Granite
01-05-2003, 02:07 PM
I was wondering if anyone had heard anything about an expansion for Cosmic Encounter.(The game is designed to accomdate 2 more planetary systems if you set up the board differently) I stopped at the Avalon Hill booth at GenCon in 2001 and they told me it was a possibility depending on customer response. I have heard no updates since.
On another note, I have made my own 5 to 7 player expansions and the only problaems that I have run into are lack of cards. Some of the alien powers and defender rewards make it impossible to have a draw pile. Everyone is hoarding them in their hand. I am working on different house rules to curail this such as either max hand size of 20 or defender rewards of +1 card for every 2 ships once you have a 7 card hand.
I would be interested to hear any rumors of an expansion or if anyone else has worked up house rules for incorporating more people into the game.
On another note, I have made my own 5 to 7 player expansions and the only problaems that I have run into are lack of cards. Some of the alien powers and defender rewards make it impossible to have a draw pile. Everyone is hoarding them in their hand. I am working on different house rules to curail this such as either max hand size of 20 or defender rewards of +1 card for every 2 ships once you have a 7 card hand.
I would be interested to hear any rumors of an expansion or if anyone else has worked up house rules for incorporating more people into the game.