Cosmos
BGG rank
BGG #11,898
BGG rating
7.7

Cosmos

2021

Rules assistance for Cosmos

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 1–4 players
  • 60–90 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 3.0/5

For 1 player

Rules assistant for Cosmos

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Cosmos is a board game released in 2021 for 1–4 players, 60–90 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Diego de Moraes and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Point to Point Movement, and Deck, Bag, and Pool Building.

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About the game

In Cosmos, players will be protoplanets at the beginning of a planetary system, searching for chemical elements in space to form their characteristics, such as atmosphere, rotation speed and gravitational force. Over 7 billion years (calm down, it's only 7 rounds), the protoplanets will rotate and grow in their orbits in search of becoming a planet capable to support life, in an asymmetric game of deck-building and hand management. Every round, players will play a card from their hands, which tells the action that the planet will do. These actions will allow the planet to move in its orbit, attract elements of spaces near it or make improvements in its characteristics. Each characteristic will benefit the player in a way, such as playing more cards per round, attracting more distant elements, or better controlling the temperature of your planet. He who has advanced further in the path of life will be the winner

Questions and answers

Cosmos supports 1–4 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.