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Cosmic Encounter

By Erik Arneson, About.com

Cosmic Encounter

Cosmic Encounter

Image courtesy of Fantasy Flight Games

The Basics:

Cosmic Encounter, originally published by Eon in 1977, was designed by Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, and Peter Olotka.

Why Cosmic Encounter is Part of the Games Timeline:

In Cosmic Encounter, each player has special powers that no other player has.

Here are the other games I believe are the most culturally and historically significant games published since 1800.

More About Cosmic Encounter:

Players are aliens trying to colonize foreign worlds. But to be successful, they'll need help from their opponents -- whom they also will sometimes fight against. Each alien race has a unique special power. Eon, the original publisher, released nine expansions for Cosmic Encounter.

Editions of Cosmic Encounter were also published by several other companies, including Mayfair Games (1991) and Avalon Hill (2000). An online version of Cosmic Encounter also is available.

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