Gameplay in Brief:
In this deck-building card game, players all begin with the same 10 cards: seven copper pieces and three victory points (VPs). You have a hand of five cards; a basic turn consists of using one action and buying one card. New cards either give you new abilities (e.g., increasing the available number of actions or forcing other players to work with just three cards) or add to your VPs. Although you need VPs to win, during the game VP cards waste precious space in your hand. Fans of collectible cards games will feel at home with Dominion, but it is also a fantastic family strategy game.
Basics:
For 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up. About 15 to 45 minutes per game.
Designer:
Dominion was designed by Donald X. Vaccarino.
Publisher:
Dominion was published by Rio Grande Games and Hans im Glück.
Genre:
Dominion is a deck-building card game with some similarities to collectible card games.
Also by Donald X. Vaccarino:
Dominion is the first game designed by Donald X. Vaccarino to be published.
Awards:
Dominion won the 2009 Spiel des Jahres and won a 2008 Meeples Choice Award. It was my pick as the best card game published in 2008.
Expansions:
Two expansions are now available, Intrigue and Seaside. Dominion: Intrigue can also be played as a stand-alone game, but Dominion: Seaside requires one of the first two games to be played.
In addition, two promotional cards have been published (Envoy and Black Market) for Dominion.
