I now have geek +10!

Cosmic arrived a couple days ago. It took a while to get here after the auction cause I bought it from one of them Canadians. It's only the basic game, meaning I have two expansions to get (though Swilly has an extra copy of More Cosmic and I have beer for him in exchange), but this basic set was fucking worth the $175. It's in nearly perfect condition. The box looks like was just taken out of the shrink-wrap except that the corners are a little bit worn. The guy said he bought it years ago cause he heard it was awesome, then punched out the tokens, and promptly never played the game. So now it's mine! The cards look like they've never been shuffled and the alien power cards are pristeen. I'm hoping that sometime after the Ithaca Brewfest today I can get some Rochester folks playing.

BAM!

So I just won my ebay auction for a copy of Cosmic Encounter. I won it for $157.50 from some guy who says he bought the game way back in the day because he heard it was awesome, but never go around to playing it. He opened it and punched out the cardboard counters, and other than a small dent in the box, it's mint condition and never been played. Sweetness. Now to corrupt some of the Rochester friends with this great game....