Cosmic Encounter and Variants - Refresher on How to Play // Cosmic Tavern

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This is a refresher for Cosmic Encounter and some of the most popular variants from the base game and the expansions. The refresher series is meant for people who have already played the game, but want to refresh their memory on how to play. Variants covered in this video are the hazard deck, large group cosmic cards, the reward deck, space stations and tech cards. *** SPECIAL NOTE FOR SECONDARY ENCOUNTERS: If you have a second encounter, make sure to start with the regroup phase. Getting Started 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - How To Win / Game Setup 01:33 - Alien Card Explanation 01:50 - Starting A Turn and Second Encounter Explanation Encounter Phases 02:23 - Regroup / Destiny 02:53 - Launch 03:27 - Alliance 04:02 - Planning 04:21 - Reveal / Resolution Offense and Defense Winning Explanation 04:42 - The Offense Wins 05:03 - The Defense Wins / Defender Rewards (Only For Defensive Allies Who Won The Encounter) 05:35 - Negotiate Cards 06:21 - Compensation 06:56 - Offense Win and Second Encounters (Start With Regroup Phase) Other Rules To Remember 07:11 - Destiny Cards / Cosmic Deck Running Out 07:29 - Cosmic Quakes 07:42 - Ship Landing Restrictions // Losing Your Alien Power 08:05 - Zapping Alien Powers / Using Flares 08:23 - Reinforcement Cards Variant Time Stamps 08:35 - Hazard Deck 09:20 - Large Group Cosmic Cards 09:35 - Reward Deck 11:30 - Space Stations 12:30 - Technology Cards 14:16 - Outro Subscribe for more Cosmic Tavern: http://bit.ly/2eg5qa3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/cosmictavern Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosmictavern/