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[[Image:Province.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Province]], a Victory card.]] | [[Image:Province.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Province]], a Victory card.]] | ||
− | '''Victory''' is a [[card type]]. Victory cards typically give the player a certain number of [[victory point|victory points]]. Four Victory cards are [[basic cards]]: {{Card|Estate}}, {{Card|Duchy}}, and {{Card|Province}}, which are in the [[supply]] in every game; and {{Card|Colony}}, which may be added in games using [[Kingdom card|Kingdom cards]] from [[Prosperity]]. One, {{Card|Overgrown Estate}}, is a [[Shelter]] (and the only Victory card that is never worth any victory points). The remaining Victory cards are [[Kingdom card|Kingdom cards]], collectively referred to as [[alt-VP]], or "alternate victory points". (The "alt-VP" category also often includes cards that give victory points via [[victory token|victory tokens]]; however, these are not considered Victory cards.) Some alt-VP cards are worth a variable number of points, depending on the state of the deck of the player who owns them; others, like the basic Victory cards, have a constant value. | + | '''Victory''' is a [[card type]]. Victory cards typically give the player a certain number of [[victory point|victory points]]. Four Victory cards are [[basic cards]]: {{Card|Estate}}, {{Card|Duchy}}, and {{Card|Province}}, which are in the [[supply]] in every game; and {{Card|Colony}}, which may be added in games using [[Kingdom card|Kingdom cards]] from [[Prosperity]]. One, {{Card|Overgrown Estate}}, is a [[Shelter]] (and the only Victory card that is never worth any victory points, other than {{Card|Distant Lands}} before it's played). The remaining Victory cards are [[Kingdom card|Kingdom cards]], collectively referred to as [[alt-VP]], or "alternate victory points". (The "alt-VP" category also often includes cards that give victory points via [[victory token|victory tokens]]; however, these are not considered Victory cards.) Some alt-VP cards are worth a variable number of points, depending on the state of the deck of the player who owns them; others, like the basic Victory cards, have a constant value. |
The majority of Victory cards are [[dead]] cards during the game—i.e., although you score victory points by having them in your deck at the end of the game, they have little or no use ''during'' gameplay itself; and therefore having them in your deck weakens what you can achieve on each turn. The few victory cards that are not dead in your deck are typically worth relatively few victory points. Therefore the central strategic tension of Dominion is the following: how can you gain the Victory cards that you need in order to win the game, without unduly burdening your deck each turn with dead cards that will prevent you from being able to gain additional Victory cards on future turns? | The majority of Victory cards are [[dead]] cards during the game—i.e., although you score victory points by having them in your deck at the end of the game, they have little or no use ''during'' gameplay itself; and therefore having them in your deck weakens what you can achieve on each turn. The few victory cards that are not dead in your deck are typically worth relatively few victory points. Therefore the central strategic tension of Dominion is the following: how can you gain the Victory cards that you need in order to win the game, without unduly burdening your deck each turn with dead cards that will prevent you from being able to gain additional Victory cards on future turns? | ||
− | One of the major ways of resolving this tension is to wait to buy Victory cards until late in the game, once one has built a deck that can withstand the addition of a few dead cards without losing much efficiency. Once [[endgame|the game is nearing an end]], players often try to gain victory cards on almost every remaining turn; this process is referred to as "[[greening]]" or "going green" because victory cards have green frames. The extreme version of this approach is known as a [[megaturn]], in which players buy no or almost no Victory cards at all until ending the game by buying a large number of Victory cards on a single turn. Many of the alt-VP cards enable an alternative approach by having low costs and therefore being not too hard to buy even in a deck with a lot of dead cards in it. This alternative approach underlies the [[ | + | One of the major ways of resolving this tension is to wait to buy Victory cards until late in the game, once one has built a deck that can withstand the addition of a few dead cards without losing much efficiency. Once [[endgame|the game is nearing an end]], players often try to gain victory cards on almost every remaining turn; this process is referred to as "[[greening]]" or "going green" because victory cards have green frames. The extreme version of this approach is known as a [[megaturn]], in which players buy no or almost no Victory cards at all until ending the game by buying a large number of Victory cards on a single turn. Many of the alt-VP cards enable an alternative approach by having low costs and therefore being not too hard to buy even in a deck with a lot of dead cards in it. This alternative approach underlies the [[rush]] and [[slog]] strategies: if a deck can achieve a winning score via cheap or otherwise easy-to-obtain Victory cards, gaining them early does not very much impair your ability to keep gaining more of them as the game goes on. Only some games of Dominion are amenable to such a strategy, however; most games follow the usual pattern of holding off greening till the end. |
Victory card piles in the supply start with 8 cards in 2-player games and 12 cards in larger games. (The Province pile is increased further for games with more than four players.) | Victory card piles in the supply start with 8 cards in 2-player games and 12 cards in larger games. (The Province pile is increased further for games with more than four players.) | ||
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== List of Victory Cards == | == List of Victory Cards == | ||
− | + | {{Cost|P}} {{Card|Vineyard}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|1}} {{Card|Overgrown Estate}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|2}} {{Card|Estate}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|3}} {{Card|Great Hall}}, {{Card|Tunnel}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|4}} {{Card|Gardens}}, {{Card|Island}}, {{Card|Silk Road}}, {{Card|Feodum}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|5}} {{Card|Duchy}}, {{Card|Duke}}, {{Card|Dame Josephine}}, {{Card|Distant Lands}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|6}} {{Card|Harem}}, {{Card|Nobles}}. {{Card|Fairgrounds}}, {{Card|Farmland}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|8}} {{Card|Province}} | |
− | + | <br>{{Cost|11}} {{Card|Colony}} | |
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== Cards that interact with Victory cards == | == Cards that interact with Victory cards == | ||
− | + | * {{Card|Ironworks}} | |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Scout}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Tribute}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Treasury}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Transmute}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Trade Route}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Talisman}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Hoard}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Fortune Teller}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Horn of Plenty}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Jester}} |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Crossroads}} |
− | * | + | * Silk Road |
− | * | + | * {{Card|Haggler}} |
− | + | * {{Card|Vagrant}} | |
− | + | * {{Card|Ironmonger}} | |
+ | * {{Card|Rebuild}} | ||
+ | * {{Card|Magpie}} | ||
+ | * {{Event|Inheritance}} | ||
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