Cosmoctopus is an engine-building, tentacle-gathering board game for 1 to 4 devotees. Guide Cosmoctopus through the Inky Realm, a flexible configuration of tiles, to gather resources and obtain powerful cards that represent relics, scripture, hallucinations and constellations. Harness the power of these bizarre objects and experiences, craft potent card combinations and be the first to gain 8 tentacles to win!
Your turns are simple; the game’s excitement and depth lie in working out how best to use an ever-powerful hand of cards. Unlike some other engine-builders, you’ll be straight into the fun, upgrading your engine from turn one. With variable setup, easy ways to alter difficulty and optional solo and co-operative modes, Cosmoctopus offers a versatile tabletop experience, whatever your gaming tastes.
Contents
• 1 Cosmoctopus Head Miniature
• 29 Tentacle Miniatures
• 88 Devotee Cards
• 4 First Contact Cards
• 12 Private Investigator Cards
• 4 Reference Cards
• 96 Wooden Resource Tokens (24 of each of Coins, Ink, Stars and Whispers)
• 12 Inky Realm Tiles
• 4 Forbidden Knowledge Tiles
• 4 Summoning Tiles
• 11 Gameplay Tokens
• 1 Lore Sheet/Icon Guide
• Rulebook
Beyond the Inky Realm:
A small group of Devotees have glimpsed what was once hidden; a colossal glass cephalopod they call Prismoctopus, cloaked in the endless dark of space, bending and scattering light to remain unseen.
These Devotees are straying from tradition, treading the Path of Glass in pursuit of heretical knowledge, chasing patterns in fractured light and strange numbers once dismissed as meaningless.
Meet Prismoctopus, a new celestial cephalopod, and harness a shimmering new resource: glass! Gather this cosmic material from rarely visited Inky Realm tiles and use it to influence Prismoctopus - what mysterious rewards will you earn in return?
Discover all-new devotee cards, including mind-bending riddle Hallucinations, cyclical Constellations, and powerful Relics unlocking access to hidden Inky Realm tiles.
Begin with Starting Trinkets that jump-start your resource engine and seek out Loose Pages offering single-discount boosts to your Scriptures.
Deploy Telescope tiles to complete Constellations and shape the card row; build a telescope-charging engine to reuse them repeatedly.
Show what you have learned by claiming Prismatic Knowledge - can you gather 21 resources to claim a triad of tentacles?
Earn Titles in return for dedication to studying Scripture of a single type.
Experience a brand-new solo mode with scalable difficulty: aid a physicist ally in constructing her telescope before the Dean uncovers her activities!