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Empires
Empires.jpg
Info
Type Expansion
Icon Empires icon.png
Cards 300
242 (24 sets)
24
Other Card(s)
Additional Material(s)  
  • 40 Debt tokens
  • 24 1VP tokens
  • 12 2VP tokens
  • 20 5VP tokens
Theme(s)
Release June 8, 2016
Official Rulebook PDF

Empires is the upcoming tenth expansion to Dominion. It introduces the Debt mechanic, Split piles, Gathering cards, and Landmarks. It also reintroduces VP tokens and Events.

Contents

Contents

Basic Supply Cards

  • Empires is only an expansion, so no Basic Supply Cards are included.

Kingdom cards

4D EngineerEngineer.jpg
8D City QuarterCity Quarter.jpg, OverlordOverlord.jpg, Royal BlacksmithRoyal Blacksmith.jpg
$2 SettlersSettlers.jpg/Bustling VillageBustling Village.jpg, EncampmentEncampment.jpg/PlunderPlunder.jpg, PatricianPatrician.jpg/EmporiumEmporium.jpg
$3 Castles, CatapultCatapult.jpg/RocksRocks.jpg, Chariot RaceChariot Race.jpg, EnchantressEnchantress.jpg, Farmers' MarketFarmers' Market.jpg, GladiatorGladiator.jpg/FortuneFortune.jpg
$4 SacrificeSacrifice.jpg, TempleTemple.jpg, VillaVilla.jpg
$5 ArchiveArchive.jpg, CapitalCapital.jpg, CharmCharm.jpg, CrownCrown.jpg, ForumForum.jpg, GroundskeeperGroundskeeper.jpg, LegionaryLegionary.jpg, Wild HuntWild Hunt.jpg

  • The pairs of cards separated by "/" are Split pile cards: 5 copies of the left card sit on top of 5 copies of the right card in the pile.
  • Castles are a Split pile with 8 differently named cards in ascending order of cost.

Additional materials

13 Events (1 each):

5D TriumphTriumph.jpg
8D AnnexAnnex.jpg, DonateDonate.jpg
$0 AdvanceAdvance.jpg
$2 DelveDelve.jpg, TaxTax.jpg
$3 BanquetBanquet.jpg
$4 RitualRitual.jpg, Salt the EarthSalt the Earth.jpg
$43D WeddingWedding.jpg
$5 WindfallWindfall.jpg
$6 ConquestConquest.jpg
$14 DominateDominate.jpg

21 Landmarks (1 each):

AqueductAqueduct.jpg, ArenaArena.jpg, Bandit FortBandit Fort.jpg, BasilicaBasilica.jpg, BathsBaths.jpg, BattlefieldBattlefield.jpg, ColonnadeColonnade.jpg, Defiled ShrineDefiled Shrine.jpg, FountainFountain.jpg, KeepKeep.jpg, LabyrinthLabyrinth.jpg, Mountain PassMountain Pass.jpg, MuseumMuseum.jpg, ObeliskObelisk.jpg, OrchardOrchard.jpg, PalacePalace.jpg, TombTomb.jpg, TowerTower.jpg, Triumphal ArchTriumphal Arch.jpg, WallWall.jpg, Wolf DenWolf Den.jpg

Tokens:

  • 40 D tokens
  • 56 VP tokens:
    • 24 1VP tokens
    • 12 2VP tokens
    • 20 5VP tokens

Flavor Text

The world is big and your kingdom gigantic. It's no longer a kingdom really; it's an empire. Which makes you the emperor. This entitles you to a better chair, plus you can name a salad after yourself. It's not easy being emperor. The day starts early, when you light the sacred flame; then it's hours of committee meetings, trying to establish exactly why the sacred flame keeps going out. Sometimes your armies take over a continent and you just have no idea where to put it. And there's the risk of assassination; you have a food taster, who tastes anything before you eat it, and a dagger tester, who gets stabbed by anything before it stabs you. You've taken to staying at home whenever it's the Ides of anything. Still overall it's a great job. You wouldn't trade it for the world - especially given how much of the world you already have.


Trivia

Donald X. stated a couple weeks before release that Empires has a Roman flavor in terms of theme.

Pre-teaser

A couple days before the teaser (which itself would come a couple days before actual previews), Donald X. dropped some news on changes in layout of cards.

Well this is unprecedented, but I'm not made of stone. Here are some spoilers about card layout.
  • A bigger font is used on cards that don't have lots of text.
  • "They" is used instead of "he."
  • +'s in the body of text are now in bold.
  • Card texts are more carefully centered than ever before.

Teasers

Dominion: Empires has:

Recommended Sets of 10

Empires Only

Basic Intro [images]
Castles Chariot Race City Quarter Engineer Farmers' Market
Castles.jpg Chariot Race.jpg City Quarter.jpg Engineer.jpg Farmers' Market.jpg
Forum.jpg Legionary.jpg Patrician.jpg Sacrifice.jpg Villa.jpg
Forum Legionary Patrician Sacrifice Villa
Landscapes and Additional Cards
Wedding Tower
Wedding.jpg Tower.jpg
Advanced Intro [images]
Archive Capital Catapult Crown Enchantress
Archive.jpg Capital.jpg Catapult.jpg Crown.jpg Enchantress.jpg
Gladiator.jpg Groundskeeper.jpg Royal Blacksmith.jpg Settlers.jpg Temple.jpg
Gladiator Groundskeeper Royal Blacksmith Settlers Temple
Landscapes and Additional Cards
Arena Triumphal Arch
Arena.jpg Triumphal Arch.jpg
Empires
Cards 4D EngineerEngineer.jpg 8D City QuarterCity Quarter.jpgOverlordOverlord.jpgRoyal BlacksmithRoyal Blacksmith.jpg $2 EncampmentEncampment.jpg/PlunderPlunder.jpgPatricianPatrician.jpg/EmporiumEmporium.jpgSettlersSettlers.jpg/Bustling VillageBustling Village.jpg $3 Castles (HumbleHumble Castle.jpgCrumblingCrumbling Castle.jpgSmallSmall Castle.jpgHauntedHaunted Castle.jpgOpulentOpulent Castle.jpgSprawlingSprawling Castle.jpgGrandGrand Castle.jpgKing'sKing's Castle.jpg) • CatapultCatapult.jpg/RocksRocks.jpgChariot RaceChariot Race.jpgEnchantressEnchantress.jpgFarmers' MarketFarmers' Market.jpgGladiatorGladiator.jpg/FortuneFortune.jpg $4 SacrificeSacrifice.jpgTempleTemple.jpgVillaVilla.jpg $5 ArchiveArchive.jpgCapitalCapital.jpgCharmCharm.jpgCrownCrown.jpgForumForum.jpgGroundskeeperGroundskeeper.jpgLegionaryLegionary.jpgWild HuntWild Hunt.jpg
Events 5D TriumphTriumph.jpg 8D AnnexAnnex.jpgDonateDonate.jpg $0 AdvanceAdvance.jpg $2 DelveDelve.jpgTaxTax.jpg $3 BanquetBanquet.jpg $4 RitualRitual.jpgSalt the EarthSalt the Earth.jpg $43D WeddingWedding.jpg $5 WindfallWindfall.jpg $6 ConquestConquest.jpg $14 DominateDominate.jpg
Landmarks AqueductAqueduct.jpgArenaArena.jpgBandit FortBandit Fort.jpgBasilicaBasilica.jpgBathsBaths.jpgBattlefieldBattlefield.jpgColonnadeColonnade.jpgDefiled ShrineDefiled Shrine.jpgFountainFountain.jpgKeepKeep.jpgLabyrinthLabyrinth.jpgMountain PassMountain Pass.jpgMuseumMuseum.jpgObeliskObelisk.jpgOrchardOrchard.jpgPalacePalace.jpgTombTomb.jpgTowerTower.jpgTriumphal ArchTriumphal Arch.jpgWallWall.jpgWolf DenWolf Den.jpg
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