Future Pastimes Game Lines

Future Pastimes designed Cosmic Encounter and expansions, the classic Dune board game and expansions, Dune: Conquest & Diplomacy, Dune Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen, Firefly Misbehavin', Decipher, and Wordsmith. Learn more about all our games and connect with the designers on the Future Pastimes Discord. Our games are currently published by Gale Force Nine, Fantasy Flight Games, and Heidelbaer Games.


 

Cosmic Encounter Universe

Cosmic Encounter

Cosmic Encounter 42nd Anniversary Edition

cosmic encounter Core Game

BUILD A GALACTIC EMPIRE: In the depths of space, the aliens of the Cosmos vie with each other for control of the universe. Alliances form and shift from moment to moment, while cataclysmic battles send starships screaming into the warp.


Expansion Set 7 - Cosmic Odyssey

cosmic odyssey - the latest expansion set

You’ve conquered the stars in Cosmic Encounter®. You’ve weathered storms, defended against incursions, forged alliances, engaged in countless conflicts, and established dominion for eons. Or perhaps you’ve done none of those things, and Cosmic Encounter has only recently entered your life. Either way, there is still the ever-burning question: what comes next?


All Cosmic encounter expansion sets


2-Player Cosmic Encounter

Cosmic encounter duel

A momentous occasion has occurred!

The Cosmic Citizenship Council has announced it will allow two new alien species to join its ranks! However, the Council forgot to make two copies of the filing form, meaning really only one species can join…

 

Cosmic Encounter Duel Gamemat

Cosmic encounter duel gamemat

Stage your interstellar battles in cinematic fashion with the Cosmic Encounter Duel Gamemat! This 26” by 36” features vibrant original art from Cosmic Encounter Duel atop a high-quality, slip-resistant rubber base.


Cosmic Encounter Online

COSMIC ENCOUNTER ONLINE TTS / STEAM

You want to play more Cosmic Encounter, but it’s tough to get players together? Join the thousands of players already having Cosmic Encounters Online with Tabletop Simulator DLC and play on the Steam network.


 

Dune Games

2019 Edition of the 1979 classic

dune - the boardgame

After a 30 year hiatus, Gale Force Nine has republished Dune, the classic Avalon Hill game based on Frank Herbert’s book. The original design team of Peter Olotka, Bill Eberle, and Jack Kittredge were brought in to craft the new rules and oversee production.


All Dune Expansion Sets


Play Dune on a massive scale

DUNE GAME MAT & MINIATURES

Conquer Arrakis with this deluxe collector's game mat (36" x 24") for Dune, A Game of Conquest, Diplomacy & Betrayal. Scaled up 135% for maximum visibility, the Dune Game Mat is accompanied by Sandworm, Storm and Family Atomics special edition miniatures.

Sandworm, Storm, & Family Atomics miniatures


Get the Dune boardgame experience in 60 minutes

Dune: conquest & diplomacy

This is NOT a reskin of the classic Dune game, re-published in 2019.  It has the same beloved DNA, flavor, tension and themes, BUT with beautiful new game board design, updated look and feel to reflect the hit film, more spice, new streamlined rules, and a new market deck where you can purchase game advantages.


Fremen tribes compete on Arrakis

dune arrakis: dawn of the fremen

You all know the story of Dune, the squabbles of the noble houses over control of the Spice Melange…  ARRAKIS: Dawn of the Fremen is set more than 100 generations before the Atreides came to Arrakis…

ARRAKIS: Dawn of the Fremen focuses on the hard choices Fremen leaders made when bargaining, cooperating, and competing in the harsh Arrakis environment to gain and protect scarce resources and to create the communal cave dwellings they called sietches.


 

Letter Piece Games

A new way to Alphabet

LTRPC

Letter Piece Games are based on a simple concept. You can create letters and words from four types of letter pieces. 

In LTRPC these pieces become clues.


Piece my word together

decipher

This game is all about thinking up clever words that will be hard to decipher and cleverly combining letter pieces to guess secret words.


Piece the word together

wordsmith

Wordsmith is all about discovering words, but instead of whole letters, you just have letter pieces in four different shapes. This brain tickling game for 1 to 4 players is a fast-paced, real-time word building frenzy!


 

Firefly Misbehavin’

No power in the 'verse can stop you!

Firefly misbehavin’

Designed by Jack Reda, chief designer of Cosmic Odyssey Expansion set 7 and one of the team behind both Dune: A Game of Conquest & Diplomacy, and the upcoming Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen.

This deckbuilding card game gives each player a unique starting deck of cards, and access to characters, items, and locations in the Core, Border and Rim.

Compete to control your own corner of the 'Verse, or play through different episodes with a wide variety of objectives.