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=== Secret history === | === Secret history === | ||
[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] gave an interview to BGN concerning the design of the base set: the [[Secret History of the Dominion Cards]]. | [[Donald X. Vaccarino]] gave an interview to BGN concerning the design of the base set: the [[Secret History of the Dominion Cards]]. | ||
− | === Retrospective === | + | === Retrospective (1E) === |
{{Quote| | {{Quote| | ||
− | |Text=The big thing is to add more replayability. There are six vanilla cards and probably five would have been fine; the obvious one to replace is {{Card|Woodcutter}}. Woodcutter is a fine card for the main set but the other vanilla cards are all better. That means all of the +buy cards would cost {{Cost|5}} but I can live with that. After that, {{Card|Feast}} adds very little. {{Card|Chancellor}} doesn't add much and would have been better in [[Intrigue]] (where it came from); the fact that it's a puzzler is way better in an expansion than in the main set. And finally there's {{Card|Spy}}. Spy is slow to resolve, that's the big thing. Over the years I have learned that ideally Spy-type attacks don't have +1 action, or don't involve a decision, or both. {{Card|Rabble}} is exactly what I want. Spy has +1 action and involves a decision, so you potentially make tons of decisions per turn. I like decisions but man Spy is not where to get them. It initially got to interact with two attacks that trashed cards from the top of your deck, and that's cool, but now it only interacts with {{Card|Thief}} (in the main set that is), and that combo just isn't worth the slot. | + | |Text=The big thing is to add more replayability. There are six vanilla cards and probably five would have been fine; the obvious one to replace is {{Card|Woodcutter}}. {{Card|Woodcutter}} is a fine card for the main set but the other vanilla cards are all better. That means all of the +buy cards would cost {{Cost|5}} but I can live with that. After that, {{Card|Feast}} adds very little. {{Card|Chancellor}} doesn't add much and would have been better in [[Intrigue]] (where it came from); the fact that it's a puzzler is way better in an expansion than in the main set. And finally there's {{Card|Spy}}. {{Card|Spy}} is slow to resolve, that's the big thing. Over the years I have learned that ideally {{Card|Spy}}-type attacks don't have +1 action, or don't involve a decision, or both. {{Card|Rabble}} is exactly what I want. {{Card|Spy}} has +1 action and involves a decision, so you potentially make tons of decisions per turn. I like decisions but man {{Card|Spy}} is not where to get them. It initially got to interact with two attacks that trashed cards from the top of your deck, and that's cool, but now it only interacts with {{Card|Thief}} (in the main set that is), and that combo just isn't worth the slot. |
− | The way to think of these things is, imagine the replacement cards. Let's say I just take out Woodcutter and Feast and put in {{Card|Wishing Well}} and {{Card|Coppersmith}}. Those are not top-of-the-line adored-by-all go-in-every-deck cards. But they still give you more to do than Woodcutter and Feast do. | + | The way to think of these things is, imagine the replacement cards. Let's say I just take out {{Card|Woodcutter}} and {{Card|Feast}} and put in {{Card|Wishing Well}} and {{Card|Coppersmith}}. Those are not top-of-the-line adored-by-all go-in-every-deck cards. But they still give you more to do than {{Card|Woodcutter}} and {{Card|Feast}} do. |
− | It would be nice if Thief were stronger, but it already scares new players, and once everyone was new. There are some wording tweaks; {{Card|Throne Room}} and {{Card|Moneylender}} should of course say "you may." I would try coloring the coins on the treasures. The Trash card should be a mat instead. | + | It would be nice if {{Card|Thief}} were stronger, but it already scares new players, and once everyone was new. There are some wording tweaks; {{Card|Throne Room}} and {{Card|Moneylender}} should of course say "you may." I would try coloring the coins on the treasures. The Trash card should be a mat instead. |
There are people who complain about various other cards, but I am happy with those, so there. | There are people who complain about various other cards, but I am happy with those, so there. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3179.msg56362#msg56362 What Donald X. Might Do With a Dominion Time Machine] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3179.msg56362#msg56362 What Donald X. Might Do With a Dominion Time Machine] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | === Retrospective (2E) === | ||
+ | {{Quote| | ||
+ | |Text=I think the new [[Intrigue]] cards are great, but {{Card|Sentry}} should have been some different cheaper trasher, and I don't know that I needed both {{Card|Merchant}} and {{Card|Poacher}} even though both are fine, and {{Card|Bandit}} may be too attractive to new players for a main set attack. | ||
+ | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
+ | |Source=[https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/212660788786102272/345973952079724544 Dominion Discord, 2017] | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 04:40, 7 May 2021
Dominion | |
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Info | |
Type | Base Game |
Icon | |
Cards | 500 |
252 (1st) / 262 (2nd) (25/26 sets) | |
208 | |
32 (1st) / 26 (2nd) | |
Blank Card(s) |
7 (1st) / 4 (2nd) |
Other Card(s) |
1 Trash pile card (1st only) |
Additional Material(s) | |
1 Trash mat (2nd only) | |
Theme(s) | Simplicity |
Release | October 2008 (1st) / Fall 2016 (2nd) |
Cover artist | Matthias Catrein (1st) / Julien Delval (2nd) |
Official Rulebook |
Dominion, sometimes called Base Dominion, the Base Set, or simply Base, is the first Dominion game created by Donald X. Vaccarino. It was released in 2008 by publisher Rio Grande Games. The box originally contained 25 sets of Kingdom Cards and Basic Supply Cards to support up to 4 players. The base set was also included in the Special Edition and both the English and German Big Boxes. A second edition was released in Fall 2016, updating wording and formatting on cards, replacing the Trash card with a mat, and replacing 6 obsoleted first edition cards with 7 new ones. The new cards are also available in an update pack provided to allow existing Dominion sets to be updated to the second edition form.
Contents
Basic Supply cards
Kingdom cards, second edition
Cards with an asterisk (*) were added in the second edition.
- : Cellar, Chapel, Moat
- : Harbinger*, Merchant*, Vassal*, Village, Workshop
- : Bureaucrat, Gardens, Militia, Moneylender, Poacher*, Remodel, Smithy, Throne Room
- : Bandit*, Council Room, Festival, Laboratory, Library, Market, Mine, Sentry*, Witch
- : Artisan*
Removed first-edition Kingdom cards
These cards were included in the first edition, and removed from the second edition.
- : Chancellor, Woodcutter
- : Feast, Spy, Thief
- : Adventurer
Flavor text
Mechanics
Cards gallery
Basic cards
Kingdom cards
Removed cards
Impact
As the original game, this set contains the cards that serve as most players' introduction to Dominion. The cards are, for the most part, simple, yet compelling. Some of them, like Smithy, Throne Room, Militia, Gardens, Witch, Chapel, and Village, are important cornerstones to strategies and strategic discussions, and serve as archetypes for card categories. As such, other cards of those categories have their costs dictated by these cards, as they tend to be these original cards with something "extra." The main strategies (engine, big money, slog, rush and combo) all have their roots in this set, in the most basic forms of each.
The Base set now is often considered simply a gateway to the more complex or "interesting" sets which introduce new mechanics and strategies, but it is the Base set which won the Spiel des Jahres, and it is the Base set which drew most players into the game of Dominion.
The original Base set had a much lower percentage of non-terminal Actions than most of the expansions, which gave it a reputation as favoring Big Money decks over engines.
Alternate versions
First Polish edition (by Bard)
Second Polish edition (by GFP - note: this is still Dominion First Edition)
Polish Second Edition (by GF)
Trivia
The Second Edition box art is one of the available backgrounds in Dominion Online.
In other languages
- Chinese: 皇舆争霸 (pron. huáng yú zhēngbà, lit. Struggle for the emperor's throne)
- Czech: Dominion
- Dutch:
- Dominion: In naam van de Koning! (lit. In the name of the King!) (first edition)
- Dominion: Wie bouwt het mooiste koninkrijk? (lit. Who will build the most beautiful kingdom?) (first edition)
- Dominion: Tweede editie (second edition)
- Finnish: Dominion: Valtakunta (lit. The kingdom)
- French: Dominion: Votre royaume commence ici! (lit. Your kingdom begins here!)
- German: Dominion: Was für eine Welt! (lit. What a world!)
- Greek: Dominion: Ο κυρίαρχος (pron. o kyriarchos, lit. The dominant)
- Hungarian: Dominion
- Italian: Dominion: Nasce un Regno (lit. Birth of a kingdom)
- Japanese: ドミニオン (pron. dominion)
- Korean: 도미니언 (pron. dominieon)
- Norwegian: Dominion
- Polish:
- Romanian: Dominion
- Russian: Доминион (pron. dominion)
- Spanish: Dominion
- Swedish: Dominion: Spelet om kungadömet (lit. The game of the kingdom)
Secret history
Donald X. Vaccarino gave an interview to BGN concerning the design of the base set: the Secret History of the Dominion Cards.
Retrospective (1E)
The way to think of these things is, imagine the replacement cards. Let's say I just take out Woodcutter and Feast and put in Wishing Well and Coppersmith. Those are not top-of-the-line adored-by-all go-in-every-deck cards. But they still give you more to do than Woodcutter and Feast do.
It would be nice if Thief were stronger, but it already scares new players, and once everyone was new. There are some wording tweaks; Throne Room and Moneylender should of course say "you may." I would try coloring the coins on the treasures. The Trash card should be a mat instead.
There are people who complain about various other cards, but I am happy with those, so there.Retrospective (2E)
Recommended sets of 10
Dominion only
First Game [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Market | Merchant | Militia | Mine | ||||||||||
Moat | Remodel | Smithy | Village | Workshop |
Size Distortion [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Bandit | Bureaucrat | Chapel | Festival | ||||||||||
Gardens | Sentry | Throne Room | Witch | Workshop |
Deck Top [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Bureaucrat | Council Room | Festival | Harbinger | ||||||||||
Laboratory | Moneylender | Sentry | Vassal | Village |
Sleight of Hand [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Council Room | Festival | Gardens | Library | ||||||||||
Harbinger | Militia | Poacher | Smithy | Throne Room |
Improvements [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Cellar | Market | Merchant | Mine | ||||||||||
Moat | Moneylender | Poacher | Remodel | Witch |
Silver & Gold [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bandit | Bureaucrat | Chapel | Harbinger | Laboratory | ||||||||||
Merchant | Mine | Moneylender | Throne Room | Vassal |
Dominion & Intrigue
Underlings [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Festival | Library | Sentry | Vassal | ||||||||||
Courtier | Diplomat | Minion | Nobles | Pawn |
Grand Scheme [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Council Room | Market | Militia | Workshop | ||||||||||
Bridge | Mill | Mining Village | Patrol | Shanty Town |
Deconstruction [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bandit | Mine | Remodel | Throne Room | Village | ||||||||||
Diplomat | Harem | Lurker | Replace | Swindler |
Dominion & Seaside
Reach for Tomorrow [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Cellar | Council Room | Vassal | Village | ||||||||||
Cutpurse | Ghost Ship | Lookout | Sea Hag | Treasure Map |
Repetition [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Festival | Harbinger | Militia | Workshop | Caravan | ||||||||||
Explorer | Outpost | Pearl Diver | Pirate Ship | Treasury |
Give and Take [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Library | Market | Moneylender | Witch | Ambassador | ||||||||||
Fishing Village | Haven | Island | Salvager | Smugglers |
Dominion & Alchemy
Forbidden Arts [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bandit | Cellar | Council Room | Gardens | Laboratory | ||||||||||
Throne Room | Apprentice | Familiar | Possession | University | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Potion Mixers [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Festival | Militia | Poacher | Smithy | ||||||||||
Alchemist | Apothecary | Golem | Herbalist | Transmute | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Chemistry Lesson [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bureaucrat | Market | Moat | Remodel | Vassal | ||||||||||
Witch | Alchemist | Golem | Philosopher's Stone | University | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Dominion & Prosperity
Biggest Money [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Harbinger | Laboratory | Mine | Moneylender | ||||||||||
Bank | Grand Market | Mint | Royal Seal | Venture |
The King's Army [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bureaucrat | Council Room | Merchant | Moat | Village | ||||||||||
Expand | Goons | King's Court | Rabble | Vault |
The Good Life [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Bureaucrat | Cellar | Gardens | Village | ||||||||||
Contraband | Counting House | Hoard | Monument | Mountebank |
Dominion & Cornucopia
Bounty of the Hunt [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Festival | Militia | Moneylender | Smithy | ||||||||||
Harvest | Horn of Plenty | Hunting Party | Menagerie | Tournament |
Bad Omens [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bureaucrat | Laboratory | Merchant | Poacher | Throne Room | ||||||||||
Fortune Teller | Hamlet | Horn of Plenty | Jester | Remake |
The Jester's Workshop [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Artisan | Laboratory | Market | Remodel | Workshop | ||||||||||
Fairgrounds | Farming Village | Horse Traders | Jester | Young Witch | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Bane pile: Merchant |
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Dominion & Hinterlands
Highway Robbery [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Library | Moneylender | Throne Room | Workshop | ||||||||||
Highway | Inn | Margrave | Noble Brigand | Oasis |
Adventures Abroad [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Festival | Laboratory | Remodel | Sentry | Vassal | ||||||||||
Crossroads | Farmland | Fool's Gold | Oracle | Spice Merchant |
Dominion & Dark Ages
High and Low [images] | |||||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Moneylender | Throne Room | Witch | Workshop | |||||||||||||
Hermit | Hunting Grounds | Mystic | Poor House | Wandering Minstrel | |||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | |||||||||||||||||
Shelters | |||||||||||||||||
Chivalry and Revelry [images] | |||||||||||||||||
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Festival | Gardens | Laboratory | Library | Remodel | |||||||||||||
Altar | Knights | Rats | Scavenger | Squire | |||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | |||||||||||||||||
Shelters | |||||||||||||||||
Dominion & Guilds
Arts and Crafts [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Laboratory | Cellar | Workshop | Festival | Moneylender | ||||||||||
Stonemason | Advisor | Baker | Journeyman | Merchant Guild |
Clean Living [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bandit | Militia | Moneylender | Gardens | Village | ||||||||||
Butcher | Baker | Candlestick Maker | Doctor | Soothsayer |
Gilding the Lily [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Library | Merchant | Remodel | Market | Sentry | ||||||||||
Plaza | Masterpiece | Candlestick Maker | Taxman | Herald |
Dominion & Adventures
Level Up [images] | |||||||||||||||||
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Market | Merchant | Militia | Throne Room | Workshop | |||||||||||||
Dungeon | Gear | Guide | Lost City | Miser | |||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | |||||||||||||||||
Training | |||||||||||||||||
Son of Size Distortion [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bandit | Bureaucrat | Gardens | Moneylender | Witch | ||||||||||||||||
Amulet | Duplicate | Giant | Messenger | Treasure Trove | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bonfire | Raid | |||||||||||||||||||
Dominion & Empires
Everything in Moderation [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cellar | Library | Remodel | Village | Workshop | ||||||||||||||||
Enchantress | Forum | Legionary | Overlord | Temple | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Windfall | Orchard | |||||||||||||||||||
Silver Bullets [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bureaucrat | Gardens | Laboratory | Market | Moneylender | ||||||||||||||||
Catapult | Charm | Farmers' Market | Groundskeeper | Patrician | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conquest | Aqueduct | |||||||||||||||||||
Dominion & Nocturne
Night Shift [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Druid | Exorcist | Ghost Town | Idol | Night Watchman | ||||||||||
Bandit | Gardens | Mine | Poacher | Smithy | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Boons | ||||||||||||||
Boons for Druid | ||||||||||||||
The Earth's Gift | The Flame's Gift | The Forest's Gift | ||||||||||||
Idle Hands [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bard | Conclave | Cursed Village | Devil's Workshop | Tragic Hero | ||||||||||
Cellar | Harbinger | Market | Merchant | Moneylender | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Boons | Hexes | |||||||||||||
Dominion & Renaissance
It Takes a Villager [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Acting Troupe | Cargo Ship | Recruiter | Seer | Treasurer | ||||||||||||||||
Market | Merchant | Mine | Smithy | Vassal | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Road Network | Key | |||||||||||||||||||
Capture the Flag [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Flag Bearer | Lackeys | Scholar | Swashbuckler | Villain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cellar | Festival | Harbinger | Remodel | Workshop | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barracks | Pageant | Flag | Treasure Chest | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dominion & Menagerie
Pony Express [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Barge | Destrier | Paddock | Stockpile | Supplies | ||||||||||||||||
Artisan | Cellar | Market | Mine | Village | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stampede | Way of the Seal | |||||||||||||||||||
Garden of Cats [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Black Cat | Displace | Sanctuary | Scrap | Snowy Village | ||||||||||||||||
Bandit | Gardens | Harbinger | Merchant | Moat | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Toil | Way of the Mole | |||||||||||||||||||