Influence
The possibility of an organic and completely different experience every time one plays was one of the influences in the design of the card game Magic: The Gathering. Magic designer Richard Garfield has often cited Cosmic Encounter as being influential in the design of Magic, going so far as to say, " most influential ancestor is a game for which I have no end of respect: Cosmic Encounter."
The game also heavily influenced the Dune board game, which was also designed by Future Pastimes.
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