Board 8 > Does anyone here go to GenCon?

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I am going for the first time to GenCon in Indianapolis this year. While video games are still my first love (and I do wish there were more video games at GenCon), I do have a good group of board gaming buddies that I am going with.

Plus, my entire weekend admission is free since I am hosting my own event there. I created a custom version of Epic Duels (originally Star Wars Epic Duels) with Super Smash Bros Brawl characters - with the help of some of my friends. It's a pretty awesome board game. Anyone who has any idea what I am talking about is also pretty awesome.

So, yeah - I'm getting pretty psyched about GenCon.

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i'm planning on going to the board game fiesta in columbus next week

that's a pretty decent one, i've heard

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it's an underwater adventure ride

I've never heard of that one. Here's hoping it's awesome.

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I would probably go if I could. I would just marathon as many games of Cosmic Encounter as I could. Cosmic Encounter is amazing.

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I would if it were a convention dedicated to me!

(But seriously, no. Sounds interesting, but I'm not that into board games.)

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Cosmic Encounter, eh? It looks like the reserved event spots for it are all taken already, but I might look for it in the games library.

What's it like? What kind of game? How many players? How do you play?

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cyko posted...

Cosmic Encounter, eh? It looks like the reserved event spots for it are all taken already, but I might look for it in the games library.

What's it like? What kind of game? How many players? How do you play?

It's player interaction. You play as an alien race and your goal is to establish 5 foreign colonies. On your turn, your target is selected randomly and you want to invade and kick out a race on a planet in a foreign system (each player has a home system of five planets). You can invite other players to help attack, or if you're the one being attacked, you can invite them to defend. They are advantage to being an ally, of course.

When you are attack, you'll play a card with a number on it (Encounter Card) and add the number of ships you have on your side to that card (typically, each player can launch 1-4 ships in an encounter, allies and main players).

Finally, each alien race has a power that bends or breaks the rules of the game in some way. It takes about 90-120 minutes to play (longer in some cases). With all expansions, it can play 3-8 players. A 4-5 player game is well-rounded for newbies. If you can, I recommend playing it at least once to see if you like it.

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