Cosmic Encounter Version History

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Supposedly Cosmic was published in 16 editions, so any additions or corrections would be extremely welcome.
I happily have copies of most of these

<: ################################################## $TABLE = <Prototypes 1972 Powers PB Plexi Covers Components -- 1977 Eon Cosmic Encounter [landscape box] front contents Eon list -- 1978 Eon Cosmic Encounter [oracle box] front 2 back rules: ps pdf, rev_hexes appendix [pdf], french aliens -- 1982 Eon Cosmic Encounter [big box] front all appendix: ps pdf -- 1977 Eon   Expansion #1 1 Eon list -- 1977 Eon   Expansion #2 Eon list -- 1978 Eon   Expansion #3 3 3.b Eon list -- 1979 Eon   Expansion #4 4 Eon list -- 1980 Eon   Expansion #5 5 5.b Eon list -- 1981 Eon   Expansion #6 6 Eon list -- 1981 Eon   Expansion #7 7 Eon list -- 1981? Eon   Blank Cards 10 cents each through Eon mail order -- 1982 Eon   Expansion #8 8 Eon list -- 1983 Eon   Expansion #9 9, Aristocrat Eon list -- 198? Eon   T-Shirt front (back empty) About 500 of these were made (according to Kittredge) -- 1983 Grow Jogos e Brinquedos Contatos Cósmicos (Brazil) front contents rules -- 1985 Altenburg-Stralsunder (ASS) König der Sterne [German/West End] front all -- 1986 West End Cosmic Encounter front list -- 1986 Games Workshop Cosmic Encounter [British/West End] front back all 2 cards powers list -- 1986? Descartes Rencontre Cosmique [French/West End] front set ext back (JD/DISC: two set) List, photos -- 1986 Descartes Rencontre Cosmique [French/West End?] front set, prev. avail from LeValet (JD/L003: single set) -- 1987 Alga/Brio Universums Härskare (Sweden) front all board list rules -- 1987 Alga/Brio Universumin Valtiaat (Finland?) board powers cards -- 1991 Mayfair Cosmic Encounter front all 'Eons' prototype 2 3 list, rules, rev_hexes, french aliens, italian [pdf] -- 1992 Mayfair More Cosmic Encounter front list -- 1995 Mayfair Simply Cosmic Encounter front list -- 1995 Mayfair Even (A Bit?) More Cosmic Encounter (never finished) -- 1995 Mayfair Novas (CE card game??) -- ? Mayfair Parts: extra hexes, blank cards, etc.. -- 1991 Hexagames / TST-Enterprises Cosmic Encounter [German/Mayfair] front back loser -- 1999? Future Pastimes/Eon Java Online game proto -- 2000 Hasbro/Avalon Hill Cosmic Encounter front back set 5/6 players [pdf] A [png] B [png] list list, rules, french [pdf] -- 2000? Hasbro/Avalon Hill PowerHouse card front back Distributed at gaming conventions, very rare -- 2001 Future Pastimes/Eon Shockwave Online game proto -- 2003 "Eon" PowerHouse card front Reformatted for Eon -- 2008 Fantasy Flight Games Cosmic Encounter front, board rules (a blend of Eon/Mayfair?) -- END_TABLE ################################################## my @table = split("\n",$TABLE); my $row = 0; my ($year,$manu,$comp,$imag,$cont); while ( defined($year = shift(@table)) ) { next if $year =~ /^--$/; ($manu,$comp,$imag,$cont) = (shift(@table),shift(@table),shift(@table),shift(@table)); $year = " " unless $year; $manu = " " unless $manu; $comp = " " unless $comp; $imag = " " unless $imag; $cont = " " unless $cont; my $bgcolor= $row++ % 2 ? "FFFFCC" : "FFFFFF"; print < END_ENTRY } :>
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Unknown Sets:
Year Manufacturer Component Images Contents/Rules
?? Tsukuda Hobbies Japan contents "コスミックエンカウンター ---カードゲーム"
88/89? Mediagenics/Activision Apple ][gs game AppleLink Computer Network was other player (Steve Case preAOL) Trivia: Steve Case was a playtester
~80/82 Archive Miniatures 2101-2104 (figures - not a game) 2101-Wrack 2102-Oracle 2103-Mind 2103-Macron 2104-Sorcerer 2104-Zombie Wrack; Oracle; Mind, Macron; Healer, Zombie, Sorcerer

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