New to Dominion

Revision as of 23:36, 10 November 2012

This page is dedicated to people who are new to the game of Dominion. It will cover many important topics for those new to the game, providing links to further detail when applicable.

The Game of Dominion

Introduction

• Guide To The Dominion Base Game - An article explaining some basic strategy found in Base Dominion.
• Dominion Glossary - A repository of many common terms used on the blog, forum, and wiki. Don’t be scared away by all the definitions: it’s intended as a reference, not as essential knowledge. Many of these terms and phrases will link to in depth wiki pages.
• Dominion Who's Who - An introduction to some of the important individuals involved with the game of Dominion.

Strategy

• Big Money - Discussion of what the 'Big Money' strategy is and why it is not unstoppable.
• Building The First Game Engine - A guest article by Geronimoo detailing some slightly more advanced strategy in the 'First Game' kingdom.

Purchasing The Game

Which Expansion To Buy

One of the most regular questions new players ask is which expansions they should get. There is a post over on the blog which tries to answer this question, and you can find a few forum threads (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) on the subject as well. If you are looking for more information, there are also a few forum threads (1,2,3,4,5) which compare various attributes of the different expansions.

Promo Cards

Card Storage

Dominion Online

Playing Online

There are a currently a few different options for playing Dominion online. Goko is the official online version of the game, and all unofficial versions will be required to shut down one week after Goko goes fully public with their release.

Goko

Goko is the official online implementation of Dominion. Located at http://play.goko.com/Dominion/gameClient.html, it is currently in a public Beta status.

Isotropic

Isotropic is a very popular unofficial online implentation of Dominion. It offers a very simple presentation of the game and has hosted nearly 10 million games of Dominion.

Online Resources

DominionStrategy.com

Dominion Strategy is a blog dedicated to analysis and strategy surrounding the game of Dominion. It was created by theory and led to the creation of the [Dominion Strategy Forum|forums] and eventually this wiki.

Dominion Strategy Forum

The Dominion Strategy Forum is an offshoot of the Dominion Strategy blog which allows for discussion related to the game of Dominion. All skill levels are welcome. Check out especially the Help! forum, where you can post an Isotropic game log and seek advice on what you did right or wrong, or the Rules forum, where you can get your rules questions answered.

Dominion Videos

Dominion Videos are video recordings of Dominion games (typically online games) used for strategy and analysis. Videos give the viewer an inside look at gameplay that game logs simply can't provide. The video of the game play is usually supplemented with commentary by the player recording, offering insights into the player's strategy, thought processes, and decision making.

CouncilRoom.com

CouncilRoom.com was a site dedicated to generating statistics from the logs of games played on Isotropic. Unfortunately, site owner rrenaud has lost interest in maintaining the site and there is a search to find replacements to host the site. Until that time, it appears the site (and all of the relevant links below) will be down.