cosmic Encounter proclaimed 'the science-fiction game for everyone. Cosmic Encounter was one of the first commercial board games with a simple set of core rules and a specific set of modifications to those rules for each player. The possibility of an organic and completely different experience every time one plays was one of the influences in the design of the card game Magic: The Gathering. Magic designer Richard Garfield has often cited Cosmic Encounter as being influential in the design of Magic, the Gathering , going so far as to say, "[ Magic' s] most influential ancestor is a game for which I have no end of respect: Cosmic Encounter.