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− | + | {{Kingdom|Band of Misfits|Cultist|Fortress|Hermit|Junk Dealer|Knights|Fairgrounds|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Menagerie|title = Dark Carnival}} | |
− | + | {{Kingdom|Bandit Camp|Counterfeit|Death Cart|Marauder|Pillage|Sage|Harvest|Hunting Party|Remake|Tournament|title = To the Victor}} | |
== Cornucopia on DS.com and F.DS.com == | == Cornucopia on DS.com and F.DS.com == |
Revision as of 20:34, 16 September 2013
Cornucopia | |
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Info | |
Type | Small Expansion |
Icon | |
Cards | 150 |
132 (13 sets) | |
13 | |
Other Card(s) |
5 Prize cards |
Theme(s) | Variety |
Release | June 2011 |
Official Rulebook |
Cornucopia is the 5th Dominion expansion, released in June 2011. The basic theme of the set is cards that either create or reward variety in your deck and hand. It is a small expansion of 13 cards, popular for its focus on engine-friendly cards. Cornocupia is a unique set as it introduces cards for use which are not in the supply as well as the possibility to have an 11th kingdom supply pile.
Contents |
Contents
Basic Supply Cards
- Corncuopia is only an expansion, so no Basic Supply Cards are included.
Kingdom Cards
Hamlet
Fortune Teller, Menagerie
Farming Village, Horse Traders, Remake, Tournament, Young Witch
Harvest, Horn of Plenty, Hunting Party, Jester
Fairgrounds
Additional Materials
- Prizes (1 each) - Bag of Gold, Diadem, Followers, Princess, Trusty Steed
Flavor Text
Impact of Cornucopia
Engines
Corncucopia is filled with cards which enable strong engine building. Some of these include:
- Hamlet - A cheap pseudo-village capable of providing extra buys or actions.
- Horn of Plenty - Provides an easy way to gain cards as well as the capability of producing megaturns.
- Hunting Party - Enables very simple Hunting Party + X engines.
- Menagerie - A centerpiece of some of the most fun engines to play, Menagerie is a cantrip which serves as a great counter to hand size reduction attacks.
- Tournament - The card itself is a useful early game cantrip, and the Prizes are all quite valuable in most engines.
Randomness
Though overall a well received set, Cornucopia features a "swingy" card which can cause frustration among players.
- Tournament - Because of the power of the Tournament prizes, the first player to win a prize is often able to build on that to win further prizes and/or the game. Even skilled play can sometimes be undone by a lucky or well time draw.
Cornucopia Theme
Game designer Donald X. offered some insight into some themes of the set here.
- 5 Care about variety: Menagerie, Harvest, Horn of Plenty, Hunting Party, Fairgrounds
- 4 Provide variety: Remake, Tournament, Young Witch, Jester
- 4 Off-theme: Hamlet, Fortune Teller, Farming Village, Horse Traders
Trivia
Secret History
Around the time Prosperity was wrapping up and Seaside was getting printed, it turned out the publishers wanted small sets, could I make one please, and also, could it come out next (pushing Prosperity back). The way to get something fastest was to have it already done. Alchemy was ideal, as it had a hunk of the right size to break off of it, and it was in tatters anyway from me never getting around to working on it. I took the Potions stuff and tweaked it into a small expansion. So now there was a list of existing cards, plus untested ideas, waiting to turn into a hand-themed small set for a year after Alchemy.
When I got around to working on Cornucopia, I went with the hand theme, adding more cards that fit it, polishing up what I had, and adding cards that didn't fit it too, because what, they can't all be on-theme. And we started playtesting it.
It turned out that the "hand" theme was invisible. It made the cards play well together, but no-one recognized that it was the theme of the set. It was just not distinct enough.
The set at the time had Fairgrounds and Menagerie in it, and people would incorrectly guess that that was the theme, and that there just wasn't much of it. "Variety" sounded like a good theme, so I ran with it. Some of the hand stuff that wasn't also variety-related left, and I added more variety stuff. This theme was recognizable and worked out and well there it is.
In the end the set has only two cards that are mutated versions of cards originally in the large Alchemy set - Jester and Diadem. Some of the other cards started in other sets, and some are original to Cornucopia.
Those publishers that wanted small expansions presumably wanted them so that people who didn't want to pay the same for an expansion as for the main game could get them. And if such people exist then they don't have the large expansions. Well Alchemy is not ideal as the only expansion you have. I mean it's just so exotic. I felt like these publishers would have preferred something less exotic. Alchemy was all they could have in the time frame it was wanted, but I had plenty of time here, so this expansion tries to be more reasonable as an expansion for someone who doesn't have many expansions.
Recommended Sets of 10
Cornucopia & Dominion
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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Cornucopia & Intrigue
Paths to Victory [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bishop | Counting House | Goons | Monument | Peddler | ||||||||||
Baron | Harem | Pawn | Shanty Town | Upgrade |
All Along the Watchtower [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Hoard | Talisman | Trade Route | Vault | Watchtower | ||||||||||
Bridge | Great Hall | Mining Village | Pawn | Torturer |
Lucky Seven [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bank | Expand | Forge | King's Court | Vault | ||||||||||
Bridge | Coppersmith | Swindler | Tribute | Wishing Well |
Cornucopia & Hinterlands
Blue Harvest [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Hamlet | Horn of Plenty | Horse Traders | Jester | Tournament | ||||||||||
Fool's Gold | Mandarin | Noble Brigand | Trader | Tunnel |
Traveling Circus [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Fairgrounds | Farming Village | Hunting Party | Jester | Menagerie | ||||||||||
Border Village | Embassy | Fool's Gold | Nomad Camp | Oasis |
Cornucopia & Dark Ages
Dark Carnival [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Band of Misfits | Cultist | Fortress | Hermit | Junk Dealer | ||||||||||
Knights | Fairgrounds | Hamlet | Horn of Plenty | Menagerie | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Ruins | ||||||||||||||
To the Victor [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bandit Camp | Counterfeit | Death Cart | Marauder | Pillage | ||||||||||
Sage | Harvest | Hunting Party | Remake | Tournament | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Ruins | ||||||||||||||
Cornucopia on DS.com and F.DS.com
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