Future Pastimes today announced a new Cosmic Encounter Board Game to be Released by Fantasy Flight Games in Summer 2008. Peter Olotka, Cosmic Encounter designer at Future Pastimes, announced today that a new enhanced board game edition of the Eon Products version of Cosmic Encounter will be released by Fantasy Flight Games .

The release is scheduled for summer of 2008. The new Cosmic Encounter Edition will be cross-promoted with Cosmic Encounter Online, cosmicencounter.com as well as with other (still confidential) Cosmic platforms which are in proposal stages. Board gamers and online gamers will find interesting possibilities and special incentives to experience Cosmic in all mediums.

Early discussions between Future Pastimes and Fantasy Flight Games have produced some intriguing possibilities for the new Cosmic Encounter. The new board game will include some aliens from Cosmic Online which have never been in any printed version. Every effort will be made to also include aliens and other game ideas submitted by players according to Olotka. Fans can add their ideas and wishes for the new Cosmic to the Cosmic Encounter Online forum thread Fantasy Flight Cosmic Board Game Wish List at forum.cosmicencounter.com .