2023Martin Brandel
- Videos
- 3
- Creators
- 3
Mostly how-to-play
2 - 6 players10 - 30 minLight weight
Cosmos: Empires
2022Martin Brandel
- Videos
- 10
- Creators
- 7
Mainly reviews. Cosmos: Empires is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.
2 - 8 players
15 - 45 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
Cosmos: Empires is a 2-8 player, 15-45 minute engine building card game. Jump into the galaxy, choose your strategy and build your galactic empire. Race against your friends, exploiting their economy to your advantage! The game is played with a single deck, from which 10 cards are drawn into the “pool” players can select and build cards from. Each card has a cost, roll value and production value. Each turn, the current player gets 2 actions and then rolls 2 D4 (4 sided dice). The current player can use one of their actions to increase or decrease the total of the two dice by one. Then, each player with a card with a Roll value equal to the new total gets Credits equal to the same cards production value. Finally, the current player can use their remaining actions to build a card from the card pool (or “cycle” it and take credits). -description from the publisher
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Which Cosmos: Empires video should I watch?
Cosmos: Empires has 10 videos from 7 creators: 4 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs and 2 unboxings. They date from 2022 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Cosmos: Empires - Super Quick How To Play - a Sci-fi Engine Building Card Game" by Bigger Worlds Games, which runs 1 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "🌱ShelfClips: Cosmos: Empires (Short Board Game Preview)" by ShelfClutter. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Cosmos Empires - Demo Game #1" by Bigger Worlds Games, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Exit Strategy and Cosmos: Empires – Culture Clash, also by Martin Brandel, or Space Base and Stellar Horizons, which share several of its mechanics.
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- Videos
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- Creators
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Mostly playthroughs
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About Cosmos: Empires
From BoardGameGeek:
Cosmos: Empires is a 2-8 player, 15-45 minute engine building card game. Jump into the galaxy, choose your strategy and build your galactic empire. Race against your friends, exploiting their economy to your advantage! The game is played with a single deck, from which 10 cards are drawn into the “pool” players can select and build cards from. Each card has a cost, roll value and production value. Each turn, the current player gets 2 actions and then rolls 2 D4 (4 sided dice). The current player can use one of their actions to increase or decrease the total of the two dice by one. Then, each player with a card with a Roll value equal to the new total gets Credits equal to the same cards production value. Finally, the current player can use their remaining actions to build a card from the card pool (or “cycle” it and take credits). -description from the publisher
Designer
Martin Brandel
Publisher
Bigger Worlds Games
Mechanics
Action PointsDice RollingResource ManagementStocks & Investment