COSMIC ENCOUNTER - How to Play

Let's learn how to play Cosmic Encounter! The asymmetrical game of kicking people's butts. In space!
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Producer: Jessi Librande
Cosmic Encounter was designed by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, Bill Norton, Peter Olotka, and Kevin Wilson, and published by Fantasy Flight Games. We don't own the game or any images associated with it; we're just playing it.
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[@Julia-vh3ky]

CE is my favorite game of all time and I am very picky when I think people are teaching it wrong. This is my new favorite instructional video. You are entertaining and you emphasize what I consider to be important concepts that I have seem many people who explain this game leave out. Fantastic video!

[@RumBoard]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@RealityFan4]

Used this to help 4 completely new players (including myself) the game! Not sure if we got everything right but this was definitely a great starting point, so thank you!

[@RumBoard]

Glad to be helpful! Cosmic is a great game; I hope you had a blast!

[@CesarDaSalad]

A friend linked me to your video so I could learn how to play. Not only did I learn, but it made me laugh too. So thanks for making it fun. :)

[@RumBoard]

Our pleasure :)

[@misdirections]

Epic game of this 2 nights ago. One of my cousins had Amoeba and Masochist, and won the game on the first turn. Some say that's broken, but I say that's what makes this game amazing. It was so quick, we didn't need to reset.. he just picked new aliens and we started over from there, so it didn't bug anybody - it was hilarious!

[@RumBoard]

I loooove when stuff like that happens. It definitely contributes to the charm of this game. -M

[@marklawrence8418]

Thanks for that - I have a much older set than you (1980s) and I've lost the rules, so that's helped me reboot.

[@douggiebee]

Thank you for the great overview. I appreciate a man with a good sense of humor.

[@thepantweaver]

This game seems fantastic.

[@ThatLandonSmith]

It’s been 4 years, had a chance to play it yet?

[@martianwarriorpoet7975]

5:44 Nice. Also great video!

[@AdamRood]

Thanks for this video! Heard a lot about it, but now I definitely need to get this game

[@RumBoard]

It's a blast --- with the right people, and the right mindset. No two games are the same!

[@retrogamerdad9621]

Very well explained. Will use this as guidance for my upcoming demo.

[@lancemcque1459]

I'm not here for rules. I'm here for the cringe humor! Why is there so many thumbs down?!!!

[@ThomasBeckingham]

Great to have rules explanation in a unique fun way. Enjoyed the jokes. good job on the rules too

[@asainmrhatfield]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@janhob7250]

Very entertaining, thank you!

[@BGlasnost]

Thanks for the rules, much appreciated!

[@DaileyVengeance]

This is a good tutorial.

[@wownoob1661]

Love this! Thanks a lot.

[@Garuda989]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@RumBoard]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

Thanks for this explanation.

[@adamheeley285]

This helped a lot.

[@nulljaeger3850]

Is this video super quiet or is it just me? Either way, it was a good descriptive telling of the game and the rules with enough humor to keep it from getting dry- great job!

[@daleprather3026]

Love this video. I want to watch another rules video just for the entertainment value.

[@ScratchySpoon]

Very good, short explanation dude.

[@MrCaboose]

Love your shirt man. Where'd you get that?

[@RumBoard]

yo, thanks! i don't remember where it's from (pretty old shirt), but the brand is "beautiful decay" --- i found this pretty quickly, though: en.templeofdeejays.com/tee-shirts/beautiful-decay-t-shirt---scribble---white-5208.html

[@kylejacobs1007]

Am I the only one who doesnt remove destiny cards and just skips over them if they arent players? Im just too lazy to take them out lol :)

[@sleetyomnivore3464]

i thought my headphones were broke at the beginning of the video

[@RumBoard]

Lol. I hope you didn't turn them up too much and have your ears hurt by Haak's yell!

[@MapsaiLiv]

1:18 🤣🤣

[@GlennDeBlock]

Can the active players deny help?

[@a.wosaibi]

Yes, allies can only join in if they're invited (subject to alien powers)

[@ihalloway]

DUDE what is this transformer toy in background ? i had a similar one in childhood

[@DuraheLL]

If I "attack", let's say, Yellow. And yellow has 4 planets untouched, with all his 4 ships on each. And then yellow's 5th planer has none of his ships on it, but a colony of another player.... may I still attack that planet and count Yellows defence as 0 in terms of ship power? May I attack the other foreign colony and try to drive that one out aswell? (Example what I mean with the above statement, let's say I am green, and I attack Yellow. On Yellow's 5th planet, blue has a colony, can I - as green - choose to attack blue's colony on Yellow's 5th planet to try and drive him out?) Question 2: During a negotiation, can I promise my opponent a colony on another planet... that isn't mine? (Clarifying scenario: I am Green, I am in a negotiation with Blue. I have a colony on one of Yellow's planets, can I promise Blue he will get a colony on the planet owned by Yellow, that I have a colony on?

[@RumBoard]

1. You may choose any planet in yellow's system; if they have no yellow ships on that planet, their defense score is 0 - in other words, exactly as you say! However, you may _only_ encounter the yellow player; unless your species or a card you played says otherwise, you don't get to choose which player you're attacking. However, yellow has the opportunity to kick other players off their home planets if they draw themselves from the destiny deck! 2. Yes, I think the rules explicitly say you can allow them to establish a colony on any planet where you already have a colony, even if it's not your home system!

[@StratfordWingRider]

Nice video.... secretly!

[@bad1788]

F the ticktock. F them.

[@ehair953]

i'm scared of you

[@RumBoard]

good, that means you're a healthy citizen of the internet

[@zpoxy]

The rule explanation are good.... The jokes are cringey 😬 I would follow the channel if they just did rule explanations

[@RumBoard]

Who would we be without the terrible scripts???

[@pixxelwizzard]

Thanks for this video. It reminds me a lot of Munchkin with some of its mechanics, and I really don't like that game. You helped me save $60. On a side note, how are they charging $60 for a few plastic ships and a deck of cards?

[@RumBoard]

Really! I don't see much similarity between the two, but I've only played munchkin once or twice. Dunno what to say about the price, though --- doesn't seem crazy compared to a lot of video games these days... ;)

[@Isaperro]

Hate him love the explanation

[@MrBants]

i just had my first game of this. it lasted 4 hours and didnt even finish it. i now hate this game.

[@RumBoard]

Oh no! What aliens were you playing as?

[@MrBants]

shadow and the one that places bombs

[@RumBoard]

Sounds like the saboteur? I would not play with the shadow in a two-player game --- i can definitely understand why it took so long to finish, when it can snipe out single-ship colonies. the saboteur also slows the game down, but nothing like the shadow. if you can find it in your heart to give it another try, i would recommend it! Just, uh, don't let anyone choose the shadow.

[@MrBants]

it was a 5 player game xD

[@slam_bamboo]

Stop

[@slam_bamboo]

I’m sorry jk but not really

[@slam_bamboo]

Jk found the pause button classic siri