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Customers find the board game entertaining and easy to learn. They appreciate the variety of games and how each round is different. Many consider it a worthwhile purchase and a classic deck-building card game that offers great replay value.
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Dominion: 2nd Edition is an improvement over the classic Dominion. Upgraded covers and cards make it more interesting and fun to play. This new version has streamlined rules and amended card text to eliminate confusion. You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams. You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion. In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodum. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. But wait. It must be something in the air, several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn’t be proud, but your grandparents, would be delighted.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 11.63 x 2.88 x 11.63 inches; 3 Pounds
Item model number : RIO531
Release date : October 3, 2016
Studio : Rio Grande Games
ASIN : B01LYLIS2U
Country of Origin : USA
by Kindle Customer
Game Nights
Being a family who has many game nights, this was a game that the adult kids learned and loved (all the expansions) and to be honest I wasn’t sure if my old self would like it, but it was easy to learn and there is enough variety each time you play it that it is NEVER dull. Recommend if you are looking for something to get the family together. Expect complete entertainment!!! I will admit that this game leans more towards older teens and adults. Quick turn-around for shipping and nicely packaged.
by Zhiheng Li
A Staple for Boardgamers
For those who are new to Dominion, Dominion is a deck building game where players compete to see which player can build the deck with the most victory points. The game evolves around purchasing card which will help you buy more cards that hopefully increase the synergy of your deck, allowing you to buy more victory point cards and hopefully giving you a edge over the other players.Mechanics- The mechanics of this game is really well balanced. To begin with each player begins with the same hand and have access to all of the same cards. But the choices you make will determine how effective your deck is and the person with the best deck will come out on top.Replayability- Dominion, along with its many expansions, bring versatility into each new game. In each game you have access to a vast array of different combinations of action cards. With so many intermixable expansions, it allows this fun game to still remain fresh after many rounds of gameplay.Skill-Luck ratio- Dominion is a game that test the ability of a player to build a deck that could bring them the most victory points. Although there is the luck factor of shuffling your deck(possibly bringing a undesirable combination of cards{especially with a handful of estates and curses}). Dominion is still a highly skill oriented game that with simply rules that its easy for players to learn and become more skilled.Fun- Get it and you shall see.
by Rob
I own almost all the Dominion stuff, should I buy this too?
You should know a couple of things about me:I have all the previously released Dominion games and expansions. Including the promo cards. The only thing I am missing is the “Base Cards” set.I wondered, like many of you, is it worth it to get this after having all the rest? Well, I think yes. The base card artwork has the best of both worlds in my opinion. Nicer pictures/designs but still has the large numbers printed on them. This is what kept me from the “Base Card” set. Where the copper had a nice picture of copper coins, but no giant 1. This adds those on top of the coin art. A nice touch. The new kingdom cards should be great. Realistically, once you have as many cards as are available across all editions, I don’t think 7 more is going to make or break the whole experience. But they do seem interesting to play with.The trash “mat” is a bit of a disappointment. I’m a type A person, and didn’t mind the trash card. The mat is a thin cardboard type, but much thinner at first look than the mats in Seaside or Adventures. The edges of the mat stick up a little bit at the top and it doesn’t lay flat.However, the cards are nice and flat. My set of Adventures is a disaster. The cards bow so badly they barely fit in the tray. The rest of my card sets are fine and this is no exception. The printing on the cards seems to be a little more refined and better color than my other Dominion set. I purchased the first edition last November, so it’s not all that old.As for packaging, some of my Dominion sets came with some crazy damage to the plastic tray and inlay cards. The inlay card for this set was in the rule booklet, so no damage there. The card packs bounced around some and ripped and dented the tray a bit, but it should still hold the cards. I do like how the inlay card was protected. A couple of my other expansions had the inlay card damaged and ripped to the point that some serious tape was needed to keep it somewhat whole.If you already own the 1st edition would I recommend this set? If you were going to buy the upgrade pack, I would say just get this whole set. You will get the Trash mat (kind of cool, see issues above) and the new base cards (very nice as noted above, and those can wear out a bit since you use them every game). You also get the rule book. Which is NOT included in the upgrade pack. Also, then you have the clarified wording on a couple of cards, which I don’t think matters much, until it matters in a game against an 11 year old. If you are worried about the duplication of much of the game, take out the discontinued cards, keep them for yourself for posterity, and give the rest of the game away to someone to introduce them to the game.I don’t share this view on the Intrigue upgrade. I don’t think it worth it to replace the whole box there. Just get the upgrade pack and deal with the missing rulebook. But this one, I think it’s worth it.I didn’t get paid for my review, I paid full price for this and all my Dominion games and cards and enjoy playing them with my son. Also, I think this is my first review on Amazon, but wanted to help my fellow gamers out on this one, since the game is familiar, and there is some information out there, but maybe not quite enough.
by Melinda Tulley
Super fun game once you get the hang of it!
This game is our current family game-night favorite. Our family of five (ages 12, 15, 18, 52, 52) love playing this game together. It is a game that is easy to learn, but takes time to develop your strategy. My favorite part about the game is that you can play multiple variations by changing up the deck that you use. I recommend starting with the set-up that the instructions recommend for beginners the first time you play. It is a fast-paced game, so you can finish in one hour. There is some luck involved and there are “attack” cards but it is not a game where people can gang up on others (this can be a problem in a house with three competitive brothers). My oldest son loves this game so much, he bought his own copy to take to college.
by Poochenstein
This is arguably the best deck-building game ever made so it’s 100% worth trying, whether you like that style of game or have never tried one.A simple explanation:You start with a small hand of cards that, when played, allow you to “buy” other cards from the central market. These cards that you buy have special abilities, allowing you to play extra cards, take extra actions, buy more expensive cards, and sometimes affect the other player. As the turns go on, your hand of cards will get bigger and if you’ve bought well, you will draw cards that work together in combos, letting you buy several cards and take several actions in a single turn. Certain cards are worth points, and so when the stacks of market cards run out, you tally up your scores to see who wins.It’s very easy to learn, the rule book is clear. Cards have colour art on them, all in keeping with the theme of being a fuedal lord, and are thematic in their uses such as a bandit card for taking money cards from your opponent, a scout card that lets you look ahead in the deck, a moat card that acts as a defence against opponents’ attacks.Unfortunately the card size is unusual so standard sleeves won’t work, and while the design of the box is amazing for storage (everything labelled and laid out) if you do sleeve them they won’t fit in their assigned spaces anymore.
by Tobias Angel
Great game. Easy to learn and fun to play!
by Viva Las Vegas 75
One of our favourite games. This base version (required to play the expansions) is tricky to learn if you haven’t played deck-building games. However, it is a lot of fun. We had years of fun with it. It’s getting a bit stale now, even with the expansions we purchased; but worth the money for sure. Many hours of fun. You can take out some cards (and leave others) and pack in a smaller box for trips, which we did, many times. Easy to learn the basics; takes time to learn good strategy, but that’s the fun! Also, don’t build the randomizer deck – use the online randomizer website. It’s way easier, and has good options built in.
by c0dd1
Dominion is one of the best boardgames that I have ever played. It works best for good players, but it is enjoyable also for beginners. It has a great replayability and can be almost endlessly be expanded buying other sets of cards.It is most enjoyable with at least one expansion. For starters I would recommend Prosperity.
by José Miguel MartÃnez
Dominion es un juego de cartas (Deck Building) que te permite ir cambiando de un juego a otro (no siempre juegas con las mismas cartas). Existen muchas expanciones para el juego, todas ellas compatibles, pero primero debes comprar el juego base, q es este.