Review
Core Worlds
Core Worlds is an overlooked, substantial deckbuilder with a smooth flow and scoring that feels earned. Galactic Orders is a very worthwhile addition; Revolutions is optional seasoning for groups wanting a little more friction.
- Published
- 2011
- Designer
- Andrew Parks
- Publisher
- Stronghold Games
- Players
- 2–5
- Playing time
- 120 min
Core Worlds is the sort of game you spot on a shelf and wonder why it never became a bigger deal. It is a properly substantial deckbuilder, with a logic that recalls Eminent Domain — not in mechanism, but in the way it asks you to organise what is in front of you — and it moves neatly towards scoring that feels fair.
At heart, it is a deckbuilder: you gradually shape your deck and try to turn it into an efficient machine, without the game bogging down in awkward pauses. The scoring gives that development a purpose, rather than feeling like a last-round raffle.
Core Worlds is the sort of game you spot on a shelf and wonder why it never became a bigger deal.
TheCuttlefish
The catch is that players mostly get on with their own business. Interaction is conspicuously absent, and Revolutions tries to patch that gap in a few rather edge-case situations. It adds some spice, but not a reason to call it essential.
Galactic Orders, by contrast, is an exceptionally fair first expansion and sits naturally beside the base game. Revolutions can quite happily stay in the box, but Core Worlds should not stay on the shelf: if yours is gathering dust, put it back on the table.
Revolutions can quite happily stay in the box, but Core Worlds should not stay on the shelf: if yours is gathering dust, put it back on the table.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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