Cosmic Encounter Duel (2020)

The Cosmic Citizenship Council has announced that they will allow two new alien species to join their ranks, but they forgot to make two copies of the submission form - which means only one species can join! Now, the two candidates must battle for control of planets to determine who deserves the right to become a Certified Civilization.

MYGAME is a two-player competitive game in the Cosmic Encounter universe, in which you and your nearest frenemy battle it out to be the first to control five planets. Each of the twenty-seven alien species comes equipped with its own unique abilities that play with the game's mechanics in some way, offering you an edge in the fight, for example, the Cheat, which can reserve an additional tactic you can put towards any fight in the game - as long as your opponent doesn't say how you're trying to "cheat". How the game of MY GAME plays out will inevitably be affected by the powers that each dueling species has and how they play against each other.

In addition to your unique species and its ability, you have twenty spaceships to traverse the cosmos and maintain control over the five planets you need to become a Certified Civilization. As long as you have a ship on a planet, you will have control of that planet, even if your opponent also has ships there and you must share control. You can deploy these ships to fight duels, use them to act as reinforcements or withdraw them for a tactful retreat. But don't lose them to warp or let them be claimed by the black void between the stars and end up lost in space forever!

To play, players draw and resolve fate cards, which come in three types: Discovery Cards, Event Cards, and Refresh Cards. Discovery cards have you and your opponent discover a planet and duel for control, while Event cards ask you to test your mettle against a variety of cosmic challenges and calamities, and Refresh cards offer a respite in which you can recover ships, gather allies, and ultimately prepare for another showdown.

At the start of the duel, you and your opponent secretly decide how many ships to send to the planet, and once they are deployed, you can call in any friendly envoy. To plan your attack, you secretly choose a card from your hand and a permanent tactic from your collection to protect your ships or blow up your opponent's ships, and then you fight, sending ships to duke it out for control of the planet until the winner claims his prize while the loser retreats. After you and your opponent resolve a fate card, check the icon at the bottom of the card to determine which deck is next, and the race continues.