2019 · Science Fiction
It's a Wonderful World
Players lead rival post-war empires and draft cards to plan industrial expansion and scoring. Each round, players simultaneously draft a hand, then choose cards to recycle for immediate resources or to build into their production engine and end-game points. Built cards join an empire tableau and produce resources in a fixed resolution order, so players sequence constructions and resource flows to complete projects and enable larger builds. The game supports 1–5 players and includes optional campaign expansions that add narrative scenarios, persistent rewards and new cards without destroying components.
- Players
- 1–5 best 3
- Playing time
- 45 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 2.3 / 5
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- 1,494
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- 41m 17s
- Average play
- 348
- In collections
- 48
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- 1
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Mestremuten6.0 Rating: 3/5 Production value: 3/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
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Juli5.0 - Big box - Solo mode - Quick game: under 45 mins - Digital version (BGA) - Too slow and boring - Not worth buying physical version
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Do we pass the cards before or after choosing one, and which way do they go?
Choose one card and place it face up in your Draft area, then pass the rest. Pass left in rounds 1 and 3, and right in rounds 2 and 4; repeat until you have drafted 7 cards (p. 3).
Do I have to build every card I draft?
No. In the Planning phase, decide for each card whether to slate it for Construction or recycle it for its Recycling Bonus, which you place on a card Under Construction or your Empire card (p. 4).
Can cards Under Construction produce resources, and what if I finish one during production?
Only your Empire produces: count icons on your Empire card and constructed Development cards, not cards Under Construction. If you complete a card during production, it can produce in a later production step that same round (pp. 4–5).
Can I save resource cubes or move them to another card later?
No. Distribute cubes immediately among cards Under Construction and/or your Empire card; you cannot move cubes already placed or save them for a later phase or round (p. 5).
What can I do with cubes left on my Empire card?
You keep them between rounds, but they can only be used to make Krystallium: discard any 5 resource cubes on your Empire card to gain 1 Krystallium cube. Krystallium can replace any resource or fill a space requiring Krystallium, but it cannot replace a Character token (p. 6).
Do I score leftover Krystallium at the end of the game?
No. Krystallium is worth nothing at the end of the game (p. 6).
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