Dominion
Dominion is a deck building card game created by Donald X. Vaccarino originally published in October of 2008 by Rio Grande Games. It consists of the original base set Dominion and several expansions.
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Gameplay
Main article: Gameplay
In Dominion, all players starts with an identical deck and have access to the same set of cards, called the Supply. Each card has a unique ability which can either help the player, hurt their opponents, or count towards the game ending condition. The goal is to have the most Victory points by the end of the game. Usually the Supply consists of three piles of basic Victory cards, three piles of basic Treasure cards, a pile of Curses and 10 piles of Kingdom cards. Some Kingdom cards add other piles to the setup as well. The 10 Kingdom cards can be selected by players or chosen randomly for a unique experience.
Each turn, play proceeds in three phases for each player sequentially.
- Action phase - The player is able to play one Action card from his hand. Some Action cards provide additional actions allowing for more Action cards to be played this turn. They may also produce or buys which can be used in the Buy phase. The Action phase ends when the player is unable or chooses not to play any additional Action cards.
- Buy phase - The player may play as many Treasure cards as he wishes in any order. Most Treasures generate , though some have other abilities. The player is given the ability to purchase one card from the Supply costing up to the total amount of he has accumulated this turn. Action and Treasure cards which grant +Buy allow the player to purchase multiple cards per turn. When a player buys a card, the bought card is taken from the Supply and placed in the player's discard pile. Spent Treasure cards are not lost.
- Clean-up phase - All cards in play and in the player's hand are discarded and a new hand of 5 cards is drawn from his deck. If at any time a player needs to draw a card when his deck is empty, he immediately shuffles his discard pile to make a new deck.
The game ends at the end of the turn whenever one of three conditions is met.
- The Province pile is empty.
- If playing with Colonies from Prosperity, the Colony pile is empty.
- Any three supply piles are empty (four supply piles in a game with 5 or 6 players)
When the game ends, each player counts the total number of Victory points in their entire decks. Whoever has the most is declared the winner. If two players tie for the most , whichever player had the fewer number of turns is the winner. If they are still tied they rejoice in their shared victory.
Releases
Some sets were updated substantially in the Second Edition of Dominion, in Fall 2016. In these cases, noted below, there are two versions of the set. However, the first edition sets are no longer in print.
- Dominion (Fall 2008) -- updated in second edition (Fall 2016)
- Intrigue (Summer 2009) -- updated in second edition (Fall 2016)
- Seaside (Fall 2009)
- Alchemy (Summer 2010) -- Dutch version now sold in a combined box with Cornucopia
- Prosperity (Fall 2010)
- Cornucopia (Summer 2011) -- now sold in a combined box with Guilds -- Dutch version now sold in a combined box with Alchemy
- Hinterlands (Fall 2011)
- Dark Ages (Fall 2012)
- Guilds (Summer 2013) -- now sold in a combined box with Cornucopia
- Adventures (Spring 2015)
- Empires (Summer 2016)
- Nocturne (Fall 2017)
- Renaissance (Fall 2018)
- Menagerie (Spring 2020)
In addition there are several Promo cards (released individually, approximately one a year since 2008).
List of All Cards
Main article: List of cards
Awards
- 2008 Meeples Choice Awards
- 2009 Spiel des Jahres
- 2009 Deutscher Spiele Preis
- 2009 Mensa Select
- 2009 Golden Geek Award (Game of the Year & Card Game of the Year)
- 2009 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming
- 2009 Origins Award, best card game of the year
- 2009 BoardGamer.ru (Russia), Best Card Game of the Year
- 2009 Boughtalot.ru, best game of the year
Extra (unofficial?) overview
2012 MinD-Spielepreis Nominee
2011 MinD-Spielepreis Nominee
2010 MinD-Spielepreis Nominee
2010 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner
2010 Juego del Año Tico Nominee
2010 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee
2010 Games Magazine Best New Family Strategy Game Winner
2010 Årets Spill Best Family Game Winner
2010 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee
2009 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Winner
2009 Vuoden Peli Adult Game of the Year Nominee
2009 Tric Trac Nominee
2009 Spiel des Jahres Winner
2009 Spiel des Jahres Nominee
2009 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended
2009 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee
2009 Mensa Select Winner
2009 Ludoteca Ideale Official Selection Winner
2009 Lucca Games Best Card Game Winner
2009 JUG Game of the Year Winner
2009 Juego del Año Finalist
2009 JoTa Best Card Game Nominee
2009 JoTa Best Card Game Critic Award
2009 JoTa Best Card Game Audience Award
2009 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Winner
2009 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee
2009 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee
2009 Hra roku Winner
2009 Hra roku Nominee
2009 Guldbrikken Special Jury Prize
2009 Gouden Ludo Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Winner
2009 Golden Geek Best Gamers' Board Game Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Best Card Game Winner
2009 Golden Geek Best Card Game Nominee
2009 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee
2009 Fairplay À la carte Winner
2009 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming Winner
2009 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming Nominee
2009 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Family/Adult Game Winner
2009 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee
2008 Origins Awards Best Traditional Card Game Winner
2008 Meeples' Choice Award
Reviews
Voice of Experience Review - Dominion: 4000 Plays Later
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