Dominion (Base Set)
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|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. | |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. | ||
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− | 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, would be delighted. | + | 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]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=278 the Dominion rulebook] | |Source=[http://www.riograndegames.com/games.html?id=278 the Dominion rulebook] |
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Dominion | |
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Info | |
Type | Base Game |
Icon | |
Cards | 500 |
252 (25 sets) | |
208 | |
32 | |
Blank Card(s) |
7 |
Other Card(s) |
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Theme(s) | Simplicity |
Release | October 2008 |
Official Rulebook |
Dominion, sometimes called Base Dominion or Base Set, is the first Dominion game created by Donald X. Vaccarino. It was released in 2008 by publisher Rio Grande Games. The box contains 25 Kingdom Cards and Basic Supply Cards to support up to 4 players.
Contents |
Card List
Basic Supply Cards
Copper, Curse
Estate
Silver
Duchy
Gold
Province
Kingdom Cards
Cellar, Chapel, Moat
Chancellor, Village, Woodcutter, Workshop
Bureaucrat, Feast, Gardens, Militia, Moneylender, Remodel, Smithy, Spy, Thief, Throne Room
Council Room, Festival, Laboratory, Library, Market, Mine, Witch
Adventurer
Flavor Text
Impact of the Base set
As the original game, this set contains the cards that serve as most players' introduction to Dominion. The cards are, for the most part, simple, yet compelling. Some of them, like Smithy, Throne Room, Gardens, Witch, Chapel, and Village, are important cornerstones to strategies and strategic discussions, and serve as archetypes for 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.
Recommended Sets of 10
Dominion Only
First Game [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Market | Militia | Mine | Moat | ||||||||||
Remodel | Smithy | Village | Woodcutter | Workshop |
Big Money [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Adventurer | Bureaucrat | Chancellor | Chapel | Feast | ||||||||||
Laboratory | Market | Mine | Moneylender | Throne Room |
Interaction [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bureaucrat | Chancellor | Council Room | Festival | Library | ||||||||||
Militia | Moat | Spy | Thief | Village |
Size Distortion [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Chapel | Feast | Gardens | Laboratory | ||||||||||
Thief | Village | Witch | Woodcutter | Workshop |
Village Square [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bureaucrat | Cellar | Festival | Library | Market | ||||||||||
Remodel | Smithy | Throne Room | Village | Woodcutter |
Dominion & Intrigue
Deconstruction [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bridge | Mining Village | Remodel | Saboteur | Secret Chamber | ||||||||||
Spy | Swindler | Thief | Throne Room | Torturer |
Hand Madness [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bureaucrat | Chancellor | Council Room | Courtyard | Mine | ||||||||||
Militia | Minion | Nobles | Steward | Torturer |
Underlings [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Baron | Cellar | Festival | Library | Masquerade | ||||||||||
Minion | Nobles | Pawn | Steward | Witch |
Dominion & Seaside
Reach for Tomorrow [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Adventurer | Cellar | Council Room | Cutpurse | Ghost Ship | ||||||||||
Lookout | Sea Hag | Spy | Treasure Map | Village |
Repetition [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Caravan | Chancellor | Explorer | Festival | Militia | ||||||||||
Outpost | Pearl Diver | Pirate Ship | Treasury | Workshop |
Give and Take [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Ambassador | Fishing Village | Haven | Island | Library | ||||||||||
Market | Moneylender | Salvager | Smugglers | Witch |
Dominion & Alchemy
Forbidden Arts [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Apprentice | Familiar | Possession | University | Cellar | ||||||||||
Council Room | Gardens | Laboratory | Thief | Throne Room | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Potion Mixers [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Alchemist | Apothecary | Golem | Herbalist | Transmute | ||||||||||
Cellar | Chancellor | Festival | Militia | Smithy | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Chemistry Lesson [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Alchemist | Golem | Philosopher's Stone | University | Bureaucrat | ||||||||||
Market | Moat | Remodel | Witch | Woodcutter | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Dominion & Prosperity
Biggest Money [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bank | Grand Market | Mint | Royal Seal | Venture | ||||||||||
Adventurer | Laboratory | Mine | Moneylender | Spy |
The Kings Army [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Expand | Goons | King's Court | Rabble | Vault | ||||||||||
Bureaucrat | Council Room | Moat | Spy | Village |
The Good Life [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Contraband | Counting House | Hoard | Monument | Mountebank | ||||||||||
Bureaucrat | Cellar | Chancellor | Gardens | Village |
Dominion & Cornucopia
Bounty of the Hunt [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Harvest | Horn of Plenty | Hunting Party | Menagerie | Tournament | ||||||||||
Cellar | Festival | Militia | Moneylender | Smithy |
Bad Omens [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Fortune Teller | Hamlet | Horn of Plenty | Jester | Remake | ||||||||||
Adventurer | Bureaucrat | Laboratory | Spy | Throne Room |
The Jester's Workshop [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Fairgrounds | Farming Village | Horse Traders | Jester | Young Witch | ||||||||||
Feast | Laboratory | Market | Remodel | Workshop | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Bane pile: Chancellor |
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Dominion & Hinterlands
Highway Robbery [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Library | Moneylender | Throne Room | Workshop | ||||||||||
Highway | inn | Margrave | Noble Brigand | Oasis |
Adventures Abroad [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Adventurer | Chancellor | Festival | Laboratory | Remodel | ||||||||||
Crossroads | Farmland | Fool's Gold | Oracle | Spice Merchant |
Dominion & Dark Ages
High and Low [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Hermit | Hunting Grounds | Mystic | Poor House | Wandering Minstrel | ||||||||||
Cellar | Moneylender | Throne Room | Witch | Workshop |
Chivalry and Revelry [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Altar | Knights | Rats | Scavenger | Squire | ||||||||||
Festival | Gardens | Laboratory | Library | Remodel |