Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict
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8.1

Expansion for Cosmic Encounter

Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict

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  • 60 min
  • 13+
  • Complexity 2.8/5

Rules assistant for Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict

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Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict is an expansion for Cosmic Encounter released in 2011 for 3–6 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 13 and up. It was designed by Kevin Wilson and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Team-Based Game.

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About the game

This is the second expansion set for the Fantasy Flight Games version of Cosmic Encounter. From FFG web site: In Cosmic Conflict, 20 new alien races explode onto the galaxy! Players will now shudder at the insidious kindness of the Empath, blink in confusion at the antics of the Lunatic, and howl in outrage as their planets are stolen away by the Claw! Cosmic Conflict also makes the Cosmos even bigger, adding another player (and attractive black components) to the game. Cosmic Quakes will shake things up, ensuring that no player’s hand is truly safe. And as if that wasn’t enough, Cosmic Conflict introduces a new variant to the game – the hazard deck, which confronts the players with dangerous and amusing events that can crop up at any time. Hazards are special game-altering conditions that bring exciting effects to your Cosmic Encounter experience. Special destiny cards, drawn during the destiny phase, display a “hazard warning” in the upper left corner; this indicates that a hazard card should be drawn. Consisting of two types (temporary and permanent), these cards have a variety of wild effects. The Energy Fields hazard card, for example, lets each main player draw two free cards... but they must show them to the group first. And the optional “Extremely Hazardous Variant” will take you on a wild ride; it brings a new hazard card into play every turn!

Editions

  • Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic ConflictenFantasy Flight Games2011
  • Космический контакт: Космический конфликтruHobby World2023
  • Cosmic Encounter: Kosmischer KonfliktdeHeidelberger Spieleverlag2016

Questions and answers

Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict supports 3–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.