Hinterlands

Hinterlands
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Type	Expansion
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Cards	300
Kingdom	266 (1st) / 264 (2nd) (26 sets)
Randomizers	26
Blank Card(s)	8 (1st) / 10 (2nd)
Theme(s)	On-gain/buy effects Reactions Filtering
Release	October 2011 (1st) / July 2022 (2nd)
Cover artist	Ryan Laukat (1st), Marcel-André Casasola Merkle (2nd)
Official Rulebook	PDF

Hinterlands is the sixth Dominion expansion, released in October 2011. The box contains 26 sets of Kingdom cards. The basic theme of the set is cards that either have or cause effects when you buy or gain them. Hinterlands offers a balance of engine, Big Money, and alternate VP cards. Since it was originally conceived as a standalone, Hinterlands was deliberately kept on the simpler side, but the "when you gain/buy" mechanic introduced makes the set compelling to novice and experienced players alike.

The second edition of Hinterlands was released in July 2022. It contains 9 new sets of Kingdom cards, which are also available on their own as an update pack, to allow existing Hinterlands sets to be updated to the second-edition form.

The 2011 release of Hinterlands is perceived to have pushed Dominion strategy away from heavily streamlined, small-deck Action engines and toward navigating bulky decks: it emphasizes sifting and Silver-gaining, and has no cards that enable you to thin your deck by more than one card at a time. Hinterlands also emphasizes diversity in Kingdom card types, being the only expansion whose Kingdom cards include multiple Treasures, Reactions, and Victory cards; in the second edition, Donald X. shifted the focus toward Reaction cards specifically, of which Hinterlands now has six.

Contents

Kingdom cards, second edition

Cards with an asterisk (*) were added in the second edition.

• : Crossroads, Fool's Gold
• : Develop, Guard Dog*, Oasis, Scheme, Tunnel
• : Jack of All Trades, Nomads*, Spice Merchant, Trader, Trail*, Weaver*
• : Berserker*, Cartographer, Cauldron*, Haggler, Highway, Inn, Margrave, Souk*, Stables, Wheelwright*, Witch's Hut*
• : Border Village, Farmland

Removed first-edition Kingdom cards

These cards were included in the first edition, and removed from the second edition.

• : Duchess
• : Oracle
• : Noble Brigand, Nomad Camp, Silk Road
• : Cache, Embassy, Ill-Gotten Gains, Mandarin

Additional second-edition rules

When Gained

• Many cards in Hinterlands do something "when you gain" that card or another card.
  • You can gain a card by gaining it directly, such as with Workshop, or by buying it.
  • "When you gain this" happens directly after you gain the card; the card will be in your discard pile already (or wherever else it was put) when you resolve that ability.
  • When playing a card, its "when you gain" ability no longer does anything.
• Examples:
  • You buy Border Village, you gain it. Its ability happens; you gain a cheaper card. You choose to gain Souk. Souk's "when you gain this" ability happens, and you may trash up to 2 cards from your hand.
  • You play Haggler, then buy Border Village, gaining it. Its ability happens and you gain a Duchy. Haggler's ability also happens, and you choose to gain another Haggler for gaining the Border Village. Haggler doesn't give you another card for gaining the Duchy or the Haggler, since Haggler only cares about you gaining cards that you bought.
  • You play Border Village. You get +1 Card and +2 Action. You do not gain a card; that only happens when you gain Border Village, not when you play it.

When Discarded

• Hinterlands has three cards that can do something when discarded: Trail, Tunnel, and Weaver.
  • You cannot simply choose to discard these cards; something has to let you or make you discard them, to activate those abilities. The key thing to look for is a card actually telling you to "discard" cards.
  • These abilities can happen on your own turn (such as due to Oasis), or on someone else's (such as due to Margrave). They do not happen in Clean-up, when you normally discard all of your played and unplayed cards.
  • These abilities work when the card is discarded from anywhere - for example, from your hand (such as due to Oasis) or from your deck (such as due to Cartographer), or from being in Exile (a mat from Dominion: Menagerie).
  • If the card would not necessarily be revealed (such as when discarding multiple cards to Cartographer), you have to reveal it to make the ability happen.
  • These abilities are optional, even if the card was already revealed for some other reason.
  • These abilities do not function if cards are put into your discard pile without being discarded, such as when you gain a card, or when your deck is put into your discard pile (such as with Messenger from Dominion: Adventures).
  • These abilities only happen once per time the card is discarded - you can't discard one Tunnel and reveal it twice for two Golds.
  • If you discard multiple cards at once (e.g. to Margrave), they are all discarded at once, and then the abilities happen one at a time. This means for example that if you discard two Trails to a Margrave, and playing the first Trail causes you to shuffle, you won't be able to reveal the second Trail (as it's lost in your deck at that point).

Additional first-edition rules

Many cards in Hinterlands do something "when you gain" or "when you buy" that card or another card. When you buy a card, you first buy it, then gain it. So, for example, if you have Haggler in play and buy Embassy, you first resolve Haggler's "when you buy" ability, then gain Embassy, then resolve Embassy's "when you gain" ability. When you gain a card without buying it, "when you gain" abilities will still happen, but "when you buy" abilities will not. "When you gain this" happens directly after you gain the card; the card will be in your discard pile already (or wherever else it was put) when you resolve that ability. When playing a card, its "when you gain/buy" abilities no longer do anything. You can sometimes buy a card without gaining it, such as by using Trader to gain Silver instead. You can also sometimes gain cards when it is not your turn. The player that "when you buy" things happen for is the player who paid for the card, and the player that "when you gain" things happen for is the player who actually gained the card. Those are normally the same person, but can be different, for example due to the Dominion: Alchemy card Possession. Examples: You buy Border Village. You gain it. Its ability happens; you gain a cheaper card. You choose to gain Cache. Cache's "when you gain this" ability then happens, and you gain 2 Coppers. You buy Farmland. Its ability happens; you choose to trash an Estate from your hand and gain a Noble Brigand. Noble Brigand has a "when you buy this" ability, but you did not buy it, so that ability does not do anything. Then you gain the Farmland. You play Border Village. You get +1 Card and +2 Actions. You do not gain a card; that only happens when you gain Border Village, not when you play it.

Flavor text

The world is big and your kingdom small. Small when compared to the world, that is; it’s moderate-sized when compared to other kingdoms. But in a big world like this one – big when compared to smaller worlds anyway, if such things exist; it’s moderate-sized when compared to worlds of roughly the same size, and a little small when compared to worlds just a little larger – well, to make a long story short – short when compared to longer stories anyway – it is time to stretch your borders. You’ve heard of far-off places – exotic countries, where they have pancakes but not waffles, where the people wear the wrong number of shirts and don’t even have a word for the look two people give each other when they each hope that the other will do something that they both want to be done but which neither of them wants to do. It is to these lands that you now turn your gaze.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Rio Grande Games

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Impact

Reviews

Here are some articles and reviews of Hinterlands:

• Hinterlands Speculation
• Staggered Release Discussion
• Full List Leak Discussion
• Three Sentence Overviews.

Engines

Hinterlands introduced a number of cards which are popular in building engines:

• Scheme: Allows you the ability to top-deck actions played last turn.
• Highway: Cost reduction encourages megaturn strategies.
• Crossroads: The card is a cheap source of +Actions.
• Border Village: Allows you to gain both a village and a powerful card costing .
• Haggler: Acts as a pseudo +Buy, giving you a cheaper extra card (perhaps a cantrip or village) to go with your main purchase. It also lets you continue to build while buying Victory cards.
• Inn: A village which is particularly good when much of the deck is discarded, to play multiple Actions in the same turn.

Big money

The expansion offered three cards which are relatively effective for big money strategies:

• Jack of All Trades: A solid big money card because of its ability to both gain Silver and trash your starting Estates or Curses.
• Embassy: A card that combines large terminal draw and sifting.
• Oracle: A weak draw card, offset somewhat by its Attack and sifting ability.

Rushes

Hinterlands has two cards which will often lead to rush strategies:

• Silk Road: An easy rush option with Workshop or Ironworks. The card gains a lot of power with the presence of cheap alternate VP such as Tunnel or Mill.
• Ill-Gotten Gains: Finishing off the Ill-Gotten Gains pile will typically empty the Curse pile at the same time. Estate or Duchy is typically the third pile to be emptied in these rushes.

Silver

There seems to be a consensus in the Dominion community that Hinterlands increased the importance of Silver relative to the other expansions:

• Jack of All Trades: Displayed the power of gaining Silver for simple big money strategies.
• Trader: Showed the potential of flooding your deck with Silver.
• Silk Road: A way to easily gain Silver is often all that is needed to enable a Silk Road rush.

"Fixes"

Hinterlands introduced cards that can, in a broad sense, be considered "better" versions of earlier cards - that is, an attempt was made to "fix" what seemed to be problems with the original cards.

• Noble Brigand: A "better" Thief, since it doesn't trash Copper (and in fact distributes them), and gives virtual coin. However, it cannot gain more exotic Treasures. (Thief was later removed from the Base set and replaced with another "fix", Bandit.)
• Spice Merchant: A "better" Moneylender, that is more flexible, both in what it can trash, and what it does after trashing, though it does not give as much +.
• Cartographer: A "better" Scout, it discards from your deck instead of drawing Victory cards, and also draws a card, though it costs more. (Scout was later removed from Intrigue.)
• Highway: A "better" Bridge, it brings costs down much more easily given its cantrip nature (and thus is much better for tricks requiring cost-reduction), but is more expensive and does not give +Buy.

Theme

Game designer Donald X. offered some insight into some themes of the set here.

• 9 effects when gained/bought: Noble Brigand, Nomad Camp, Cache, Embassy, Ill-Gotten Gains, Inn, Mandarin, Border Village, Farmland
• 4 other interaction with gain/buy: Duchess, Fool's Gold, Trader, Haggler
• 7 Victory/Treasure/Reaction: Fool's Gold, Tunnel, Silk Road, Trader, Cache, Ill-Gotten Gains, Farmland
• 4 interact with Victory cards: Crossroads, Duchess, Fool's Gold, Silk Road
• 8 card filtering: Oasis, Oracle, Jack of All Trades, Cartographer, Embassy, Inn, Margrave, Stables

Alternative versions

• 
  Polish edition (by IUVI Games)

Trivia

Official second-edition box art.

Official first-edition box art.

Hinterlands was the first expansion to not feature any new illustrators.

The Hinterlands first-edition box art is one of the available backgrounds in Dominion Online.

In other languages

• Czech: Vzdálené kraje (lit. outlying counties)
• Dutch: Het Achterland
• Finnish: Rajaseudut (lit. border regions)
• French: L'Arrière-Pays (lit. inland countries)
• German: Hinterland
• Italian: Nuovi orizzonti (lit. new horizons)
• Japanese: 異郷 (pron. ikyō, lit. strange land)
• Polish: W głąb lądu
• Russian: Окраины (pron. okrainy, lit. outskirts)
• Spanish: Comarcas (lit. regions)

Secret History (1E)

Originally, there were just some cards. One day I split up the cards into a main set and two expansions. I divided the expansion cards by themes; the first expansion got one-shots, decision cards, and cards with two types, while the second expansion got cards that did something on your next turn and cards that did something when you gained them.

When I showed the game to RGG, I had five expansions. During development of the main game, I briefly tried out the expansions in 16-card versions. As part of doing this, I split up the second expansion into two expansions - one for the next turn theme, another for the right now theme. Both themes seemed good enough to support an expansion. Later, when I turned everything back into 20-card expansions (which became 25 during work on Intrigue), I kept those two themes separated. The next turn theme came out as the actual second expansion, Seaside, and now finally we have come to the when-you-gain-this expansion.

A few of these cards date back to 2006, and the original expansion with both themes. More are from when I split up the themes, then more got added to get back up to 25, and of course some cards are more recent, due to the usual process of getting rid of duds and trying new things.

For most of its life, this has been an ordinary expansion. For a while there though, I was thinking maybe it would be good to do another standalone. There are various virtures to standalones; someone else can talk them up, as I know there are other people who will argue against them. Anyway it seemed good to me. And so for a bit I focused on trying to make sure the set wasn't as complex as the couple sets before it. It gets some simplicity from the when-gain theme, although some of those cards still look complicated because they need text for both the normal and when-gain abilities. This focus helped protect a few of the simpler cards, and then late in the going Jay decided it would be a normal expansion after all. So the set is 300 cards, with no tokens or anything, and had that extra push towards simplicity, which is nice. And for those of you who were wondering, this is also why the rulebook has an unprecedented number of recommended sets of 10.

Some of you are thinking, simplicity lol. No really; whatever strategic complexity the set has, it does have some simple, easy-to-play cards; it's simpler than Prosperity but more complex than Seaside. You can sit a new player down with Nomad Camp and Crossroads and so forth and while they may not know what they're doing, they won't be confused by their cards.

The when-gain theme was always the focus of the set. A few of the cards are when-buy instead; this was necessary, as I will explain for those cards. I have a few cards that latch onto when-gain from different angles, rather than just doing something when you gain them. And then, when-gain abilities are good fits for victory cards and treasure cards, so the set got three of each. Some of the victory cards died and were replaced by other ones without when-gain abilities, but there are three, see for yourself. With three victory cards and three treasures it seemed cool to have three reactions, and towards the end I managed to squeeze in a third one.

Some of you who are word people or have internet access may note that one meaning of "hinterlands" is, the land behind the coast. So even the flavor is a complement to Seaside.

Endless outtakes:

- Long ago, the set had a one-shot that let you buy a card and set it aside until the end of the game. That card was weak, but I stole it for Island in Seaside and fixed it up. Later I tried to revisit the concept here. First I tried some Woodcutters that let you buy cards other than to your deck, either while in play or as a reaction. Those were crazy. Then there were three versions of a victory card with a when-gain that left bad cards in your discard pile - one shuffled all non-victory cards from your discard pile into your deck, one shuffled all but 5 cards from your discard pile into your deck, one shuffled actions and treasures from your discard pile into your deck. It always took too many words and it was never clear that it was interesting enough. So none of those made it, but I saved part of the concept as the when-gain on Inn.

- There was a victory card for , worth 1 , that came with a Duchy. It had started as a 2  card you got two of, but that pile runs out twice as fast, which I preferred it not doing. This card was cute but space was limited, and it stopped seeming as necessary when Border Village switched to costing .

- Another old victory card was 2  for and came with a Silver. On some early pass it didn't seem good enough and exciting new cards were trying to get in.

- To go along with the victory cards, there was a card that let you discard victory cards for each. It just wasn't interesting enough.

- There were a bunch of cards that tried to be when-gain card-trashing attacks. The oldest one trashed your choice of each player's top 2 cards (including your own), both when played and when gained. From back when trashing attacks were crazy. Most of the other versions trashed your choice of the top 3, but at least limited you to cards costing or less, and only did it once. One version was a one-shot, which was Bill Barksdale's idea - it was a one-shot with a when-gain, so it wasn't normally in your deck; really it was just, you could use your buy to make this attack happen. That seemed cute but well like many versions of the card, it made the game have a sub-phase in which we bought out the stack, before getting to play the real game. There was a version that was a treasure worth that only attacked when you bought it. I especially liked that one, though of course it had the sub-phase problem, and could shut someone out of the game. There was also a version that whiffed if the top card of their deck was Copper, but attacked repeatedly.

- Similarly there were several versions of a when-gain discard-based attack card. The longest-lasting one was a Woodcutter for that made the other players (with 5+ cards in hand) put a random card from their hand on their deck when you bought it or played it. It's amazing how long that card was around, given how painful it made games. There was an earlier version that made players discard their most expensive card, or most expensive non-vp card. Then when I killed the concept, I tried a Militia with a when-gain that Militia'd your own next hand when you gained it - look at your top 5, discard 2, put the rest back. That seemed cute conceptually but I liked Margrave better and that's what you got here. I also tried an attack that gave the other players a choice between being Militia'd or Ghost Ship'd, which is pretty weak.

- There was an attack that was +, each other player puts 2 Coppers from his discard pile on top of his deck. For . It basically sucked but occasionally really annoyed someone. An earlier version put a victory card from their discard pile on their deck; Fortune Teller is a better take on that.

- There were a couple versions of a Remodel that had you discard a card rather than trash a card. Discarding Province to gain Province is crazy, so it was either "costing exactly more" or "a different card."

- Then I tried a Remodel that had you draw two cards first. It's a simple card but seemed worth trying. The extra cards give you more of a chance for Remodel to hit what you want, you know. Anyway +2 Cards is a huge bonus to add to Remodel.

- There was a Workshop variant that gained you a card costing up to plus the number of Coppers you discarded. It seemed innocent and kind of cute. It's fun to gain more expensive cards with your Workshop, and if you pull off gaining a Province with it, good for you. Well. Workshop is like + +1 Buy, except you can't combine that with your other money. That hurts it a lot. This card could be combined with your other money, but only with Copper. Well with card-drawing you can base your economy on Copper. You draw cards, discard a bunch of Copper to this, gain a Gold or Province... then draw more cards and get those Coppers back, plus that Gold if any, and spend your money a second time. It seemed like it might not usually be overpowered, but it also seemed overpowered too often when the set was played by itself, and at the time it was looking like it would be a standalone.

- Where's the when-gain Chapel? I hear you asking. Right here dude. There was an Explorer (gain Silver to hand) that let you trash any number of cards from hand when you gained it, gaining that many Silvers, yes that was crazy. There was a Mandarin (the top half) that Chapel'd when you gained it; there was a Mandarin that trashed up to 2 cards when you gained it. There was +, put any number of cards from your hand on your deck, when gain trash up to 2 cards. Oracle also had a when-gain trashing ability once. It was a tough ability to balance; trashing cards is so good that you would tend to buy the card for its when-gain and then randomly have whatever it was in your deck. Anyway none of these cards worked out.

- I tried several cards that had a when-gain ability that Navigator'd everybody - look at their top 5 and either make them discard them or make them put them back. They had problems on early turns and late turns.

- There was a card that gained you a Silver per card the previous player gained. That may sound weak, and well it cost , but I have seen it gain a pile of Silvers. One trick is, it adds up if it keeps getting played - I play it for one Silver and buy a card, you play it for two Silvers and buy a card, I play it for three Silvers. I thought the card was okay, but the set at the time had too much Silver-gaining. People thought it was a theme. Some of that stuff had to go, and this was an easy one to drop.

- Another card was +, get the Ironworks bonus for cards the previous player gained. You know, if they gained an Action you get +1 Action, etc. It just didn't thrill anybody.

- There was a late card that was a one-shot double Workshop with a when-gain Chancellor ability. I liked it. For most people it just seemed okay though, not a hit, and as it happens this was not a great set for the card. Where are all the 's you want a million of? Yes there's Silk Road. I would have just pushed this into another set, to further consider its merits there, but there are only two more sets and neither one could fit this. If there ever turns out to be a 9th expansion, just forget you read this.

- There was a card that was +1 Card +1 Action, while in play when you draw a card, first reveal your top card and you may discard it if it's a victory card. It was too slow and confusing.

- There was a Village with "when you gain this, you may put a card from your hand on your deck." I had a few cards that let you save a card for next turn as a when-gain, but it was never that interesting of an ability. Mandarin kind of takes up that space in a cooler way.

- A couple card-drawing cards had the penalty of when-gain, each other player may trash a card from his hand. These cards barely got tested, didn't excite people, and then I used a version of that penalty on Bishop.

- Farming Village started here for with only +1 Action.

- It's only fitting that Masquerade got passed around from expansion to expansion. It was in Prosperity, it was in the original 4th expansion, and it was here once too. Mountebank was also briefly here, when it was missing from Prosperity.

- There is a card that started in Prosperity that was here for a while but now is in the 8th set. There are two cards that started here and have variations surviving in the 8th set. And there's an attack from Cornucopia that I tried a bad version of here before fixing it up for the 7th set. Hey I try to make these posts complete.

And that's how it happened.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Hinterlands cards, November 2011

Retrospective (1E)

Odds are I wasn't going to be so unhappy with this one either, given how recent it is. The one thing I can say is, I thought the set was simpler than people think it is, and I would be strongly tempted to simplify it a little given that I know people think it's complex. Basically make it a little more like the standalone it didn't end up being. To that end the obv. changes are to drop the reactions from Fool's Gold and Trader, to drop the above-line text on Duchess (just leave it +), and make a version of IGG that just has or on the top. Possibly either Inn or Mandarin could change, I like them both as-is but they would be some of the wordiest cards left at that point. Noble Brigand is wordy but it needs those words. Probably all of these changes sound awful to you, dear reader, but that's the way of the world. It's hard to see the value in the simplicity I'd gain, but there really is value there. Anyway I went with the more complex versions and it's not so bad that I did.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, What Donald X. Might Do With a Dominion Time Machine, June 2012

When-gain vs When-buy

When-buy exists in Prosperity, because at the time it seemed reasonable, it was a thing that was distinct in the game and I didn't think "people won't recognize that this is different from when-gain." In Hinterlands I wanted everything to be when-gain, but some cards didn't work that way, and making everything when-buy meant giving up lots of fun. No playtesters could get behind giving that fun up. So I gave up and used a mix and well despite Prosperity I still should have gone with all when-gain. And if I'd thought of it in time, all when-gain in Prosperity too.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Inheritance and Nomad Camp, February 2018

Donald X.'s homemade updates

Here is some portion of my opinion on 8 other Hinterlands cards. I got sick of leaving some cards in the box whenever I played with the set, and proxied up changes for my personal version. I don't see how to publish these - we don't want to make people who already have Hinterlands buy an update pack to get things like "Fool's Gold without the reaction." And we'd have to have an update pack and well it's a problem. I could replace cards with new cards (that update pack is a reasonable product); I can't just tweak cards. But, I am sharing these card texts with you anyway...

Apprentice: Action, [Replacing Oracle; originally from hinterlands, published in Alchemy]

+1 Action

Trash a card from your hand. +1 Card per it costs.

Cache: Treasure, , worth

[big coin]

+1 Buy

---

When you gain this, gain 2 Coppers.

Duchess: Action,

+

Look at the top card of your deck; you may discard it.

---

In games using this, when you gain a Duchy, you may gain a Duchess.

Fool's Gold: Treasure - Reaction, , worth

If this is the first time you played a Fool's Gold this turn, +, otherwise +.

Ill-Gotten Gains: Treasure, , worth

[big coin]

---

When you gain this, each other player gains a Curse.

Mandarin: Action,

+

Put a card from your hand onto your deck.

---

When you gain this, put all Treasures you have in play on top of your deck in any order.

Margrave: Action - Attack,

+3 Cards

Each other player draws a card, then discards down to 3 cards in hand.

Noble Brigand: Action - Attack,

+

Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of their deck, trashes a revealed non-Copper Treasure that you gain, and discards the rest. If they didn't reveal a Treasure, they gain a Copper.

---

When you buy this, do its attack.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Dominion Discord, August 2020

Secret History (2E)

Man, another one of these? Okay in fact I worked on all three sets at once. Hinterlands wanted to be revisited so much that I had a personal set of fixed cards I was already playing with. I couldn't use those though; they were just tweaks on the published cards. Hinterlands also had less of a visible theme than most sets; I could fix that. I did by adding more Reactions; it has 6, which to me counts as a sub-theme. And it's still the when-gain set.

Fool's Gold stayed, though I'd really like to drop the reaction from it. Margrave stayed; it's a powerful attack, but it doesn't shut down the game like Ghost Ship and Mountebank, in fact it helps your opponents draw into their Village/Margrave. It's a bummer that it has +Buy. And Trader stayed; it's tricky but well, only so much could get replaced.

The key to the new Hinterlands cards is, I wanted to add a full theme, that would give the set more identity. When-gain felt like a great thing at the time, and it's a great mechanic that I use in every set; but, as a full set theme, well it vanishes into the set somewhat, and you're left with just a bunch of simple cards, some of them with dividing lines. I reinforced when-gain anyway, but also, wanted to add a new thing. And that thing is Reactions! The set had three, now it has six. Furthermore, three of them trigger on discarding them, which livens up the filtering sub-theme the set had. Something had to go; the set no longer has 3 Treasures / 3 Reactions / 3 Victory cards. But I think that didn't contribute nearly as much identity as the 6 Reactions do. Why just 6? Man it would have been nice to have more; as usual there were all the things demanded of the new cards, and that only left space for so much.

Outtakes:

- Somehow, 26+ Berserkers! There was so much Berserker.

- I tried some Silk Road variants, but I couldn't actually fit one. Maybe someday.

- I tried Gamble as a trigger on gaining cards. That was a silly game.

- I tried when-gain Save a card for next turn; not for the first time.

- For a while there was a Witch that was played when gained, but only gave out Curse if you had more cards in hand than in play. It was hard to proc, which I liked.

- A bunch of villages tried to be Innovations. Sailor I guess took up that slack.

Phew!

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Hinterlands 2E, June 2022

Recommended sets of 10

Hinterlands only

Introduction [images]
	Cartographer			Crossroads			Develop			Jack of All Trades			Margrave
	Nomads			Oasis			Spice Merchant			Stables			Weaver

Bargains [images]
	Border Village			Cauldron			Fool's Gold			Haggler			Highway
	Scheme			Souk			Trader			Trail			Wheelwright

Hinterlands & Dominion

Happy Trails [images]
	Berserker			Highway			Nomads			Oasis			Trail
	Cellar			Library			Moneylender			Throne Room			Workshop

Adventures Abroad [images]
	Crossroads			Fool's Gold			Guard Dog			Souk			Witch's Hut
	Festival			Laboratory			Remodel			Sentry			Vassal

Hinterlands & Intrigue

Money for Nothing [images]
	Cartographer			Jack of All Trades			Tunnel			Weaver			Wheelwright
	Patrol			Pawn			Replace			Shanty Town			Torturer

The Duke's Ball [images]
	Guard Dog			Inn			Scheme			Trail			Wheelwright
	Conspirator			Duke			Harem			Masquerade			Upgrade

Hinterlands & Seaside

Travelers [images]
	Cartographer			Crossroads			Farmland			Souk			Stables
	Cutpurse			Island			Lookout			Merchant Ship			Warehouse

Runners [images]
	Berserker			Cauldron			Guard Dog			Nomads			Wheelwright
	Bazaar			Blockade			Caravan			Smugglers			Sailor

Hinterlands & Alchemy

Wine Country [images]
	Farmland			Guard Dog			Highway			Margrave			Nomads
	Apprentice			Familiar			Golem			University			Vineyard
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Potion

Hinterlands & Prosperity

Instant Gratification [images]
	Berserker			Cauldron			Haggler			Oasis			Trail
	Bishop			Expand			Hoard			Mint			Watchtower
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Platinum			Colony

Treasure Trove [images]
	Cauldron			Develop			Fool's Gold			Guard Dog			Inn
	Bank			Clerk			Crystal Ball			Monument			Tiara
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Platinum			Colony

Hinterlands & Cornucopia & Guilds

Blue Harvest [images]
	Fool's Gold			Trail			Tunnel			Weaver			Witch's Hut
	Farrier			Ferryman			Hamlet			Horn of Plenty			Joust
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Pile for Ferryman Guard Dog

Exchanges [images]
	Border Village			Cauldron			Develop			Stables			Trader
	Butcher			Herald			Soothsayer			Stonemason			Young Witch
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Bane pile: Oasis

Hinterlands & Dark Ages

Far From Home [images]
	Cartographer			Develop			Fool's Gold			Weaver			Witch's Hut
	Catacombs			Count			Feodum			Fortress			Wandering Minstrel
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Shelters

Expeditions [images]
	Highway			Nomads			Oasis			Scheme			Spice Merchant
	Altar			Catacombs			Ironmonger			Poor House			Storeroom
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Shelters

Hinterlands & Adventures

Traders and Raiders [images]
	Berserker			Guard Dog			Haggler			Spice Merchant			Trader
	Haunted Woods			Lost City			Page			Port			Wine Merchant
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Raid

Journeys [images]
	Cartographer			Crossroads			Highway			Inn			Trail
	Bridge Troll			Distant Lands			Giant			Guide			Ranger
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Expedition			Inheritance

Hinterlands & Empires

Simple Plans [images]
	Border Village			Cauldron			Haggler			Stables			Wheelwright
	Catapult/Rocks			Enchantress			Forum			Patrician/Emporium			Villa
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Donate			Labyrinth

Expansion [images]
	Farmland			Oasis			Spice Merchant			Stables			Tunnel
	Castles			Charm			Encampment/Plunder			Engineer			Legionary
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Battlefield			Fountain

Hinterlands & Nocturne

Search Party [images]
	Cartographer			Inn			Oasis			Scheme			Souk
	Cobbler			Conclave			Druid			Faithful Hound			Werewolf
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Boons			Hexes
Boons for Druid
	The Mountain's Gift			The Sky's Gift			The Sun's Gift

Counting Sheep [images]
	Crossroads			Farmland			Oasis			Tunnel			Weaver
	Crypt			Leprechaun			Pooka			Secret Cave			Shepherd
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Hexes

Hinterlands & Renaissance

Sweetened Deals [images]
	Develop			Guard Dog			Haggler			Spice Merchant			Witch's Hut
	Flag Bearer			Lackeys			Mountain Village			Silk Merchant			Spices
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Silos

A Penny Saved [images]
	Berserker			Border Village			Oasis			Souk			Trader
	Ducat			Patron			Scepter			Seer			Swashbuckler
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Barracks			Guildhall

Hinterlands & Menagerie

Big Blue [images]
	Trader			Trail			Tunnel			Weaver			Witch's Hut
	Black Cat			Falconer			Sheepdog			Sleigh			Village Green
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Banish			Way of the Turtle

Intersection [images]
	Develop			Farmland			Nomads			Stables			Wheelwright
	Cardinal			Hostelry			Livery			Mastermind			Supplies
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Card for Mouse Crossroads			Gamble			Way of the Mouse

Hinterlands & Allies

Longest Tunnel [images]
	Haggler			Jack of All Trades			Margrave			Trail			Tunnel
	Bauble			Capital City			Carpenter			Contract			Innkeeper
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Fellowship of Scribes

Expertise [images]
	Border Village			Crossroads			Highway			Inn			Spice Merchant
	Barbarian			Highwayman			Specialist			Townsfolk			Underling
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Order of Masons

Hinterlands & Plunder

Desert Dreams [images]
	Haggler			Nomads			Oasis			Souk			Weaver
	Enlarge			Grotto			Harbor Village			Mapmaker			Pendant
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Trait for Nomads Reckless

Viking Schemes [images]
	Berserker			Cauldron			Fool's Gold			Scheme			Stables
	Cabin Boy			Crew			Crucible			Frigate			Wealthy Village
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Trait for Berserker Rich			Scrounge

Hinterlands & Rising Sun

Swift Hands [images]
	Cauldron			Haggler			Oasis			Scheme			Weaver
	Alley			Ronin			Rustic Village			Samurai			Snake Witch
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Progress

Paperwork [images]
	Border Village			Crossroads			Spice Merchant			Tunnel			Wheelwright
	Craftsman			Imperial Envoy			River Shrine			Riverboat			Tanuki
Landscapes and Additional Cards
	Card for Riverboat Witch's Hut			Foresight			Bureaucracy

First Edition Kingdoms

Hinterlands 1E only Introduction [images] Cache Crossroads Develop Haggler Jack of all Trades Margrave Nomad Camp Oasis Spice Merchant Stables Second Edition Changes: out – Cache, Haggler, Nomad Camp; in – Cartographer, Nomads, Weaver Fair Trades [images] Border Village Cartographer Develop Duchess Farmland Ill-Gotten Gains Noble Brigand Silk Road Stables Trader This kingdom was completely removed in Hinterlands 1E. Bargains [images] Border Village Cache Duchess Fool's Gold Haggler Highway Nomad Camp Scheme Spice Merchant Trader Second Edition Changes: out – Cache, Duchess, Nomad Camp, Spice Merchant; in – Cauldron, Souk, Trail, Wheelwright Gambits [images] Cartographer Crossroads Embassy Inn Jack of all Trades Mandarin Nomad Camp Oasis Oracle Tunnel This kingdom was completely removed. Hinterlands 1E & Dominion 1E Highway Robbery [images] Highway Inn Margrave Noble Brigand Oasis Cellar Library Moneylender Throne Room Workshop This kingdom was unchanged between Dominion 1E and 2E. Adventures Abroad [images] Crossroads Farmland Fool's Gold Oracle Spice Merchant Adventurer Chancellor Festival Laboratory Remodel Dominion Second Edition Changes: out – Adventurer, Chancellor; in – Sentry, Vasal Hinterlands 1E & Dominion 2E Highway Robbery [images] Highway Inn Margrave Noble Brigand Oasis Cellar Library Moneylender Throne Room Workshop Second Edition Changes: name – "Happy Trails" out – Inn, Margrave, Noble Brigand; in – Berserker, Nomads, Trail Adventures Abroad [images] Crossroads Farmland Fool's Gold Oracle Spice Merchant Festival Laboratory Remodel Sentry Vassal Second Edition Changes: out – Farmland, Oracle, Spice Merchant; in – Guard Dog, Souk, Witch's Hut Hinterlands 1E & Intrigue 1E Money for Nothing [images] Cache Cartographer Jack of all Trades Silk Road Tunnel Coppersmith Great Hall Pawn Shanty Town Torturer Intrigue Second Edition Changes: out – Coppersmith, Great Hall; in – Replace, Patrol The Duke's Ball [images] Duchess Haggler Inn Noble Brigand Scheme Conspirator Duke Harem Masquerade Upgrade This kingdom was unchanged between Intrigue 1E and 2E. Hinterlands 1E & Intrigue 2E Money for Nothing [images] Cache Cartographer Jack of All Trades Silk Road Tunnel Patrol Pawn Replace Shanty Town Torturer Second Edition Changes: out – Cache, Silk Road; in – Weaver, Wheelwright The Duke's Ball [images] Duchess Haggler Inn Noble Brigand Scheme Conspirator Duke Harem Masquerade Upgrade Second Edition Changes: out – Duchess, Haggler, Noble Brigand; in – Guard Dog, Trail, Wheelwright Hinterlands 1E & Seaside 1E Travelers [images] Cartographer Crossroads Farmland Silk Road Stables Cutpurse Island Lookout Merchant Ship Warehouse Second Edition Changes: out – Silk Road; in – Souk Diplomacy [images] Embassy Farmland Ill-Gotten Gains Noble Brigand Trader Ambassador Bazaar Caravan Embargo Smugglers This kingdom was completely removed and replaced by Runners. Hinterlands 1E & Alchemy Wine Country [images] Crossroads Farmland Haggler Highway Nomad Camp Apprentice Familiar Golem University Vineyard Landscapes and Additional Cards Potion Second Edition Changes: out – Crossroads, Haggler, Nomad Camp; in – Guard Dog, Margrave, Nomads Schemes and Dreams [images] Duchess Fool's Gold Ill-Gotten Gains Jack of all Trades Scheme Apothecary Apprentice Herbalist Philosopher's Stone Transmute Landscapes and Additional Cards Potion This kingdom was completely removed in Hinterlands 2E. Hinterlands 1E & Prosperity 1E Instant Gratification [images] Farmland Haggler Ill-Gotten Gains Noble Brigand Trader Bishop Expand Hoard Mint Watchtower Second Edition Changes: out – Farmland, Ill-Gotten Gains, Noble Brigand, Trader; in – Berserker, Cauldron, Oasis, Trail Treasure Trove [images] Cache Develop Fool's Gold Ill-Gotten Gains Mandarin Bank Monument Royal Seal Trade Route Venture Second Edition Changes: out – Cache, Ill-Gotten Gains, Noble Brigand, Royal Seal, Trade Route, Venture; in – Cauldron, Clerk, Crystal Ball, Guard Dog, Inn, Tiara Hinterlands 1E & Cornucopia & Guilds 1E Blue Harvest [images] Fool's Gold Mandarin Noble Brigand Trader Tunnel Hamlet Horn of Plenty Horse Traders Jester Tournament Second Edition Changes: out – Mandarin, Noble Brigand, Trader; in – Trail, Weaver, Witch's Hut Traveling Circus [images] Border Village Embassy Fool's Gold Nomad Camp Oasis Fairgrounds Farming Village Hunting Party Jester Menagerie This kingdom was unchanged between Hinterlands 1E and 2E. Exchanges [images] Border Village Develop Ill-Gotten Gains Stables Trader Butcher Herald Masterpiece Soothsayer Stonemason Second Edition Changes: out – Ill-Gotten Gains; in – Cauldron Road to Riches [images] Crossroads Farmland Highway Spice Merchant Tunnel Advisor Baker Candlestick Maker Journeyman Merchant Guild This kingdom was unchanged between Hinterlands 1E and 2E. Hinterlands 2E & Cornucopia & Guilds 1E Blue Harvest [images] Fool's Gold Trail Tunnel Weaver Witch's Hut Hamlet Horn of Plenty Horse Traders Jester Tournament Cornucopia & Guilds Second Edition Changes: out – Horse Traders, Jester, Tournament; in – Farrier, Ferryman, Guard Dog, Joust Exchanges [images] Border Village Cauldron Develop Stables Trader Butcher Herald Masterpiece Soothsayer Stonemason Cornucopia & Guilds Second Edition Changes: out – Masterpiece; in – Oasis, Young Witch Hinterlands 1E & Dark Ages Far From Home [images] Cartographer Develop Embassy Fool's Gold Haggler Beggar Count Feodum Marauder Wandering Minstrel Landscapes and Additional Cards Ruins Shelters Second Edition Changes: out – Beggar, Embassy, Haggler, Marauder; in – Catacombs, Fortress, Weaver, Witch's Hut Expeditions [images] Crossroads Farmland Highway Spice Merchant Tunnel Altar Catacombs Ironmonger Poor House Storeroom Landscapes and Additional Cards Shelters Second Edition Changes: out – Crossroads, Farmland, Tunnel; in – Nomads, Oasis, Scheme Hinterlands 1E & Adventures Traders and Raiders [images] Develop Farmland Haggler Spice Merchant Trader Haunted Woods Lost City Page Port Wine Merchant Landscapes and Additional Cards Raid Second Edition Changes: out – Develop, Farmland; in – Berserker, Guard Dog Journeys [images] Cartographer Crossroads Highway Inn Silk Road Bridge Troll Distant Lands Giant Guide Ranger Landscapes and Additional Cards Expedition Inheritance Second Edition Changes: out – Silk Road; in – Trail Hinterlands 1E & Empires Simple Plans [images] Border Village Develop Haggler Ill-Gotten Gains Stables Catapult/Rocks Forum Patrician/Emporium Temple Villa Landscapes and Additional Cards Donate Labyrinth Second Edition Changes: out – Develop, Ill-Gotten Gains, Temple; in – Cauldron, Enchantress, Wheelwright Expansion [images] Cache Farmland Highway Spice Merchant Tunnel Castles Charm Encampment/Plunder Engineer Legionary Landscapes and Additional Cards Battlefield Fountain Second Edition Changes: out – Cache, Highway; in – Oasis, Stables Hinterlands 1E & Nocturne Search Party [images] Cartographer Highway Inn Oasis Scheme Cobbler Conclave Druid Faithful Hound Werewolf Landscapes and Additional Cards Boons Hexes Boons for Druid The Mountain's Gift The Sky's Gift The Sun's Gift Second Edition Changes: out – Highway; in – Souk Counting Sheep [images] Crossroads Farmland Haggler Noble Brigand Tunnel Bard Crypt Leprechaun Pooka Shepherd Landscapes and Additional Cards Boons Hexes Second Edition Changes: out – Bard, Haggler, Noble Brigand; in – Oasis, Secret Cave, Weaver Hinterlands 1E & Renaissance Sweetened Deals [images] Cartographer Develop Farmland Haggler Spice Merchant Flag Bearer Lackeys Mountain Village Silk Merchant Spices Landscapes and Additional Cards Silos Second Edition Changes: out – Cartographer, Farmland; in – Guard Dog, Witch's Hut A Penny Saved [images] Cache Crossroads Noble Brigand Oasis Trader Ducat Patron Scepter Seer Swashbuckler Landscapes and Additional Cards Barracks Guildhall Second Edition Changes: out – Cache, Crossroads, Noble Brigand; in – Berserker, Border Village, Souk Hinterlands 1E & Menagerie Big Blue [images] Cartographer Fool's Gold Margrave Trader Tunnel Black Cat Falconer Sheepdog Sleigh Village Green Landscapes and Additional Cards Banish Way of the Turtle Second Edition Changes: out – Cartographer, Fool's Gold, Margrave; in – Trail, Weaver, Wheelwright Intersection [images] Develop Farmland Haggler Nomad Camp Stables Cardinal Hostelry Livery Mastermind Supplies Landscapes and Additional Cards Card for Mouse Crossroads Gamble Way of the Mouse Second Edition Changes: out – Haggler, Nomad Camp; in – Nomads, Wheelwright Hinterlands 1E & Allies Longest Tunnel [images] Farmland Haggler Jack of All Trades Margrave Tunnel Bauble Capital City Carpenter Contract Innkeeper Landscapes and Additional Cards Fellowship of Scribes Second Edition Changes: out – Farmland; in – Trail Expertise [images] Border Village Crossroads Highway Inn Spice Merchant Barbarian Highwayman Specialist Townsfolk Underling Landscapes and Additional Cards Order of Masons This kingdom was unchanged between Hinterlands 1E and 2E.