Another actually wins the whole game if it loses all of its ships, meaning no one can tell whether you're going to try to win or intentionally lose any given battle.Īdded to this are extra one-use cards you can have in your hand that break the rules even more, plus the way the game encourages you to form alliances to stop players who are doing too well (and then potentially screw over your allies if you want).
One can just invite itself into others’ encounters as an ally even if they don’t want it, raking up the rewards.
One alien gets to take other players’ discarded battle cards, becoming more powerful the more others use their best cards. One alien actually wins battles if it loses them.
The wrinkle is that every player has a unique alien power that totally breaks those rules. The idea is to be the first to have five colonies on other players’ planets, either by winning battles or negotiating well. They can invite other players to ally with them in the fight, in exchange for rewards. The basic rules are pretty simple: every turn, a player is randomly matched with another player (an ‘encounter’), and the two must either fight (using numbered cards from their hands) or negotiate. We like to say that Cosmic Encounter is the board game equivalent of Mario Kart – practice will make you better at it, but just enough wild stuff happens in each game that a beginner always has a chance of winning, which makes it great for both first-time players and veterans. If you're really into the hobby, you may already know many of the best board games on our list, so don't forget to check out our favourite new board games list.Īnd if these don't take your fancy but you still want a great tabletop activity, see our guide to the best Lego sets. Some board games can be rather expensive, so we have a separate guide to the best cheap board games, with many of its best games appearing in this guide too. You'll find the best board games for two players, as well as games that can amuse a large group, but we do actually have a dedicated guide to the best two-player board games as well as the best board games for kids, plus the best Disney board games – the last of those is not as kid-oriented as you might guess. We'll explain how all these games work in ways that people who aren't into board games as a hobby can understand, so don't worry if you're a beginner when it comes to newer board games. Our best board games list includes lots of the best family board games that people of mixed ages can play, as well as the best board games for adults playing without kids.
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