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What We Learned From Our First Official StarCore Playtest

When we started Starcore, we imagined a sprawling, chaotic battlefield — networks of cards fusing into massive bases, ships, and mechs fighting across multiple fronts. That ambition made for some exciting moments… but in practice, it was too much. Our first playtests exposed the friction. Players kept asking: * “Can I attack
30 Sep 2025 2 min read
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Tech Deep Dive: The Tools Richard Garfield Never

When Richard Garfield created Magic: The Gathering in 1993, he was working with the tools of a different era. Playtesting meant physically shuffling cards around kitchen tables. Balance analysis relied on intuition and small-scale human feedback. Art direction happened through phone calls and fax machines. The idea of testing thousands
23 Sep 2025 4 min read
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Building StarCore: Rethinking TCG Design From The Ground Up

What if you could make a game simple enough that an 11 year old can play in 10 minutes but deep enough that Grandmaster Chess players giggle with excitement?
23 Sep 2025 5 min read
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