Michael Aldridge
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Eon version with the alien in the pic, as shown.
All of the components are accounted for. Two cards, a 6 and an 8, were modified to have other text on them, then modified again to turn them back into a 6 and an 8. These cards look just fine on the starfield backside and are indistinguishable from other cards held in your hand.
Box is worn and a little faded. Corners and edge rips have been taped. Rules show wear.
Smoke-free home.
Free shipping within the continental US. First $10 elsewhere.
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Michael Aldridge
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Eon version with the alien in the pic, as shown.
All of the components are accounted for. Two cards, a 6 and an 8, were modified to have other text on them, then modified again to turn them back into a 6 and an 8. These cards look just fine on the starfield backside and are indistinguishable from other cards held in your hand.
Box is worn and a little faded. Corners and edge rips have been taped. Rules show wear.
Smoke-free home.
Free shipping within the continental US. First $10 elsewhere.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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User: Cosmic Encounter.
Cleverbot: Cosmic.
User: Encounter.
Cleverbot: Oui, oui.
User: Base for a Base.
Cleverbot: Ladies and gentlemen.
User: Lost to the Warp.
Cleverbot: What game.
User: Game Over.
Cleverbot: Or is it?
User: Cosmic Zap.
Cleverbot: What is cosmic.
User: A game to end all games.
Cleverbot: I play the game of life.
User: Art Linkletter heartily endorses this game.
Cleverbot: Does your heart lift also when one were to help the homeless?
User: Only if I get a base.
Cleverbot: Yes, and that present will be a gun pointed right to your face.
User: You must be the Warrior.
Cleverbot: I am a Warrior for my people. I fight to save the ones that I love.
User: There is no love. Only galactic conquest.
Cleverbot: What comes after the letter C?
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Randall Peek
United States
Preston
Connecticut
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This is as close to perfect as a game can get for my tastes. It has a manageable playing time, nearly infinite variety, and is surprisingly social. Some of the very best gaming experiences I have had were had with this game. I can think of no other game that has gone through so many iterations and editions, has spawned so many expansions and fan-made additions, been so influential in the genesis of other games, nor remain as relevant as Cosmic Encounter. My only regret is that I already have three editions of the game, and I can't convince my wife that I NEED the FFG version.
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Julie Daigle
Canada
Saint-Eustache
Québec
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"Rencontre cosmique" (not "Cosmic Encounter") edition.
Édition Descartes
Français
Bonne condition
Maison sans fumée
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Stephen Roney
United States
Ladera Ranch
California
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1977 - Cosmic Encounter
An instant classic as far as I was concerned. I probably spent more time figuring how I thought certain powers would match up or combine than I did actually playing the game, as this game is not wife-friendly, at least for MY wife (YMMV). Heaviest play was probably in the early 80s, when I worked at Mattel Electronics. Several other people there were already Cosmic fans and some at-work games were played. It reared its head again at my current job, when we (the company, not me personally) were peripherally involved in the launch of Cosmic Encounter On-line. The creators/owners of CE even came to our company Christmas Party one year.
Runners Up
The Winning Ticket - Another game that saw repeat play inside the family in the late 80s/early 90s, though there is not a lot to distinguish it.
Black Box - Another deduction game that holds up well, with nice components, too.
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Watch out for the
Sweden
Help, I'm being held prisoner in an overtext typing facility! I don't have much time, they could find out at any m
I'm that weirdo whose number of badges sold prior to yesterday Bail Organa is keeping track of
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Swedish version of the original CE. Is it worth $4.5? Seems to go for marginally more on a random Swedish auction site.
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Weintraub J
United States
Commack
New York
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Necrotic Consume
Eccentric Moon Us
Concocts mine rue
Ion: concrete scum
Run economic sect
For the expansion hater: succinct ere moon
Coercion scum net
Conic trounces me
And my favorite...
Mr. Conscience? Out!
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Jason Hoover
United States
Kyle
Texas
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$3 at Half Price Books.
Then I rushed home and unloaded the truck as fast as I could before the wife got home!
edit: No, wrong version, sorry to cause some excitement. Fixed the pic above. Pic below is what was showing.
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Joel Weeks
United States
Roswell
Georgia
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Start Player:
The last person to have an out of body experience and wasted that opportunity to clip their toenails.
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Michael Aldridge
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Eon version with the alien in the pic, as shown.
All of the components are accounted for. Two cards, a 6 and an 8, were modified to have other text on them, then modified again to turn them back into a 6 and an 8. These cards look just fine on the starfield backside and are indistinguishable from other cards held in your hand.
Box is worn and a little faded. Corners and edge rips have been taped. Rules show wear.
Smoke-free home.
Free shipping within the continental US. First $10 elsewhere.
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Freelance Police
United States
Palo Alto
California
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You Virus power does WHAT???
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Bart de Vos
Netherlands
Groningen
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weg edition.
game in good condition
box scuffed
language english
free shipping (unless you don't, in which case Ill copy your specifications)
Sweetener:
Warriors
german ed, language german;
No necessary in-game text
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Michael Aldridge
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Eon version with the alien in the pic, as shown.
All of the components are accounted for. Two cards, a 6 and an 8, were modified to have other text on them, then modified again to turn them back into a 6 and an 8. These cards look just fine on the starfield backside and are indistinguishable from other cards held in your hand.
Box is worn and a little faded. Corners and edge rips have been taped. Rules show wear.
Smoke-free home.
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Adam Kunsemiller
United States
South Bend
Indiana
Mischievous Hobbes is Mischievous
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After jumping into the hobby with both feet, I often found people referring to this game, but without access to it (this was before the FFG reprint) it was mostly a mystery. I think part of what intimidated me in this game was the wide variety of versions that had been published, often with different rules (are we using flares? What about moons, etc.) I tried to read the rules, but couldn't wrap my head around it. On the surface, without having played it, it seemed to be just a giant confusing mess.
My first BGGcon seemed to be the perfect opportunity to try and tackle some of these games that had both intrigued and intimidated me. At that first BGGcon, having gone alone and not knowing anyone on BGG through forum activity or anything like that, I found myself standing around with nothing to do. So I figured "why not," grabbed Cosmic Encounter from the library, held up the box, and started walking around. That first game ended up having 6 people in it I think, including several veterans that were happy to explain things.
This ended up being the perfect introduction to this game, a lot of the ridiculous, broken powers were out there (like Virus) but the social dynamic of the game really shined through, with everyone teaming up against the more advantageous aliens and it all coming down to having the right cards in the end. I believe I ended up winning this in a shared victory, another new notion for me (that you could negotiate and win together). All in all, a great experience, and one that led directly to the next item.
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10 - 16 January 2011
and the First Expansion. Found complete and unpunched for $2.99 at Goodwill by
R.K. Lok
United States
Portland
Oregon
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Tom J
United States
Richmond Hts.
Ohio
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This WEG edition. It also includes the first 3 Eon expansions, so it will play six players. On the negative side, the original plastic counters and cardboard discs aren't present. However, I have replaced the counters with wooden cubes from an old Risk set.
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David Spitzley
United States
Belleville
Michigan
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TRADED!
I tried this last April with no success, so let's give it another try. I became a convert to the Fantasy Flight version of this a couple of years ago, and now have the base game and both expansions. So, I'm now looking to rehome my Eon games copy. But that's not all: you see, I've got all nine expansions, too.
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #1
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #2
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #3
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #4
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #5
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #6
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #7
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #8
Cosmic Encounter: Expansion Set #9
Now, it's not perfect, but for a 34 year old game initially purchased by a grade school aged me, it's close. I repackaged the game into a box from Lords of Creation, a single counter of each color is missing (they're just dots, so replacements shouldn't be a biggie), and I've had to print replacements for two of the aliens standups. But all of the cards (I checked the official list), moons (same here), planet hexes (with alternate hex sides), etc., and the consolidated rule book (from expansion 9) are present and accounted for, with some minor wear. In response to previous inquiries, it is stink-free.
So, anybody interested? I consider this a spare copy, and would be willing to trade the entire kit and kaboodle for a single game. I'll pay for shipping this, too.
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Matthew Wettstein
Switzerland
Washington
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Pre-2000 Position: #75
Current Position: #355
Year: 1977
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Michael Aldridge
United States
Nashville
Tennessee
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Eon version with the alien in the pic, as shown.
All of the components are accounted for. Two cards, a 6 and an 8, were modified to have other text on them, then modified again to turn them back into a 6 and an 8. These cards look just fine on the starfield backside and are indistinguishable from other cards held in your hand.
Box is worn and a little faded. Corners and edge rips have been taped. Rules show wear.
Smoke-free home.
Free shipping within the continental US.
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Fel Barros
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
RJ
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Edição: Avalon Hill
Condição: Aberto, componentes em perfeito estado, tampo da caixa bem afundado.
Lance inicial: R$ 25,00
Compre Agora: R$ 75,00
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Thomas Blackwell
Delaware
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I'm sure this is a great game.... but I don't know if I want to give it another chance.
It fell victim to it being taught poorly.
The owner of the game had several versions mixed together, no rule book, included expansions, and then played the game cutthroat style, wanting to win at all costs.
Seriously poisoned my experience.
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Back Soon
United States
Xenia
Ohio
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My favorite find of the year was actually by my oldest daughter (my Columbus Ohio Thrift Minion).
 She called me from a yard sale with an unpunched Cosmic Encounter for $1.
My personal favorite find was Key To The Kingdom at GWO. Mainly because I saw it perched on top of the bins in the next aisle and my old arrrowhead hunting instincts kicked in. 
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Michael Blumöhr
Germany
Griesheim
Unspecified
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 Am Freitagabend ist es inzwischen Tradition und die Spielerrunde ist auch recht stabil. Diesmal gab einen gemeinsamen Sieg von 3 der 6 Spieler, nachdem es vorher schon recht spannend war. Mächte waren ziemlich viele im Spiel, nachdem ich mit Wild-Reincarnator mal für neue Verhältnisse gesorgt habe 
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Edition: Alga Swedish Edition (1987)
Language: Some components are in Swedish, rules in Swedish.
Condition: Good, complete.
Shipping: Handover in Vaasa possible. Free shipping within Finland.
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