Editing Intrigue

{{Infobox Set
|name = Intrigue
|type = Standalone (1st) / Expansion (2nd)

|cards = 500 (1st) / 300 (2nd)
|kingdomcards = 258 (1st) / 268 (2nd)
|kingdomsets = 25/26
|basiccards = 208 (1st only)
|randomizers = 25 (1st) / 26 (2nd)
|blankcards = 8 (1st) / 6 (2nd)
|othercards = 1 [[Trash pile card]] (1st only)

|theme = *Choices between different effects
* Multi-type [[Victory]] cards
|release = July 2009 (1st) / Fall 2016 (2nd)
|coverartist = Matthias Catrein (1st) / Joshua Stewart (2nd) / Julien Delval (2nd reprint)
|rulebook = https://www.riograndegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dominion-Rules-Intrigue-2nd-Edition.pdf
}}

'''Intrigue''' is the first [[Expansions|expansion]] to [[Dominion]] designed by [[Donald X. Vaccarino]], released in 2009 by publisher [[Rio Grande Games]]. The box originally contained 25 sets of [[Kingdom]] cards.  The first edition contained [[Basic cards | Basic]] [[Supply]] cards to support up to 4 players, or up to 6 players when combined with those from [[Dominion (Base Set)|base Dominion]]. 

The [[second edition]] of Intrigue was released in Fall 2016, updating wording and formatting on cards, removing the [[basic cards]], and replacing [[#Removed_cards|6 first-edition Kingdom cards]] with [[Update_Packs#Dominion:_Intrigue_Update_Pack|7 new ones]]. The new cards are also available in an [[Update Packs|update pack]] provided to allow existing Intrigue sets to be updated to the second-edition form.

The second edition of Intrigue is also included in a newer English-language [[Big Box]] version.

== Contents ==
=== Basic Supply cards ===
These are only available in the first edition; the second edition is only an expansion, so no Basic Supply Cards are included.
* {{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|Courtyard}}, {{Card|Lurker}}*, {{Card|Pawn}} 
* {{Cost|3}}: {{Card|Masquerade}}, {{Card|Shanty Town}}, {{Card|Steward}}, {{Card|Swindler}}, {{Card|Wishing Well}} 
* {{Cost|4}}: {{Card|Baron}}, {{Card|Bridge}}, {{Card|Conspirator}}, {{Card|Diplomat}}*, {{Card|Ironworks}}, {{Card|Mill}}*, {{Card|Mining Village}}, {{Card|Secret Passage}}*
* {{Cost|5}}: {{Card|Courtier}}*, {{Card|Duke}}, {{Card|Minion}}, {{Card|Patrol}}*, {{Card|Replace}}*, {{Card|Torturer}}, {{Card|Trading Post}}, {{Card|Upgrade}} 
* {{Cost|6}}: {{Card|Harem}}, {{Card|Nobles}}

=== Removed first-edition Kingdom cards ===
These cards were included in the first edition, and [[Removed cards|removed]] from the second edition.
* {{Cost|2}}: {{Card|Secret Chamber}} 
* {{Cost|3}}: {{Card|Great Hall}}
* {{Cost|4}}: {{Card|Coppersmith}}, {{Card|Scout}} 
* {{Cost|5}}: {{Card|Saboteur|oi=1}}, {{Card|Tribute}}

== Flavor text == 
{{Quote|
 |Text=Something's afoot. The steward smiles at you like he has a secret, or like he thinks you have a secret, or like you think he thinks you have a secret. There are secret plots brewing, you're sure of it. At the very least, there are yours. A passing servant murmurs, "The eggs are on the plate." You frantically search your codebook for the translation before realizing he means that breakfast is ready. Excellent. Everything is going according to plan.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[https://www.riograndegames.com/games/dominion-intrigue-2nd-edition/ Rio Grande Games]
}}
== Mechanics == 
{{Quote|
 |Text=This is the 1st expansion to the game of Dominion. It has 300 cards. There are [[victory]] cards that do something before the end of the game, cards that interact with victory cards, and underlings that give you a choice as to what they do.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[https://www.riograndegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dominion-Rules-Intrigue-2nd-Edition.pdf the Intrigue rulebook]
}}
== Cards gallery ==
=== Kingdom cards ===
{{CardImage|Courtyard}}{{CardImage|Lurker}}{{CardImage|Pawn}}{{CardImage|Masquerade}}{{CardImage|Shanty_Town}}{{CardImage|Steward}}{{CardImage|Swindler}}{{CardImage|Wishing_Well}}{{CardImage|Baron}}{{CardImage|Bridge}}{{CardImage|Conspirator}}{{CardImage|Diplomat}}{{CardImage|Ironworks}}{{CardImage|Mill}}{{CardImage|Mining_Village}}{{CardImage|Secret Passage}}{{CardImage|Courtier}}{{CardImage|Duke}}{{CardImage|Minion}}{{CardImage|Patrol}}{{CardImage|Replace}}{{CardImage|Torturer}}{{CardImage|Trading_Post}}{{CardImage|Upgrade}}{{CardImage|Harem}}{{CardImage|Nobles}}
=== Removed cards ===
{{CardImage|Secret_Chamber}}{{CardImage|Great_Hall}}{{CardImage|Coppersmith}}{{CardImage|Scout}}[[Image:SaboteurOld.jpg|200px|link=Saboteur]]{{CardImage|Tribute}}

== Impact ==

Intrigue broadened the range of possible card effects beyond what was available in the [[base set]] in two major ways: it introduced cards that offer a choice between multiple distinct effects, as well as [[Victory]] cards with multiple [[type|types]] and functional effects beyond scoring points. Each of these functions would join the arsenal of basic Dominion card-design elements and go on to be reused by [[Donald X. Vaccarino]] in multiple future [[expansion|expansions]]. They nevertheless have held up as the distinctive theme of Intrigue, which contains more Victory kingdom cards than any other expansion, and more cards that offer an explicit choice between distinct effects than any other expansion except {{set|Allies}}, which revisits choices as one of its own themes.

Intrigue also increased the strategic and tactical depth of Dominion beyond what the base set offered by introducing more cards that benefit from advanced play: for example, {{Card|Wishing Well}} rewards careful deck-tracking in a way no card in the base set does; {{Card|Swindler}} requires paying close attention to an opponent's strategy to know what cards will disrupt it; and {{Card|Coppersmith}} and {{Card|Conspirator}} require decks specifically tailored to their strengths to be useful.

The first-edition of Intrigue developed a somewhat unfounded reputation as a highly attack-heavy expansion: in actuality, Intrigue contained fewer [[Attack]] cards than the base set and fewer than the next expansion, [[Seaside]]. This reputation arose in part from the fact that the Attack cards Intrigue ''did'' have had a reputation as particularly annoying attacks to get hit by (even the relatively weak {{Card|Saboteur}}, which is unpleasant out of proportion to how effective it is), and in part because it had some non-Attack cards ({{Card|Masquerade}} and {{Card|Tribute}}) that affect players in ways that occasionally make them feel like they're being attacked. The second edition has removed both {{Card|Saboteur}} and {{Card|Tribute}}, and has a slightly modified {{Card|Masquerade}} which has been [[Masquerade#First_edition|revised]] to avoid the most [[Masquerade#The_Pin|punishing use]] from the first edition version.

== Theme ==
Game designer Donald X. offered some insight into some themes of the set [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=1818.msg28889#msg28889 here], with how the Kingdom cards fit into that theme:
* 10 Choices: Pawn, Masquerade, Steward, Swindler, Wishing Well, Baron, Mining Village, Minion, Torturer, Nobles
* 7 Also choices, but less unique: Courtyard, Secret Chamber (Passage), Ironworks, Scout (Patrol), Saboteur (Replace), Trading Post, Upgrade
* 4 Victory cards: Great Hall (Mill), Duke, Harem, Nobles
* 5 Cards interacting with Victory cards: Baron, Ironworks, Scout (Patrol), Duke, Tribute (Replace)
* 4 Off-theme: Shanty Town, Bridge, Conspirator, Coppersmith

== Alternate versions ==
<gallery>
File:Intrigue2A.jpg|First version of English Second Edition (see Trivia)
File:Intrigue_Polish_Bard.jpg|First Polish version (by [[Bard Centrum Gier|Bard]])
File:Intrigue_PL_GFP.jpg|Second Polish version (by [[GFP]] - note: this is still Intrigue First Edition)
</gallery>

== Trivia ==
{{OfficialArt|Second Edition|n=Intrigue2|b=1|l=1}}

When Intrigue was revamped for the [[second edition]], it received new box art. However, it was discovered that the artist had used a photograph of Renaissance Fair players without their consent as a reference for the artwork, and it was replaced with art from a different artist when it was reprinted.
=== In other languages ===
* Chinese: 暗潮洶湧 (pron. ''àncháo xiōngyǒng'', lit. ''surging undercurrent'')
* Czech: Intriky
* Dutch: Intrige
* Finnish: Hovin juonet (lit. ''courtly plots'')
* French: L'Intrigue
* German: Die Intrige
* Hungarian: Intrika
* Italian: Intrigo
* Japanese: 陰謀 (pron. ''inbō'', lit. ''conspiracy'')
* Korean: 장막 뒤의 사람들 (pron. ''jangmag dwiui salamdeul'', lit. ''people behind the curtain'')
* Norwegian: Intrigue
* Polish: Intryga
* Russian: Интрига (pron. ''intriga'')
* Spanish: Intriga

=== Secret history === 
{{Quote
|Text=Intrigue has existed in many forms over the years. It came into being as 12 cards in 2006, immediately became 15 cards, got expanded to 20 cards not too long afterwards, stayed at 20 for a long time, although cards paraded through it, got tried at 16 briefly, went back to 20, then made the leap to 25. Originally the set had three sub-themes; one of them ([[one-shot|one-shots]]) gradually left, and another (decision-making cards) got expanded. The other theme (victory cards that do something) stayed as is but got cards to supplement it. Flavor-wise it always had Intrigue as a tentative theme, but it got much more Intrigue-like during development.

From the start, Intrigue was groomed to be the first expansion. To me that meant making it the most true to the main set. If the first expansion was especially exotic, then when only the main set and that expansion were out, half the game would consist of this exotic stuff. If the second expansion is the first exotic one, then it's down to a third of your cards (if you have the first expansion too) (of course it's even less if not all of the second expansion is exotic). That seems more reasonable. The mechanics in the first expansion are things that to me are just a basic part of the game; later expansions may not have as many victory cards that do things or cards that say "choose one," but they'll have those things when they're wanted. The main set didn't have those things in part to keep it simple for new players and in part because you can only fit so much in 25 cards.

Any card that didn't make the set may still make a later set in a fixed-up form, depending on how many expansions actually come out and stuff. So I don't want to just tell you what all of the outtakes were. Probably I can tell you a bit about them though.

- Two cards went into the main set: {{Card|Feast}} and {{Card|Chancellor}}. In general you probably can't tell anything from the names of transplanted cards, which may have been changed anyway; but in this case they weren't and you can: feasting and chancellors fit right into this set.

- {{Card|Envoy}} left the set and then became a promo. I am kind of embarrassed by it - it left this set because it didn't add enough to the game, and then it became a promo and well that's still an issue, right? It does at least have the merit there of not making people feel as much like they have to have it. But the thing is, we found out we needed the promo the same day it was needed. There was no time to test a new card, and Envoy was one of a small number of cards that had actually had some external playtesting (other than the cards in the set, which I didn't want to give up). And I do like the card; it totally could have made a later expansion, providing some card-drawing for that expansion and a new experience, if not new decks. They can't all be {{Card|Gardens}}. It's just sad to have this early on because each card matters more now; with just the main set you only have 25 cards and this one does not carve out much new territory. Anyway I suggested it for the promo and it escaped to promo-land and so much for that. Over time it will matter less that it doesn't add so much.

- There was that broken card that {{Card|Conspirator}} replaced. W. Eric Martin is the one who reported a friend of his getting over 50 coins in a turn with this. Well if I make a fixed-up version I will tell you all about it then.

- There was that reaction card that didn't make it. It tied into the one-shot theme and just wasn't useful enough without it.

- There was the attack that {{Card|Swindler}} replaced. I tried three different versions of it, all one-shots, and well people don't like one-shots. It was considered for the promo but just hadn't had any fans.

- There was another one-shot attack. There was a one-shot card-drawer that moved to a later set. There was another card that was sometimes a one-shot. There was an exotic one-shot that became a non-one-shot and moved to a later set.

- There was a vanilla card. These are cards that just have some mix of +'s. I think they're worth doing at the rate of like one per expansion or so. They're really uninteresting to hear about but can still fill some important function in the set. There are six in the main set ({{Card|Village}} {{Card|Woodcutter}} {{Card|Smithy}} {{Card|Festival}} {{Card|Laboratory}} {{Card|Market}}) and people do like most of them. But they're not too exciting in expansions. Anyway there was one and it didn't stick around and that's why. The set already had {{Card|Great Hall}} and {{Card|Harem}} and that was plenty of vanilla. It could still show up later, if I ever need exactly what it offers.

- There was an attack that could steal any type of card, not just treasures. I had a version that I thought was fair, but it slowed the game down way too much. That concept could still come back someday.

- There was a 2-coin "choose one" card with three weak and complex abilities. Not a crowd-pleaser.

- There was a card in the {{Card|Gardens}} family that was worth 1 VP per 4 cards in your deck costing up to 2, other than {{Card|Curse}} and Confusion (a Curse-like card that just did nothing). {{Card|Gardens}} is a better version of that concept; limiting it to cheap cards doesn't change much, since cheap cards are what you can most readily buy with {{Card|Gardens}}. I mean it's different but not interestingly so. And counting {{Card|Curse|Curses}} is better than not counting them. This card predated {{Card|Gardens}}, which was originally designed for a later set.

- There were a couple different cards that had "trash the top card of your deck" as a penalty. Talk about crowd-pleasing.

- There was another attack that trashed cards; {{Card|Saboteur}} replaced it. Prior to development of the main set, there were a bunch of cards in different expansions that were variations on "trash the top card of each other player's deck." Once it became apparent that that concept was flawed, all of those cards needed reworking, and some just died.

- There were two other cards that let you discard stuff for an effect, both of which could make it somewhere eventually in some form.

- There were two {{Card|Workshop}} variants (at different times) that weren't interesting enough. {{Card|Ironworks}} has that slot now.

And that's that.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=116.0 The Secret History of the Intrigue Cards]
}}

For more detail on the design of the cards see [[Secret History of the Intrigue Cards]] or the cards themselves.

== Recommended sets of 10 ==
=== Intrigue only ===
{{Kingdom|Baron|Courtier|Duke|Harem|Ironworks|Masquerade|Mill|Nobles|Patrol|Replace|imgwidth = 150|title = Victory Dance|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Conspirator|Ironworks|Lurker|Pawn|Mining Village|Secret Passage|Steward|Swindler|Torturer|Trading Post|imgwidth = 150|title = The Plot Thickens|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Baron|Conspirator|Courtyard|Diplomat|Duke|Secret Passage|Shanty Town|Torturer|Upgrade|Wishing Well|imgwidth = 150|title = Best Wishes|noadd=1}}
=== Intrigue & [[Dominion (Base Set)|Dominion]] ===
{{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}}
=== Intrigue & [[Seaside]] ===
{{Kingdom|Courtier|Diplomat|Secret Passage|Swindler|Wishing Well|Bazaar|Lookout|Monkey|Tide Pools|Treasure Map|imgwidth = 150|title = A Star to Steer By|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Patrol|Pawn|Replace|Shanty Town|Trading Post|Cutpurse|Island|Lighthouse|Sea Chart|Wharf|imgwidth = 150|title = Shore Patrol|noadd=1}}

=== Intrigue & [[Alchemy]] ===
{{Kingdom|Conspirator|Mill|Minion|Pawn|Steward|Golem|Possession|Scrying Pool|Transmute|Vineyard|imgwidth = 150|title = Servants}}
{{Kingdom|Bridge|Masquerade|Minion|Nobles|Shanty Town|Torturer|Familiar|Herbalist|Philosopher's Stone|University|imgwidth = 150|title = Secret Research}}
{{Kingdom|Baron|Ironworks|Lurker|Nobles|Trading Post|Wishing Well|Apothecary|Apprentice|Golem|Scrying Pool|imgwidth = 150|title = Pools, Tools, and Fools|id = poolstoolsfools}}
=== Intrigue & [[Prosperity]] ===
{{Kingdom|Bishop|Counting House|Goons|Monument|Peddler|Baron|Harem|Pawn|Shanty Town|Upgrade|imgwidth = 150|title = Paths to Victory|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Hoard|Talisman|Trade Route|Vault|Watchtower|Bridge|Mill|Mining Village|Pawn|Torturer|imgwidth = 150|title = All Along the Watchtower|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Bank|Expand|Forge|King's Court|Vault|Bridge|Lurker|Patrol|Swindler|Wishing Well|imgwidth = 150|title = Lucky Seven|noadd=1}}
=== Intrigue & [[Cornucopia]] ===
{{Kingdom|Farming Village|Harvest|Horse Traders|Hunting Party|Jester|Minion|Nobles|Pawn|Steward|Swindler|imgwidth = 150|title = Last Laughs|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Fairgrounds|Horn of Plenty|Remake|Tournament|Young Witch|Courtier|Courtyard|Diplomat|Mining Village|Replace|bane = Wishing Well|imgwidth = 150|title = The Spice of Life}}
{{Kingdom|Fortune Teller|Hamlet|Hunting Party|Remake|Tournament|Conspirator|Duke|Harem|Pawn|Secret Passage|imgwidth = 150|title = Small Victories|noadd=1}}
=== Intrigue & [[Hinterlands]] ===
{{Kingdom|Replace|Patrol|Pawn|Shanty Town|Torturer|Cache|Cartographer|Jack of all Trades|Silk Road|Tunnel|imgwidth = 150|title = Money for Nothing|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Conspirator|Duke|Harem|Masquerade|Upgrade|Duchess|Haggler|Inn|Noble Brigand|Scheme|imgwidth = 150|title = The Duke's Ball|id = dukesball|noadd=1}}
=== Intrigue & [[Dark Ages]] ===
{{Kingdom|Armory|Ironmonger|Mystic|Rebuild|Vagrant|Baron|Conspirator|Nobles|Secret Passage|Wishing Well|imgwidth = 150|title = Prophecy|shelters=1}}
{{Kingdom|Beggar|Marauder|Rogue|Squire|Urchin|Diplomat|Harem|Swindler|Torturer|Upgrade|imgwidth = 150|title = Invasion|shelters=1}}
=== Intrigue & [[Guilds]] ===
{{Kingdom|Baker|Doctor|Plaza|Advisor|Masterpiece|Courtyard|Harem|Nobles|Replace|Wishing Well|imgwidth = 150|title = Name That Card|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Stonemason|Herald|Soothsayer|Journeyman|Butcher|Conspirator|Masquerade|Mill|Nobles|Secret Passage|imgwidth = 150|title = Tricks of the Trade|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Merchant Guild|Candlestick Maker|Masterpiece|Taxman|Butcher|Bridge|Pawn|Mining Village|Upgrade|Duke|imgwidth = 150|title = Decisions, Decisions|id = decisionsdecisions|noadd=1}}
=== Intrigue & [[Adventures]] ===
{{Kingdom|Bridge Troll|Duplicate|Page|Raze|Royal Carriage|Conspirator|Courtier|Harem|Nobles|Swindler|event1 = Pilgrimage|imgwidth = 150|title = Royalty Factory}}
{{Kingdom|Artificer|Distant Lands|Gear|Transmogrify|Wine Merchant|Bridge|Pawn|Shanty Town|Steward|Upgrade|event1 = Ball|event2 = Borrow|imgwidth = 150|title = Masters of Finance}}
=== Intrigue & [[Empires]] ===
{{Kingdom|Castles|Crown|Enchantress|Sacrifice|Settlers|Baron|Bridge|Harem|Ironworks|Torturer|event1 = Banquet|landmark1 = Arena|imgwidth = 150|title = Delicious Torture}}
{{Kingdom|Archive|Capital|Catapult|Engineer|Forum|Masquerade|Mining Village|Nobles|Pawn|Trading Post|event1 = Salt the Earth|landmark1 = Wolf Den|imgwidth = 150|title = Buddy System}}
=== Intrigue & [[Nocturne]] ===
{{Kingdom|Cobbler|Conclave|Faithful Hound|Shepherd|Tragic Hero|Bridge|Conspirator|Mill|Nobles|Secret Passage|imgwidth = 150|title = Shadowy Figures|noadd=1}}
{{Kingdom|Leprechaun|Monastery|Necromancer|Tormentor|Werewolf|Courtier|Lurker|Mining Village|Swindler|Upgrade|imgwidth = 150|title = Impending Doom}}
=== Intrigue & [[Renaissance]] ===
{{Kingdom|Experiment|Flag Bearer|Patron|Recruiter|Silk Merchant|Ironworks|Lurker|Patrol|Swindler|Upgrade|project1 = Citadel|artifact1 = Flag|imgwidth = 150|title = Memento Mori}}
{{Kingdom|Acting Troupe|Inventor|Research|Scepter|Scholar|Courtier|Mining Village|Nobles|Replace|Steward|project1 = Fleet|project2 = Sinister Plot|imgwidth = 150|title = Clockwork Court}}

=== Intrigue & [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]] ===
{{Kingdom|Camel Train|Cavalry|Goatherd|Paddock|Sheepdog|Mill|Nobles|Pawn|Torturer|Upgrade|way1=Way of the Horse|event1=Commerce|imgwidth=150|title=Dog & Pony Show}}
{{Kingdom|Animal Fair|Bounty Hunter|Coven|Hunting Lodge|Scrap|Courtyard|Diplomat|Lurker|Replace|Wishing Well|way1=Way of the Squirrel|event1=Populate|imgwidth=150|title=Explosions}}

=== Intrigue & [[Allies]] ===
{{Kingdom|Broker|Contract|Courier|Hunter|Townsfolk|Courtier|Lurker|Nobles|Secret Passage|Steward|ally=Circle of Witches|imgwidth = 150|title=Dark Dealings}}
{{Kingdom|Innkeeper|Merchant Camp|Swap|Underling|Wizards|Baron|Conspirator|Patrol|Pawn|Replace|ally=Plateau Shepherds|imgwidth = 150|title=Pawns and Underlings}}

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