Allies

This article is about the expansion. For the type of card-shaped thing used in the expansion, see Ally.

Allies
Info
Type	Expansion
Icon
Cards	400
Kingdom	346 (31 sets)
Randomizers	31
Other Card(s)	23 Ally cards
Additional Material(s)
Mats	6 Favor mats
Tokens	35 Coin tokens
Theme(s)	Allies Rotating split piles Choices between different effects Recursion
Release	Middle of March 2022
Cover artist	Lorraine Schleter
Official Rulebook	PDF

Allies is the upcoming fourteenth expansion to Dominion. It introduces Favors—tokens whose effect depends on an Ally card chosen at the beginning of the game—and revisits split piles, last seen in Empires.

Contents

Kingdom cards

There are 16 cards in each split pile (Augurs, Clashes, Forts, Odysseys, Townsfolk, Wizards) with 4 of each individual card and 10 copies of each of the rest:

• Bauble, Sycophant, Townsfolk
• Augurs, Clashes, Forts, Merchant Camp, Importer, Odysseys, Sentinel, Underling, Wizards
• Broker, Carpenter, Courier, Innkeeper, Royal Galley, Town
• Barbarian, Capital City, Contract, Emissary, Galleria, Guildmaster, Highwayman, Hunter, Modify, Skirmisher, Specialist, Swap
• Marquis

Split pile cards (4 of each):

• Town Crier
• Herb Gatherer, Old Map, Blacksmith, Student, Tent, Battle Plan
• Acolyte, Voyage, Miller, Conjurer, Garrison, Archer
• Sorceress, Sunken Treasure, Elder, Sorcerer, Hill Fort, Warlord
• Sibyl, Distant Shore, Lich, Stronghold, Territory

Additional materials

Allies

• Architects' Guild
• Band of Nomads
• Cave Dwellers
• Circle of Witches
• City-state
• Coastal Haven
• Crafters' Guild
• Desert Guides
• Family of Inventors
• Fellowship of Scribes
• Forest Dwellers
• Gang of Pickpockets
• Island Folk
• League of Bankers
• League of Shopkeepers
• Market Towns
• Mountain Folk
• Order of Astrologers
• Order of Masons
• Peaceful Cult
• Plateau Shepherds
• Trappers' Lodge
• Woodworkers' Guild

Cards gallery

Kingdom cards

Augurs

Clashes

Forts

Odysseys

Townsfolk

Wizards

Allies

Release

The online implementations at Dominion Online by Shuffle iT and on Steam by Temple Gates Games (currently in early access) were released on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. The release date for physical copies is expected to be around then. (Latest update: March 4, 2022)

Flavor Text

It’s a celebration! People are dancing in the streets, and riding horses through the dancehalls. You’ve finally formed an alliance with the barbarians to the north. Instead of the streets running red with blood, they’ll run, well, the usual color, let’s not focus on what color the streets run. The point is, there’s peace. Sure negotiations were tricky. The barbarians are uncouth; they have no five-second rule and stick out the wrong finger when drinking tea. There are perks too though. They’ve given you skulls to drink mead out of, and spices to get rid of the skull aftertaste. And you’ve given them stuff in return: forks, mirrors, pants. It’s great for everyone. And with this treaty out of the way, you can get to work on your other neighbors. Soon, all the allies will be yours.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games

Trivia

Official box art.

In other languages

• Dutch (release announced for 2022): Bondgenoten
• German (release announced for 2022): Verbündete
• Japanese (release announced for 2022 or later): 同盟
• Korean (release announced for 2022): 도미니언: 굳건한 동맹

Teaser

At long last, Allies previews start Monday, and as usual I have a teaser.

Word counts:

• favor(s) - 33
• turn - 30
• choose - 13
• rotate - 6
• curse - 4
• +1 card and +1 action - 4
• 10 - 2
• skip - 1

Type counts:

• actions - 45
• allies - 23
• liaisons - 9
• durations - 9
• attacks - 7
• treasures - 3
• victory cards - 3
• reactions - 0

Miscellaneous:

• a kingdom card that cares about shuffling
• a sorcerer and a sorceress
• a treasure Pawn
• a treasure-duration
• two cards with four types
  —Donald X. Vaccarino, Dominion General Discussion > Dominion: Allies Teaser