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Can I play Cosmic Encounter with six, seven or eight players using the base game?
Community posts describe the improvised extra-player setup; the designer posts only advise on deck size and card-hungry aliens in large games.
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2015-07-06
- Bill Martinson · Designer · 2012-07-17
- homertve · Community · 2015-07-06
- Phil Fleischmann · Community · 2015-07-06
- salty53 · Community · 2012-07-17
Yes, with some improvising. Extra players can use coins or tokens as ships and paper circles as planets, and the three Special destiny cards can serve as the extra player's destiny color. Players and the designer recommend using the reward deck and leaving out card-hungry aliens (such as Miser, Hacker or Citadel) in big games to avoid Cosmic Quakes. The Large Group cards are optional.