<p>I believe this is entirely up for player interpretation, but my opinion is: since Cosmic Encounter doesn't have rules for tie-breaking, and since situations where several player meet the victory conditions is interpreted as a shared victory - one player having MORE than 5 colonies is completely identical to this player having 5 colonies, thus he will share a victory with the players that have five colonies.</p>

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idan315
<p>I received the following e-mailed answer from Jonathan Bove of FFG:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Since all of the players fulfilled the victory condition at the same
  time, it is a joint victory. However, this shouldn't stop the player
  with 6 colonies from bragging about his or her intergalactic skills!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Since this is direct from FFG, I will take this to be the official answer.</p>

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Joe Golton
<p>It is possible to end a game of Cosmic Encounter with 6 colonies (i.e. Parasite wild flare). The rules for the FFG version of Cosmic Encounter state that:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The winner(s) are the first player(s) to have five colonies on any
  planets outside his or her home system . . . It is possible, through
  alliances and successful negotiations, to have more than one player
  gain five colonies at the same time. In this case, the players share a
  win.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This could be interpreted to mean 5 or more colonies, but the rules do not specifically say that. A devious tactic could be to invite someone along as ally to each achieve a 5th planet simultaneously, but then because the parasite flare was played the attacker ends with 6 colonies vs. the ally's 5 colonies.</p>

<p>So . . . who wins if the game ends with one player having 6 colonies and 1 or more players with 5 colonies?</p>

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Who wins if the game ends with one player having 6 colonies and 1 or more players with 5 colonies?
Joe Golton
# Who wins if the game ends with one player having 6 colonies and 1 or more players with 5 colonies?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-31)

It is possible to end a game of Cosmic Encounter with 6 colonies (i.e. Parasite wild flare). The rules for the FFG version of Cosmic Encounter state that:

> The winner(s) are the first player(s) to have five colonies on any
> planets outside his or her home system . . . It is possible, through
> alliances and successful negotiations, to have more than one player
> gain five colonies at the same time. In this case, the players share a
> win.

This could be interpreted to mean 5 or more colonies, but the rules do not specifically say that. A devious tactic could be to invite someone along as ally to each achieve a 5th planet simultaneously, but then because the parasite flare was played the attacker ends with 6 colonies vs. the ally's 5 colonies.

So . . . who wins if the game ends with one player having 6 colonies and 1 or more players with 5 colonies?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2014-01-07. Score: 12 | Accepted answer

I received the following e-mailed answer from Jonathan Bove of FFG:

> Since all of the players fulfilled the victory condition at the same
> time, it is a joint victory. However, this shouldn't stop the player
> with 6 colonies from bragging about his or her intergalactic skills!

Since this is direct from FFG, I will take this to be the official answer.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-31. Score: 5

I believe this is entirely up for player interpretation, but my opinion is: since Cosmic Encounter doesn't have rules for tie-breaking, and since situations where several player meet the victory conditions is interpreted as a shared victory - one player having MORE than 5 colonies is completely identical to this player having 5 colonies, thus he will share a victory with the players that have five colonies.


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