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* Seaside is only an expansion, so no Basic Supply Cards are included. | * Seaside is only an expansion, so no Basic Supply Cards are included. | ||
=== Kingdom Cards === | === Kingdom Cards === | ||
− | {{Cost|2}} {{Card|Embargo}}, {{Card|Haven}}, {{Card|Lighthouse}}, {{Card|Native Village}}, {{Card|Pearl Diver}} | + | * {{Cost|2}}: {{Card|Embargo}}, {{Card|Haven}}, {{Card|Lighthouse}}, {{Card|Native Village}}, {{Card|Pearl Diver}} |
− | + | * {{Cost|3}}: {{Card|Ambassador}}, {{Card|Fishing Village}}, {{Card|Lookout}}, {{Card|Smugglers}}, {{Card|Warehouse}} | |
− | + | * {{Cost|4}}: {{Card|Caravan}}, {{Card|Cutpurse}}, {{Card|Island}}, {{Card|Navigator}}, {{Card|Pirate Ship}}, {{Card|Salvager}}, {{Card|Sea Hag}}, {{Card|Treasure Map}} | |
− | + | * {{Cost|5}}: {{Card|Bazaar}}, {{Card|Explorer}}, {{Card|Ghost Ship}}, {{Card|Merchant Ship}}, {{Card|Outpost}}, {{Card|Tactician}}, {{Card|Treasury}}, {{Card|Wharf}} | |
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=== Additional Materials === | === Additional Materials === | ||
* 18 [[Mat#Player_mats|mats]]: | * 18 [[Mat#Player_mats|mats]]: |
Revision as of 23:03, 6 March 2020
Seaside | |
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Info | |
Type | Expansion |
Icon | |
Cards | 300 |
262 (26 sets) | |
26 | |
Blank Card(s) |
12 |
Additional Material(s) | |
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Theme(s) |
The next turn (Duration cards) |
Release | October 2009 |
Cover artist | Franz Vohwinkel |
Official Rulebook |
Seaside is the second expansion to Base Dominion released by Donald X. Vaccarino in 2009 by publisher Rio Grande Games. The box contains 26 sets of Kingdom Cards, 3 types of mats, a set of Coin tokens, and a set of Embargo tokens. The main gameplay theme of Seaside is cards whose abilities affect future turns—whether by being Duration cards, interacting with the top of the deck, or otherwise.
Contents
Basic Supply Cards
- Seaside is only an expansion, so no Basic Supply Cards are included.
Kingdom Cards
- : Embargo, Haven, Lighthouse, Native Village, Pearl Diver
- : Ambassador, Fishing Village, Lookout, Smugglers, Warehouse
- : Caravan, Cutpurse, Island, Navigator, Pirate Ship, Salvager, Sea Hag, Treasure Map
- : Bazaar, Explorer, Ghost Ship, Merchant Ship, Outpost, Tactician, Treasury, Wharf
Additional Materials
- 18 mats:
- 6 Island mats
- 6 Pirate Ship mats
- 6 Native Village mats
- 15 Embargo tokens
- 25 Coin tokens
Additional Rules
- This expansion introduces Duration cards. These cards are orange, and say "Duration" on the bottom line, i.e. "Action – Duration." A Duration card does something after your turn. Leave the card in front of you until the Clean-up Phase of the last turn in which it does something (discard it before drawing for the following turn). So if the card says "Now and on your next turn," discard it during the Clean-up phase of your next turn.
- If you play or modify a Duration card with another card, that other card also stays in your play area until it is no longer doing anything. For example if you play Throne Room on Merchant Ship, both cards stay in play until the Clean-up phase of your next turn. The Throne Room stays in play to remind you that you are getting the effect of Merchant Ship twice on that next turn.
- If multiple cards resolve at the same time on your turn (for example, Duration cards that do something “at the start of your next turn”), you choose what order to resolve them. A card that affects multiple players during your turn still resolves in player order, affecting you first if it affects all players and then proceeding clockwise.
- In order to keep track of which Duration cards are discarded during the current Clean-up phase and which Duration cards remain in play, place Duration cards in a separate row above the other Actions and Treasures played. When a Duration card has its last effect, move it to the row of cards that will be played and discarded during the current turn.
- Players may look at face-up set-aside cards of any player. Players may count face-down set-aside cards (both their own and those of other players).
- Some cards give a player a choice between two or more options (Pirate Ship, Native Village). You may pick any choice offered, even if you cannot do what it tells you to, but once you make a choice, you must complete as much of it as you can. Specific examples of this rule are given in the descriptions for cards on the info sheet.
- Some cards are both Victory cards and another type as well (e.g. Island). These cards are both types for all purposes. Island can be played like a normal Action and at the end of the game, it contributes to your score. When a card refers to a type of card, it means any card having that type; so, for example, Library can be used to set aside an Island.
Flavor text
Cards Gallery
Impact of Seaside
Seaside is one of the most universally well-liked Dominion expansions, and a frequent answer to the "What should be the first expansion I buy?" question. This may be because Duration cards provide a noticeably different gameplay experience than anything that's available in the base set or Intrigue, while still having effects that are relatively straightforward and easy to understand. When Donald X. decided to start reusing mechanics from past expansions in designing Adventures, Duration was the principal mechanic he chose to revisit; since then, each new expansion after Adventures has included at least one Duration card.
Seaside is often perceived to be a "power creep" expansion; certainly it contains several cards that are very strong for their cost in comparison to the average card in Intrigue or base Dominion. Sea Hag and Ambassador are two powerful junking attacks for less than , making them very strong openers; Ghost Ship is one of the most punishing handsize attacks to be hit by; Lighthouse on the other hand provides some of the best protection from Attacks available in Dominion; and Fishing Village, Caravan, Tactician, and Wharf have very strong next-turn effects that can allow an engine to function with extremely high reliability. Fishing Village and Wharf are often described as the most powerful village card and the most powerful non-Attack card, respectively.
Seaside has no cards costing , and more cards costing than any other expansion. This is a deliberate move on Donald X. Vaccarino's part to compensate for the range of costs in the upcoming Prosperity, which has no cards and a lot of cards costing or more.
Seaside Theme
Game designer Donald X. offered some insight into some themes of the set here.
- 8 Duration: Haven, Lighthouse, Fishing Village, Caravan, Merchant Ship, Outpost, Tactician, Wharf
- 9 Top of deck: Native Village, Pearl Diver, Lookout, Navigator, Pirate Ship, Sea Hag, Treasure Map, Ghost Ship, Treasury
- 3 Other other-turn: Embargo, Smugglers, Island
- 6 Off-theme: Ambassador, Warehouse, Cutpurse, Salvager, Explorer, Bazaar
Alternative versions
First Polish Edition (by GFP)
Trivia
Seaside is unique among Dominion expansions in that all the Kingdom cards are Action cards. It is also the first expansion to introduce a new card type, and the first to introduce a new card color.
In other languages
- Chinese: 海國圖志 (pron. hǎi guó tú zhì, lit. Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, a historical Chinese atlas of island nations)
- Czech: Pobřeží (lit. coast)
- Dutch: Hijs de Zeilen (lit. hoist the sails)
- Finnish: Kaukaiset rannat (lit. distant beaches)
- French: Rivages (lit. seashores)
- German: Seaside
- Italian: Seaside
- Japanese: 海辺 (pron. umibe, lit. seashore)
- Korean: 정복자의 바다 (pron. jeongbogjaui bada, lit. conqueror of the sea)
- Polish: Przystań (lit. harbor)
- Russian: Побережье (pron. pobyeryezh'ye, lit. coast)
- Spanish: Terramar (lit. earthsea)
Secret History
Originally the 2nd expansion had two themes. Both themes had so much potential that I broke the set up into two sets, expanding the themes. Seaside got the "next turn" theme. It may be a couple years before you'll get to see the expansion I made out of the other theme.
For much of its pre-development life, the set was 20 cards. It briefly visited 16 cards, when I tried that out for everything, but mostly it was 20. But going into development it was of course 25; I knew that Intrigue had ended up 25, so naturally this set would be 25 too. My expectation was that cards would be used for the playmats and counters, which is how it worked during development. But at the end of development, it turned out we'd be using playmats and counters, and that left some empty space. So the set went up to 26 cards.
Retrospective
Lookout is the dud of the set. The problem is, some people are terrified of trashing a good card with it. At the same time trashing bad cards looks less exciting to some players. And as a trasher it's not exceptional. So the overall package is a card that a lot of players don't want, but that some experienced players realize is okay but not special. I could instead have some other card more people liked.
Originally the set did not have tokens. Embargo put itself on a pile; Pirate Ship kept one treasure per attack and counted them; Pirate Ship and Native Village did have mats, but they were card-sized (when that changed I got to add Haven back in). If I had known the set would have counters, I would have tried to get more use out of them, just as I made two more token cards to go with Monument.
Again some people complain about various other cards but I am having none of it.
Second Edition
I looked at the other sets a year ago, did any sets want new cards other than Dominion and Intrigue. Seaside came the closest, Prosperity was a very distant 4th. Well there's Alchemy, but the basic way to change Alchemy is to not do it.
Anyway I looked at Seaside. The biggest positive things would be to get rid of Embargo tokens and use the coin tokens on say 3 cards. Seaside was made without tokens so I was not trying to make sure they were put to good use (when Prosperity was delayed due to Alchemy, I had time to add two more VP token cards to it). As I said, it was going to be a while before Jay was actually interested in not needing Embargo tokens. Then, two of the biggest duds to replace, I couldn't. In the end it got a tweaked rulebook and fixed wordings/layout (including Pirate Ship being clear about Guilds), but no new cards. And nothing else has new cards on the way either.
Recommended Sets of 10
Seaside Only
High Seas [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bazaar | Caravan | Embargo | Explorer | Haven | ||||||||||
Island | Lookout | Pirate Ship | Smugglers | Wharf |
Buried Treasure [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Ambassador | Cutpurse | Fishing Village | Lighthouse | Outpost | ||||||||||
Pearl Diver | Tactician | Treasure Map | Warehouse | Wharf |
Shipwrecks [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Ghost Ship | Merchant Ship | Native Village | Navigator | Pearl Diver | ||||||||||
Salvager | Sea Hag | Smugglers | Treasury | Warehouse |
Seaside & Dominion
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 |
Seaside & Intrigue
A Star to Steer By [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Secret Passage | Diplomat | Swindler | Wishing Well | Courtier | ||||||||||
Lookout | Treasure Map | Ghost Ship | Haven | Outpost |
Shore Patrol [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Patrol | Replace | Shanty Town | Trading Post | Pawn | ||||||||||
Island | Wharf | Cutpurse | Lighthouse | Warehouse |
Bridge Crossing [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Lurker | Nobles | Duke | Conspirator | Bridge | ||||||||||
Salvager | Embargo | Smugglers | Native Village | Treasury |
Seaside & Alchemy
Forewarned [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cutpurse | Embargo | Ghost Ship | Native Village | Treasure Map | ||||||||||
Apothecary | Golem | Possession | Scrying Pool | Transmute | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Gummed Up [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Ambassador | Haven | Sea Hag | Smugglers | Warehouse | ||||||||||
Apprentice | Familiar | Herbalist | Philosopher's Stone | Vineyard | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Potion | ||||||||||||||
Seaside & Prosperity
Exploding Kingdom [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Bishop | City | Grand Market | King's Court | Quarry | ||||||||||
Fishing Village | Lookout | Outpost | Tactician | Wharf |
Pirate Bay [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Expand | Hoard | Mint | Trade Route | Watchtower | ||||||||||
Bazaar | Lighthouse | Pirate Ship | Smugglers | Warehouse |
Seaside & Cornucopia
Collector [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Embargo | Fishing Village | Merchant Ship | Navigator | Smugglers | ||||||||||
Fairgrounds | Farming Village | Fortune Teller | Harvest | Hunting Party |
Collider [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Lighthouse | Salvager | Treasure Map | Treasury | Warehouse | ||||||||||
Menagerie | Horn of Plenty | Horse Traders | Jester | Tournament |
Seaside & Hinterlands
Travelers [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cutpurse | Island | Lookout | Merchant Ship | Warehouse | ||||||||||
Cartographer | Crossroads | Farmland | Silk Road | Stables |
Diplomacy [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Ambassador | Bazaar | Caravan | Embargo | Smugglers | ||||||||||
Embassy | Farmland | Ill-Gotten Gains | Noble Brigand | Trader |
Seaside & Dark Ages
Watery Graves [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Count | Graverobber | Hermit | Scavenger | Urchin | ||||||||||
Native Village | Pirate Ship | Salvager | Treasure Map | Treasury |
Treasury Peasants [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Death Cart | Feodum | Poor House | Urchin | Vagrant | ||||||||||
Fishing Village | Haven | Island | Lookout | Warehouse | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Ruins | ||||||||||||||
Seaside & Guilds
Ghosts & Taxes [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cutpurse | Ghost Ship | Haven | Outpost | Smugglers | ||||||||||
Butcher | Candlestick Maker | Herald | Soothsayer | Taxman |
Island Builder [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Island | Native Village | Salvager | Tactician | Treasury | ||||||||||
Baker | Doctor | Merchant Guild | Plaza | Stonemason |
Seaside & Adventures
Prince of Orange [images] | |||||||||||||||||
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Amulet | Dungeon | Haunted Woods | Page | Swamp Hag | |||||||||||||
Caravan | Fishing Village | Merchant Ship | Tactician | Treasure Map | |||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | |||||||||||||||||
Mission | |||||||||||||||||
Gifts and Mathoms [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bridge Troll | Caravan Guard | Hireling | Lost City | Messenger | ||||||||||||||||
Ambassador | Embargo | Haven | Salvager | Smugglers | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Expedition | Quest | |||||||||||||||||||
Seaside & Empires
Boxed In [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Castles | Chariot Race | Encampment | Enchantress | Gladiator | ||||||||||||||||
Salvager | Smugglers | Tactician | Warehouse | Wharf | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tax | Wall | |||||||||||||||||||
King of the Sea [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Archive | Farmers' Market | Overlord | Temple | Wild Hunt | ||||||||||||||||
Explorer | Haven | Native Village | Pirate Ship | Sea Hag | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Delve | Fountain | |||||||||||||||||||
Seaside & Nocturne
The New Black [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Cobbler | Den of Sin | Ghost Town | Raider | Secret Cave | ||||||||||
Caravan | Haven | Merchant Ship | Outpost | Tactician |
Forbidden Isle [images] | ||||||||||||||
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Blessed Village | Cemetery | Idol | Tracker | Tragic Hero | ||||||||||
Fishing Village | Ghost Ship | Lookout | Salvager | Treasure Map | ||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||
Boons | ||||||||||||||
Seaside & Renaissance
Free Shipping [images] | |||||||||||||||||
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Acting Troupe | Cargo Ship | Lackeys | Research | Spices | |||||||||||||
Embargo | Island | Outpost | Smugglers | Wharf | |||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | |||||||||||||||||
Innovation | |||||||||||||||||
Digging for Treasure [images] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Border Guard | Flag Bearer | Inventor | Sculptor | Swashbuckler | ||||||||||||||||
Caravan | Native Village | Salvager | Tactician | Treasure Map | ||||||||||||||||
Landscapes and Additional Cards | ||||||||||||||||||||
Crop Rotation | Silos | |||||||||||||||||||