Editing Dominion (Base Set)

{{Infobox Set
|name = Dominion
|link = Dominion (Base Set)
|type = Base Game

|cards = 500
|kingdomcards = 252 (1st) / 262 (2nd)
|kingdomsets = 25/26
|basiccards = 208
|randomizers = 32 (1st) / 26 (2nd)
|blankcards = 7 (1st) / 4 (2nd)
|othercards = 1 [[Trash pile card]] (1st only)

|mats = 1 Trash mat (2nd only)

|theme = Simplicity
|release = October 2008 (1st) / Fall 2016 (2nd)
|coverartist = Matthias Catrein (1st) / Julien Delval (2nd)
|rulebook = https://www.riograndegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dominion-2nd-Edition-Rules.pdf
}}

'''Dominion''', sometimes called '''Base Dominion''', the '''Base Set''', or simply '''Base''', is the first [[Dominion]] game created by [[Donald X. Vaccarino]]. It was released in 2008 by publisher [[Rio Grande Games]]. The box originally contained 25 sets of [[Kingdom]] cards and [[Basic cards | Basic]] [[Supply]] cards to support up to 4 players. 

The [[second edition]] of the base set was released in Fall 2016, improving wording and formatting on cards, updating [[basic card]] artwork, replacing the [[Trash]] card with a mat, and replacing [[#Removed first-edition Kingdom cards|6 obsolete first edition Kingdom cards]] with [[Update Packs#Dominion: Update Pack|7 new ones]].  The new cards are also available in an [[Update Packs|update pack]] provided to allow existing Dominion sets to be updated to the second edition form.

The Base set is also included in both the English and German [[Big Box|Big Boxes]] and [[Special Edition|other collections]].

== Contents ==
=== Basic Supply cards ===
* {{Cost|0}}: {{Card|Copper}}, {{Card|Curse}}
* {{Cost|2}}: {{Card|Estate}}
* {{Cost|3}}: {{Card|Silver}}
* {{Cost|5}}: {{Card|Duchy}}
* {{Cost|6}}: {{Card|Gold}}
* {{Cost|8}}: {{Card|Province}}

=== Kingdom cards, second edition ===
Cards with an asterisk (*) were added in the second edition.
* {{Cost|2}}: {{Card|Cellar}}, {{Card|Chapel}}, {{Card|Moat}}
* {{Cost|3}}: {{Card|Harbinger}}*, {{Card|Merchant}}*, {{Card|Vassal}}*, {{Card|Village}}, {{Card|Workshop}}
* {{Cost|4}}: {{Card|Bureaucrat}}, {{Card|Gardens}}, {{Card|Militia}}, {{Card|Moneylender}}, {{Card|Poacher}}*, {{Card|Remodel}}, {{Card|Smithy}}, {{Card|Throne Room}}
* {{Cost|5}}: {{Card|Bandit}}*, {{Card|Council Room}}, {{Card|Festival}}, {{Card|Laboratory}}, {{Card|Library}}, {{Card|Market}}, {{Card|Mine}}, {{Card|Sentry}}*, {{Card|Witch}}
* {{Cost|6}}: {{Card|Artisan}}*

=== Removed first-edition Kingdom cards ===
These cards were included in the first edition, and [[Removed cards|removed]] from the second edition.
* {{Cost|3}}: {{Card|Chancellor}}, {{Card|Woodcutter}}
* {{Cost|4}}: {{Card|Feast}}, {{Card|Spy}}, {{Card|Thief}}
* {{Cost|6}}: {{Card|Adventurer}}
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=== Other cards ===
* 1 {{Card|Trash|Trash pile card}} (only in first edition)
=== Additional materials ===
'''Mats'''
* 1 <span class="card-popup">[[Trash|Trash mat]]<span class="noprint">[[File:Trash mat.jpg|420px|link=]]</span></span> (only in second edition)

== Flavor text ==
{{Quote|
 |Text=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.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[https://www.riograndegames.com/games/dominion/ Rio Grande Games]
}}
== Mechanics ==
{{Quote|
 |Text=This is a game of building a deck of [[card]]s. The deck represents your Dominion. It contains your resources, victory points, and the things you can do. It starts out a small sad collection of {{Card|Estate|Estates}} and {{Card|Copper|Coppers}}, but you hope that by the end of the game it will be brimming with {{Card|Gold}}, {{Card|Province|Provinces}}, and the inhabitants and structures of your castle and kingdom. You win by having the most {{VP}} in your deck when the game ends.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[https://www.riograndegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Dominion-2nd-Edition-Rules.pdf the Dominion rulebook]
}}
== Cards gallery ==
=== Basic cards ===
{{CardImage|Copper}}{{CardImage|Curse}}{{CardImage|Estate}}{{CardImage|Silver}}{{CardImage|Duchy}}{{CardImage|Gold}}{{CardImage|Province}}
=== Kingdom cards ===
{{CardImage|Cellar}}{{CardImage|Chapel}}{{CardImage|Moat}}{{CardImage|Harbinger}}{{CardImage|Merchant}}{{CardImage|Vassal}}{{CardImage|Village}}{{CardImage|Workshop}}{{CardImage|Bureaucrat}}{{CardImage|Gardens}}{{CardImage|Militia}}{{CardImage|Moneylender}}{{CardImage|Poacher}}{{CardImage|Remodel}}{{CardImage|Smithy}}{{CardImage|Throne_Room}}{{CardImage|Bandit}}{{CardImage|Council_Room}}{{CardImage|Festival}}{{CardImage|Laboratory}}{{CardImage|Library}}{{CardImage|Market}}{{CardImage|Mine}}{{CardImage|Sentry}}{{CardImage|Witch}}{{CardImage|Artisan}}
=== Removed cards ===
{{CardImage|Chancellor}}{{CardImage|Woodcutter}}{{CardImage|Feast}}{{CardImage|Spy}}{{CardImage|Thief}}{{CardImage|Adventurer}}

== Impact ==
As the original game, this set contains the cards that serve as most players' introduction to Dominion.  The cards are, for the most part, [[vanilla|simple]], yet compelling.  Some of them, like {{Card|Smithy}}, {{Card|Throne Room}}, {{Card|Militia}}, {{Card|Gardens}}, {{Card|Witch}}, {{Card|Chapel}}, and {{Card|Village}}, are important cornerstones to strategies and strategic discussions, and serve as archetypes for [[card category|card categories]].  As such, other cards of those categories have their costs dictated by these cards, as they tend to be these original cards with something "extra."  The main strategies ([[engine]], [[big money]], [[slog]], [[rush]] and [[combo]]) all have their roots in this set, in the most basic forms of each.

The Base set now is often considered simply a gateway to the more complex or "interesting" sets which introduce new mechanics and strategies, but it is the Base set which won the Spiel des Jahres, and it is the Base set which drew most players into the game of Dominion.

The original Base set had a much lower percentage of [[non-terminal]] Actions than most of the [[expansions]], which gave it a reputation as favoring [[Big Money]] decks over [[engine|engines]].

== Alternate versions ==
<gallery>
File:Dominion_Polish_Bard.jpg|First Polish version (by [[Bard Centrum Gier|Bard]])
File:DominionPolish.jpg|Second Polish version (by [[Games Factory Publishing|GFP]] - note: this is still Dominion First Edition)
File:DominionPolish2nd.jpg|First Polish II Edycja version (by [[Games Factory|GF]])
File:Dominion2Polish.jpg|Second Polish II Edycja version (by [[IUVI Games|IUVI]])
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
{{OfficialArt|Second Edition|n=Base|b=1|l=1}}

The Second Edition box art is one of the available backgrounds in [[Dominion Online]].
=== In other languages ===
* Chinese: 皇舆争霸 (pron. ''huáng yú zhēngbà'', lit. ''Struggle for the emperor's throne'')
* Czech: Dominion
* Dutch: 
** Dominion: In naam van de Koning! (lit. ''In the name of the King!'') (first edition)
** Dominion: Wie bouwt het mooiste koninkrijk? (lit. ''Who will build the most beautiful kingdom?'') (first edition)
** Dominion: Tweede editie (second edition)
* Finnish: Dominion: Valtakunta (lit. ''The kingdom'')
* French: Dominion: Votre royaume commence ici! (lit. ''Your kingdom begins here!'')
* German: Dominion: Was für eine Welt! (lit. ''What a world!'')
* Greek: Dominion: Ο κυρίαρχος (pron. ''o kyriarchos'', lit. ''The dominant'')
* Hungarian: Dominion
* Italian: Dominion: Nasce un Regno (lit. ''Birth of a kingdom'')
* Japanese: ドミニオン (pron. ''dominion'')
* Korean: 도미니언 (pron. ''dominieon'')
* Norwegian: Dominion
* Polish: 
** Dominion: Rozdarte Królestwo (lit. ''A kingdom torn apart'') ([[Bard Centrum Gier|Bard]] edition)
** Dominion ([[GFP]] edition)
* Romanian: Dominion
* Russian: Доминион (pron. ''dominion'')
* Spanish: Dominion
* Swedish: Dominion: Spelet om kungadömet (lit. ''The game of the kingdom'')

=== Secret history ===
[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] gave an interview to BGN concerning the design of the base set: the [[Secret History of the Dominion Cards]].
=== Retrospective (1E) ===
{{Quote|
|Text=The big thing is to add more replayability. There are six vanilla cards and probably five would have been fine; the obvious one to replace is {{Card|Woodcutter}}. {{Card|Woodcutter}} is a fine card for the main set but the other vanilla cards are all better. That means all of the +buy cards would cost {{Cost|5}} but I can live with that. After that, {{Card|Feast}} adds very little. {{Card|Chancellor}} doesn't add much and would have been better in [[Intrigue]] (where it came from); the fact that it's a puzzler is way better in an expansion than in the main set. And finally there's {{Card|Spy}}. {{Card|Spy}} is slow to resolve, that's the big thing. Over the years I have learned that ideally {{Card|Spy}}-type attacks don't have +1 action, or don't involve a decision, or both. {{Card|Rabble}} is exactly what I want. {{Card|Spy}} has +1 action and involves a decision, so you potentially make tons of decisions per turn. I like decisions but man {{Card|Spy}} is not where to get them. It initially got to interact with two attacks that trashed cards from the top of your deck, and that's cool, but now it only interacts with {{Card|Thief}} (in the main set that is), and that combo just isn't worth the slot.

The way to think of these things is, imagine the replacement cards. Let's say I just take out {{Card|Woodcutter}} and {{Card|Feast}} and put in {{Card|Wishing Well}} and {{Card|Coppersmith}}. Those are not top-of-the-line adored-by-all go-in-every-deck cards. But they still give you more to do than {{Card|Woodcutter}} and {{Card|Feast}} do.

It would be nice if {{Card|Thief}} were stronger, but it already scares new players, and once everyone was new. There are some wording tweaks; {{Card|Throne Room}} and {{Card|Moneylender}} should of course say "you may." I would try coloring the coins on the treasures. The Trash card should be a mat instead.

There are people who complain about various other cards, but I am happy with those, so there.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3179.msg56362#msg56362 What Donald X. Might Do With a Dominion Time Machine]
}}
=== Retrospective (2E) ===
{{Quote|
|Text=I think the new [[Intrigue]] cards are great, but {{Card|Sentry}} should have been some different cheaper trasher, and I don't know that I needed both {{Card|Merchant}} and {{Card|Poacher}} even though both are fine, and {{Card|Bandit}} may be too attractive to new players for a main set attack.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/212660788786102272/345973952079724544 Dominion Discord, 2017]
}}

== Recommended sets of 10 ==
=== Dominion only ===
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Market|Merchant|Militia|Mine|Moat|Remodel|Smithy|Village|Workshop|imgwidth = 150|title = [[First Game]]|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Bandit|Bureaucrat|Chapel|Festival|Gardens|Sentry|Throne Room|Witch|Workshop|imgwidth = 150|title = [[Size Distortion]]|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Bureaucrat|Council Room|Festival|Harbinger|Laboratory|Moneylender|Sentry|Vassal|Village|imgwidth = 150|title = Deck Top|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Council Room|Festival|Gardens|Library|Harbinger|Militia|Poacher|Smithy|Throne Room|imgwidth = 150|title = Sleight of Hand|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Cellar|Market|Merchant|Mine|Moat|Moneylender|Poacher|Remodel|Witch|imgwidth = 150|title = Improvements|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Bandit|Bureaucrat|Chapel|Harbinger|Laboratory|Merchant|Mine|Moneylender|Throne Room|Vassal|imgwidth = 150|title = Silver & Gold|id = silverandgold|noadd = 1}}
=== Dominion & [[Intrigue]] ===
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Festival|Library|Sentry|Vassal|Courtier|Diplomat|Minion|Nobles|Pawn|imgwidth = 150|title = Underlings|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Council Room|Market|Militia|Workshop|Bridge|Mill|Mining Village|Patrol|Shanty Town|imgwidth = 150|title = Grand Scheme|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Bandit|Mine|Remodel|Throne Room|Village|Diplomat|Harem|Lurker|Replace|Swindler|imgwidth = 150|title = Deconstruction|noadd = 1}}
=== Dominion & [[Seaside]] ===
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Cellar|Council Room|Vassal|Village|Cutpurse|Lookout|Monkey|Sea Witch|Treasure Map|imgwidth = 150|title = Reach for Tomorrow|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Festival|Harbinger|Militia|Remodel|Workshop|Caravan|Outpost|Pirate|Sea Chart|Treasury|imgwidth = 150|title = Repetition|noadd=1}}

=== Dominion & [[Alchemy]] ===
{{Kingdom|Bandit|Cellar|Council Room|Gardens|Laboratory|Throne Room|Apprentice|Familiar|Possession|University|imgwidth = 150|title = Forbidden Arts}}
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Festival|Militia|Poacher|Smithy|Alchemist|Apothecary|Golem|Herbalist|Transmute|imgwidth = 150|title = Potion Mixers}}
{{Kingdom|Bureaucrat|Market|Moat|Remodel|Vassal|Witch|Alchemist|Golem|Philosopher's Stone|University|imgwidth = 150|title = Chemistry Lesson}}
=== Dominion & [[Prosperity]] ===
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Harbinger|Laboratory|Mine|Moneylender|Bank|Grand Market|Mint|Royal Seal|Venture|imgwidth = 150|title = Biggest Money|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Bureaucrat|Council Room|Merchant|Moat|Village|Expand|Goons|King's Court|Rabble|Vault|imgwidth = 150|title = The King's Army|id = kingsarmy|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Bureaucrat|Cellar|Gardens|Village|Contraband|Counting House|Hoard|Monument|Mountebank|imgwidth = 150|title = The Good Life|noadd = 1}}
=== Dominion & [[Cornucopia]] ===
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Festival|Militia|Moneylender|Smithy|Harvest|Horn of Plenty|Hunting Party|Menagerie|Tournament|imgwidth = 150|title = Bounty of the Hunt|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Bureaucrat|Laboratory|Merchant|Poacher|Throne Room|Fortune Teller|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Jester|Remake|imgwidth = 150|title = Bad Omens|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Artisan|Laboratory|Market|Remodel|Workshop|Fairgrounds|Farming Village|Horse Traders|Jester|Young Witch|bane = Merchant|imgwidth = 150|title = The Jester's Workshop|id = jestersworksop}}
=== Dominion & [[Hinterlands]] ===
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Library|Moneylender|Throne Room|Workshop|Highway|Inn|Margrave|Noble Brigand|Oasis|imgwidth = 150|title = Highway Robbery|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Festival|Laboratory|Remodel|Sentry|Vassal|Crossroads|Farmland|Fool's Gold|Oracle|Spice Merchant|imgwidth = 150|title = Adventures Abroad|noadd = 1}}
=== Dominion & [[Dark Ages]] ===
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Moneylender|Throne Room|Witch|Workshop|Hermit|Hunting Grounds|Mystic|Poor House|Wandering Minstrel|imgwidth = 150|title = High and Low|shelters=1}}
{{Kingdom|Festival|Gardens|Laboratory|Library|Remodel|Altar|Knights|Rats|Scavenger|Squire|imgwidth = 150|title = Chivalry and Revelry|shelters=1}}
=== Dominion & [[Guilds]] ===
{{Kingdom|Laboratory|Cellar|Workshop|Festival|Moneylender|Stonemason|Advisor|Baker|Journeyman|Merchant Guild|imgwidth = 150|title = Arts and Crafts|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Bandit|Militia|Moneylender|Gardens|Village|Butcher|Baker|Candlestick Maker|Doctor|Soothsayer|imgwidth = 150|title = Clean Living|noadd = 1}}
{{Kingdom|Library|Merchant|Remodel|Market|Sentry|Plaza|Masterpiece|Candlestick Maker|Taxman|Herald|imgwidth = 150|title = Gilding the Lily|noadd = 1}}
=== Dominion & [[Adventures]] ===
{{Kingdom|Market|Merchant|Militia|Throne Room|Workshop|Dungeon|Gear|Guide|Lost City|Miser|event1 = Training|imgwidth = 150|title = Level Up}}
{{Kingdom|Bandit|Bureaucrat|Gardens|Moneylender|Witch|Amulet|Duplicate|Giant|Messenger|Treasure Trove|event1 = Bonfire|event2 = Raid|imgwidth = 150|title = Son of Size Distortion}}
=== Dominion & [[Empires]] ===
{{Kingdom|Cellar|Library|Remodel|Village|Workshop|Enchantress|Forum|Legionary|Overlord|Temple|event1 = Windfall|landmark1 = Orchard|imgwidth = 150|title = Everything in Moderation}}
{{Kingdom|Bureaucrat|Gardens|Laboratory|Market|Moneylender|Catapult|Charm|Farmers' Market|Groundskeeper|Patrician|event1 = Conquest|landmark1 = Aqueduct|imgwidth = 150|title = Silver Bullets}}
=== Dominion & [[Nocturne]] ===
{{Kingdom|Druid|Exorcist|Ghost Town|Idol|Night Watchman|Bandit|Gardens|Mine|Poacher|Smithy|dboon1 = The Earth's Gift|dboon2 = The Flame's Gift|dboon3 = The Forest's Gift|imgwidth = 150|title = Night Shift}}
{{Kingdom|Bard|Conclave|Cursed Village|Devil's Workshop|Tragic Hero|Cellar|Harbinger|Market|Merchant|Moneylender|imgwidth = 150|title = Idle Hands}}
=== Dominion & [[Renaissance]] ===
{{Kingdom|Acting Troupe|Cargo Ship|Recruiter|Seer|Treasurer|Market|Merchant|Mine|Smithy|Vassal|project1 = Road Network|artifact3 = Key|imgwidth = 150|title = It Takes a Villager}}
{{Kingdom|Flag Bearer|Lackeys|Scholar|Swashbuckler|Villain|Cellar|Festival|Harbinger|Remodel|Workshop|project1 = Barracks|project2 = Pageant|artifact1 = Flag|artifact5 = Treasure Chest|imgwidth = 150|title = Capture the Flag}}

=== Dominion & [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]] ===
{{Kingdom|Barge|Destrier|Paddock|Stockpile|Supplies|Artisan|Cellar|Market|Mine|Village|way1=Way of the Seal|event1=Stampede|imgwidth=150|title = Pony Express}}
{{Kingdom|Black Cat|Displace|Sanctuary|Scrap|Snowy Village|Bandit|Gardens|Harbinger|Merchant|Moat|way1=Way of the Mole|event1=Toil|imgwidth=150|title = Garden of Cats}}

=== Dominion & [[Allies]] ===
{{Kingdom|Broker|Capital City|Galleria|Odysseys|Sycophant|Gardens|Harbinger|Market|Remodel|Vassal|ally=Crafters' Guild|imgwidth = 150|title=Allies for Beginners}}
{{Kingdom|Clashes|Emissary|Guildmaster|Royal Galley|Town|Bandit|Laboratory|Merchant|Moat|Moneylender|ally=League of Shopkeepers|imgwidth = 150|title=Warring Shopkeepers}}

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