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Dominion (2008)

Players
2–4
Best: 3
Playing time
30–30 min
Age
13+
7.60
Average rating
97,312
Ratings
2.34/5
Weight
#146
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:Dominion: Basisspiel +10 more
Designer:Donald X. Vaccarino
Artist:Marcel-André Casasola Merkle, Harald Lieske, Christof Tisch, Michael Menzel, Ryan Laukat, Julien Delval, Claus Stephan, Matthias Catrein, Tomasz Jedruszek
Publisher:Rio Grande Games +23 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 6, Interaction 7, Complexity 4.7, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck6.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity4.7
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

Card GameMedievalHand ManagementOpen DraftingDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingTake ThatVariable Set-upDelayed Purchase

Overview

"You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.

But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud, but your grandparents, on your mother's side, would be delighted."

—description from the back of the box

In Dominion, each player starts with an identical, very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can "buy" as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy, and how they play their hands as they draw them, the players construct their deck on the fly, striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end.

Dominion is not a Collectible Card Game (CCG), but the play of the game is similar to the construction and play of a CCG deck. The game comes with 500 cards. You select 10 of the 25 Kingdom card types to include in any given play—leading to immense variety.

—user summary

Part of the Dominion series.

Expansions

Dominion: Envoy Promo Card
Dominion: Black Market Promo Card
Dominion: Seaside
Dominion: Alchemy
Dominion: Stash Promo Card
Dominion: Prosperity
Fairy Tale (fan expansion for Dominion)
The Books of Magic (fan expansion for Dominion)
Salvation (fan expansion for Dominion)
Royal Court (fan expansion for Dominion)
Dominion: Cornucopia
Dominion: Walled Village Promo Card
Dominion: Hinterlands
Dominion: Governor Promo Card
The Scrolls of Power (fan expansion for Dominion)
Dominion: Dark Ages
Paradox (fan expansion for Dominion)
Dominion: Guilds
Warmonger (fan expansion for Dominion)
Duel (fan expansion for Dominion)
Dominion: Die Intrige – Erweiterung
Dominion: Prince Promo Card
Dominion: Adventures
Dominion: Alchemisten & Reiche Ernte – Mixbox
Dominion: Guilds & Cornucopia
Dominion: Summon Promo Card
Stadt Land Spielt Limitierte Sonderdrucke 2015
Dominion: Fan-Edition I
Dominion: Empires
Animals (fan expansion for Dominion)
Dominion: Update Pack
Dominion: Intrigue – Update Pack
Dominion: Intrigue (Second Edition)
Dominion: Sauna / Avanto Promo Card
Stadt Land Spielt Minierweiterungen 2016
Dominion: Erweiterung – Basisspiel & Die Intrige
Dominion: Nocturne
Pirate's Life (fan expansion for Dominion)
Dominion: Höflinge Promo Card
Dominion: Dismantle Promo Card
Dominion: Renaissance
Ancient Times (fan expansion for Dominion)
Dominion: Captain Promo Card
Dominion: Church Promo Card
Dominion: Menagerie
Dominion: Allies
Dominion: Seaside (Second Edition)
Dominion: Seaside – Update Pack
Dominion: Prosperity (Second Edition)
Dominion: Prosperity – Update Pack
Dominion: Hinterlands – Update Pack
Dominion: Hinterlands (Second Edition)
Dominion: Plunder
Dominion: Sammler-Box
Dominion: Verlies
Dominion: Marchland Promo Card
Dominion: Cornucopia & Guilds (Second Edition)
Dominion: Cornucopia & Guilds – Update Pack
Dominion: Farm
Dominion: Rising Sun
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