This was definitely a priority for us. It was hard to find time to be on it since there was only 1 table and everyone wanted to play on it. It took us a couple tries to figure it out, but we did and played a few games of Coruscant Shift on the HoloTable.
The table itself is very impressive (most impressive). It’s really cool that something like this can exist in the real world!
My initial verdict of the game? Meh.
There seem to be too few rounds in a game to make strategy a bunch of strategy come into play. The first person to win a round can win the whole game if they just fold the rest of the time. This was my experience during the on-ship tournament. I have also had quite a few people tell me the same thing from there tournament.
As far as the table itself, there is a 2 credit ante, the dice roll, and you pick your cards out of the 5 given to you. Your goal is to get to the number on the die and have as many cards that match the suit on the other die. Then you place your bets. You can raise 1, 2, or 5 (max). But the highest a round can be raised by the 4 players is 10.
After betting, a second set of cards are passed out to keep the total you have as 5 (the others that you didn’t pick in round 1 were discarded). You then try and better your hand again. Then another round of betting. After that, all hands are revealed and the pot goes to the winner. Ties are super common with how this game works. There are only as many rounds as there are players (max 4) before the whole game is finished and the player with the most credits at the end wins. It’s very hard to loose all your credits (they start with you something like 89 credits per person) since the most you can raise each round is 10.
The game makes sense if they’re trying to get as many people as possible to be able to play it and poeple of all age and skill levels. The core gameplay is simple to learn, and I’m sure strategies will evolve as more people play the game.
2025 Update: Coruscant Shift is awesome! It’s a ton of fun and can lead to some amazing moments. Learn how to play Coruscant Shift and Strategies
I picked up your Kessel Sabaac deck and dice and I was so impressed with the quality that I also purchased the 16 shift tokens. I am so excited to teach my son how to play.
All I need is the robot dealer table.
Hint hint 🤪
I’m so glad I found your site and plan to pass it on to friends and family.
That first round – you won by number with no cards, I think. Interesting.