Cosmic Encounter

Regarding the game Cosmic Encounter [ FT415:71]: far from having ‘awful’ gameplay, it was critically acclaimed and very successful – so much so that it’s still in print now, nearly 50 years on, albeit having passed through a number of games companies, and I don’t think that’s just for the pretty artwork! The gameplay was very simple indeed in the original 1970s version (which I still have). This was the whole point – the interest in the game comes from the interaction of the different alien powers which all get to break the rules in a different way. (Modern versions have made it more complicated, which I’m not sure it needed).

Dave Nilsson

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