Cosmic Encounter - Play Through 

Wow Roy is just salty all round, salty while leading salty when he loses. Seems like it would be a real chore playing with him. Mike as a first timer made a great play and had a great gameplan and a well deserved wins.

Way to stick it to Roy😉, well done Mike!

well played mike. champion! just got this game, played once, immediately bought incursions expansion! that's getting played 6 player tomorrow!

Well done, Mike! Masochist is a tough one but you pulled it off! Yes, if his ships have no colony to return to at the end of an encounter, the ships go to the Warp. If a player has no ships available at the start of their next encounter, the ship they retrieve from the Warp during Regroup goes directly onto the Hyperspace Gate/Cone. So, Mike wins his first Cosmic by alien trickery! That was a lot of fun, guys! Thanks for sharing this!

Mike's situation is so hilarious through out the entire thing, especially if you don't know the context. Constantly you hear them say "You just want to die!" and "You just want to lose". 1:04:16 was especially funny lol.

I love cosmic and watching tom play our favorite game is always great! some minor things though. it looks like you are playing the Loser wrong... after Upset both players must play attack cards if they can. they cant play Negotiation if they have an attack. and another thing, You can't use a cosmic zap on a squash deal, only a card zap, not sure if thats what happened because i couldn't see the card itself but it sounded like it was a cosmic zap. I am happy to see you caught that mistake with Mike taking his ships back from the warp. He did win fair and square. (my only time winning with the masochist i used plague on myself to win). Thank you the dice tower for this. please play more cosmic

Roy was really insufferable in this. Normally I enjoy him, but I was glad everyone called him out. He was alpha gaming hard, and it was not enjoyable. Otherwise the video was fun. I really enjoy Mike! Good for him!

This is such a good game. I need to get the rest of the expansions...

I just picked this up. Cant wait to play!

The loser wins thing was played wrong right at the beginning. It says you must use an attack card if possible. He can’t use a negotiate card unless he has no attack cards which I find hard to believe on the first round

Would have preferred Jason in the far right seat. Never thought I'd say that

The LOSER say: "both main players MUST use attack cards, if possible". On the firs turn the guy use a Negotiate card.

I feel like Lindsey was given incorrect information about her race here. Several times I heard it mention that “if the opponent plays a negotiate…”, however players *must* play an attack card if able. Granted, I don’t know what was in the players’ hands, but I feel that really should have been pointed out.

We played the original by Eon with the expansion for years. Moons and flares, along with two powers. I always found getting the Macron and the Machine as a combo was unstoppable.

I understand the flak Roy is getting in the comments for how he acted during the match, but I do think this behavior was intentional and wasn't actual alpha-gamer (plays the game for you) behavior. He mentioned this is one of his fav games that he has a lot of time in with another group, and I think this explains a lot of how he acted, but doesn't excuse bringing that energy and attitude to first-timers. After a group has played many times, you can develop more nuance with deception and one valid strategy that emerges is the Coordinator (made-up term). They play like they are just your guide trying to make sure you make optimal plays, but truly they only key you into optimal plays that benefit them. They'll have opinions on everyone's turns and possible actions. To another experienced player who can recognize optimal plays without help and can sniff out deception (especially if they are in the same long-term group) these constant needling doubts and suggestions from the Coordinator actually provide useful clues about exactly what the Coordinator wants to win. The major mistake he made was bringing the playstyle he used with his group to this match where people are being taught. It's like throwing a kid into the deep end to teach them how to swim. Thankfully and to his credit he does relax and plays much more reserved and gives room for the others to think and act on their turns. He still plays this way on his turn, which I think should be ok, it is after-all his turn.

Finaly love this playtrough ;D

I just played a game of cosmic encounters on Sunday where the virus was part of a three way tie.

1:03:00 It's confusing to state you get to draw a new hand of cards "if you need to play an encounter card but don't have any" as it only applies if you're the defender. If you're an offense and it's nothing but the very start of your turn, you don't, and your turn end right away.

Hey Tom, any chance you could show/tell the list of aliens you used for this one? Would be great to introduce people to cosmic.

Because of the nature of the game with timing and powers would you recommend no take backs for new players?

I want to try this game.

Go, Ancient Mike!

Unfortunately, I never got Cosmic to work with any group. It's niche - expert gamers beer and prezel game - means Casual gamers I tried it with and are interested in a social experience are put of by the complexity (and can't evaluate what cards could possibly be in play), and my expert gamers group(s) find it to random and a bit bloated, preffering classic Area Control or a Deduction game. I hope I'll get behind the secret why this is so beloved by Dice Tower and Shut up and Sit Down, it still sits on my shelf with all expansions.

Hilarious! Nice job Mike !!

SPOILERS: I love this game for the sheer fact that Mike was able to win with his alternate win condition with the mix of using a card in a way it obviously isn't normally intended (plaguing himself was clutch), and the chaos of all sorts of abilities mixing. Especially as it was his first play. A lot of fun!

for someone who hates munchkin....this reminds me alot of munchkin....

The Roy school of negotiating… brow-beat them into submission!!!

I really like this game and want to get it to the table but explaining everything takes super long and I feel like if you don't people get surprised by rules and grt frustrated

Wow, the explainer was pretty salty when he lost!

What the hell, a parasite that doesn't invite himself to every attack...?

Mike should have regrouped one ship before the start of his turn though, no?

I liked the video because I enjoyed it.. however if there was a dislike button just for Roy I would press it. He was annoying. He likes the sound of his own voice too much.

Honestly the lady that played the loser did it so wrong it hurts 😂

Oh Man, I would never play this game with Roy. How much more annoying could he get?