Annotated Games: 5 Players

This game was played during the game testing of Cosmoclasm. The general strategy is concentrate battle stations near each other so that their planet coverage overlap or save the cards if no such opportunities exist.

For visibility, the planets are simply white hexes until claimed, at which point they get the claiming player's color. The battle stations are colored circles and the cards colored squares. Each round ends with an overview of the board, the hands and the drawing row.

Round 1

The game starts aggressively as the Humans' double brown card and the Martians' orange card are both countered by the Cyborgs. The Radiants play a double orange card, hoping that the others will wear each other out. Only the Hiveminds decide to withdraw early and save cards. The Cyborg tactis pay off as both the Humans and the Martians withdraw with only the latter claiming a supremacy while the Radiants are happy with one supremacy for only one card. With two supremacies, the Cyborgs claim the first planet.

To be continued.

P&P (PDF, A4)

P&P (PDF, US Letter)

Annotated games

• 5 players

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