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The Crew

About KOSMOS Games

KOSMOS games build social skills, stimulate logical and strategic thinking, promote visual-spatial and math skills, cultivate physical coordination and manual dexterity, encourage family time, and inspire fair-mindedness, confidence, and honorable attitudes. German engineered and beautifully made, these games become enduring family favorites and game night classics. For all these reasons, Kosmos games have earned worldwide acclaim.

The Quest for Planet Nine

Astronauts wanted! Scientists say there is a mysterious ninth planet located at the edge of our solar system. Join this exciting space adventure to find out if the theories are true.

The Crew spans 50 missions that tell a thrilling story as you travel across the solar system. These missions can be played many times and take about 5-10 mins each.

To achieve your mission, teamwork and communication will be essential — but in space, things can be more challenging than expected.

Ages 10 and up
For 3 to 5 players
Play Time: 20 minutes

What's in the box?

About the Designer

Thomas Sing is an economist who lives in the town of Constance on Lake Constance. With his friends he bought a corner store which has given him time for his hobbies, which include mathematics, Miss Lupun, and inventing games.

His first game for KOSMOS, The Crew, has brought together the popular worlds of trick-taking games and cooperative games in a fascinating and entirely original way.

40 Large cards
5 Reminder cards
36 Small cards
1 Commander token
10 Task tokens
5 Radio Communication tokens
1 Distress signal token
Rulebook, logbook

Trick-taking

A modern twist on the popular card game genre of trick-taking.

Players of euchre, hearts, spades, or bridge will be familiar with the style of game, but The Crew offers a fresh new way to play.

Instead of playing against each other for points, The Crew is a cooperative game, where players win or lose together.

Limited Communication

Brilliantly, The Crew does not allow players to talk to each other, but players can communicate.

Once per mission, each player can show the other players one card from their hand. But choose the card you show the other players wisely! It's the only card you'll be able to share during that mission.

Game Attributes

The Crew is a highly cooperative game where the whole team needs to work together in order to be successful.

The Crew is also very strategic. Teams will get better at this game the more they play.

Full-color Manual and Logbook

Learning how to play The Crew is easy with the 22-page manual.

The logbook outlines the 50 missions you can take with your team. Along with a space to record your missions.

Two-player variant

The Crew can easily be played with different numbers of players (from 3 - 5). If you want to play with 2 players, there is a unique setup that will provide players with a whole new experience.

Color Blind Friendly

The colors of the cards are important to this game. But don't worry if you or your friend are color blind because each color also has a unique symbol that is printed on the cards.

KOSMOS Helper App

If you don't feel like reading the manual, you can also learn how to play The Crew on the KOSMOS Helper App which uses animation, text, and audio. You can download the Helper App on either iOS or Android.

Astronauts wanted! The scientific community is abuzz over signs of a mysterious planet located at the edge of our solar system. But despite all of their efforts, so far they have been unable to provide substantial evidence of its existence. Join this exciting space adventure to find out if the theories are just science fiction or if you will discover Planet Nine. In this cooperative trick-taking card game, you need to complete 50 different missions as you travel across the solar system. But you will only succeed if you can work together as a team. To master the challenges and achieve your mission, communication will be essential — but in space, things can be more challenging than expected. It’s not just who wins the hand but also how the hand is won that makes all the difference.