Editing Cosmic Encounter (section)

===Retrospective===
''Cosmic Encounter'' was chosen for inclusion in the 2007 book ''Hobby Games: The 100 Best''. [[Bruno Faidutti]] commented, "The box for Eon's first edition of ''Cosmic Encounter'' proclaimed 'the science-fiction game for everyone.' And, indeed, long before today's collectible card games, live-action roleplaying games, and massively multi-player online RPGs, ''Cosmic Encounter'' was the game for everyone."<ref name="HG">{{Cite book | contribution=Cosmic Encounter | title=[[Hobby Games: The 100 Best]] | last=Faidutti | first=Bruno | author-link=Bruno Faidutti | editor-last=Lowder | editor-first=James | editor-link=James Lowder | publisher=[[Green Ronin Publishing]] | year=2007 | pages=66–68 | isbn=978-1-932442-96-0}}</ref> Quintin Smith, in a 2014 review from ''[[Eurogamer]]'', complimented the variety of aliens, theme, entertainment value, the negotiation mechanism, and uniqueness.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-16 |title=Cosmic Encounter review |language=en-gb |work=[[Eurogamer]] |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/cosmic-encounter-review |access-date=2022-12-23}}</ref>