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[Board games] Dominion

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GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
January 08 2009 19:47 GMT
#1
Does anyone else play this, and want to play on BSW? Apparently it's the hottest thing in the scene now, the new Settlers of Catan/Carcassone, since being released at Spiel 2008 in October.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/36218
What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?
Pooshlmer
Profile Joined August 2008
United States1001 Posts
January 09 2009 02:03 GMT
#2
This game is sweet. Iterative deck-building games are surprisingly interesting.
TruthBringer
Profile Joined November 2003
United States578 Posts
January 09 2009 02:06 GMT
#3
Grand, I am genuinely interested, I have never played the game before though. And what is BSW?
Carbon FC
TruthBringer
Profile Joined November 2003
United States578 Posts
January 09 2009 02:08 GMT
#4
Ah nvm, BrettSpielWelt, I'm going to enjoy trying this out.
Carbon FC
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-09 16:18:15
January 09 2009 16:14 GMT
#5
If possible, I'd suggest learning to play this in real life before going onto BSW. See if there's a board game club around you - google it, or look at BoardGameGeek's site: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forum/22/forum/1 If not, it's still thoroughly enjoyable and possible to learn on BSW, but it's not the easiest way to learn the game. If you want to play with me on BSW, PM me your contact info and I'll try to teach you the game.

On January 09 2009 11:03 Pooshlmer wrote:
This game is sweet. Iterative deck-building games are surprisingly interesting.

I agree. It feels a lot like the deck-building part of Magic - which, I am told, is most of the fun of higher-level Magic play - and you also get to play it out immediately.

Games only take 20-30 minutes; support 2-4 players; it's easy to learn and have fun with immediately, even if you are playing vs much better people; there's little downtime; there's really high replayability; there's a great deal of strategic depth.
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freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-01-09 18:07:54
January 09 2009 17:58 GMT
#6
is this a trading card game or normal card game ?

edit:
never mind, i read somewhere about the game
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Phyre
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States1288 Posts
September 15 2009 01:54 GMT
#7
So I got my girlfriend started on a bit of Magic: The Gathering and she thought it was interesting. However, she saw some friends of hers playing Dominion and asked me if I'd like to try that instead. Any advice on which one would better suit us? We're pretty much only going to be playing 1v1 and don't really intend to be shelling out much cash whichever route we go. The tossup is pretty much between buying the first Dominion game or one of the Magic Duel Decks (probably Divine vs Demonic). I'm obviously leaning a bit more in favor of Magic simply because I play that already.

Also, I haven't read to deep into the Dominion community but it isn't a "solved" game is it? I heard some rumors that it was.
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lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
September 16 2009 03:09 GMT
#8
Boardgames! Thanks for the mention ... I'm gonna check it out.
hasuprotoss
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States4664 Posts
September 16 2009 03:18 GMT
#9
If you have a decent printer and some card sleeves you could always proxy Magic cards .

Hell, even if you don't have any cards already you can just go to like Zendikar's prerelease and take some lands from the land box they should have (I know I took a good 100-200 lands from ARB's prerelease )
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John49ers
Profile Joined May 2009
United States237 Posts
September 16 2009 06:01 GMT
#10
I have that game. Fun times. Race for the Galaxy is also nice.
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Day[9]
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
United States7366 Posts
September 16 2009 06:14 GMT
#11
OH MY GOD GET DOMINION

absolutely INSANELY fun game to play over and over and over again. plus, you only have to make ONE investment (or three, depending if you want to purchase the two expansions like i do). Totally worth it.

everyone in my house plays it and everyone i introduce it to immediately picks it up and wants to play more gogogogoogo
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HarryHood
Profile Joined August 2010
United States105 Posts
July 19 2011 22:51 GMT
#12
I am about to get this game, I was on the fence but the above post is about the strongest endorsement there is. =D

If Sean thinks it's ballin', it's probably ballin'.

I just have two questions.

Will it be simple enough for me to get my friends who aren't that into strategic games to play it? They shy away from things like Go, Chess or Risk.

Is it fun to play 1v1 or is a larger game much better?
It's not like I just one day DECIDED to play Terran. I was born that way, and there isn't one thing I or anybody else can do about it.
Fryght
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands254 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-19 23:26:12
July 19 2011 23:25 GMT
#13
1v1 eventually boils down to who gets the abusive strat going first.

I'd say 3 players is the most balanced way to play the game. 4 Players is also quite ok. 1v1 is also fun to play, but sometimes you will get mass crippled (comparable to being 6 pooled) and then I don't feel like playing out the whole game.

Also, you can play online here:
http://dominion.isotropic.org/
All the sets are there and it's quite nice to play with a friend, to get the hang of the game and to see which expansions you like. They even have ranked play. I like it better than BSW.
HarryHood
Profile Joined August 2010
United States105 Posts
July 21 2011 18:31 GMT
#14
Thanks for the great info Fryght!

I'm sure I'll be able to get 3 or 4 players pretty often. I may try the online version a bit but I am pretty set on buying this game either way, to me board and card games are just less fun on a computer. Also, if I play 1v1 it will be with my girlfriend and a casual game so hopefully she wont cheese me=P
It's not like I just one day DECIDED to play Terran. I was born that way, and there isn't one thing I or anybody else can do about it.
Mykill
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada3402 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-25 16:47:11
July 25 2011 16:46 GMT
#15
I hope people don't mind the bump...

Is this game worth buying or should I print? I already bought Bang! which wasn't really worth it probably but I like having the actual set and supporting game creators.
Is this something that I'll play a lot or just a one/two time thing that gets lost in the shelves.

Games I like: Bang!, Catan, Risk, etc. Monopoly sucks

edit: Also I'm not sure if there's a boardgame thread but what's the verdict on Ticket to Ride. good game?
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Fryght
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands254 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-25 17:11:52
July 25 2011 17:10 GMT
#16
Get original Dominion and then Intrigue if you like the first one. Wouldn't buy more than that, imo. Those two are the best. Also, you can try all expansions online with friends, at the link I posted earlier. That should be a nice demo for trying out the game.

You can also look into Ascension and Thunderstone. Both are deck building games, much like Dominion and both are pretty cool. Ticket to Ride is deck building as well, but I don't know anything about that one.
monx
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada1400 Posts
January 24 2012 01:00 GMT
#17
boardgamearena.com is a fun place to play this game.

any good websites to get some strats and such?
@ggmonx
CCitrus
Profile Joined July 2011
Canada164 Posts
February 14 2012 20:00 GMT
#18
On January 24 2012 10:00 monx wrote:
boardgamearena.com is a fun place to play this game.

any good websites to get some strats and such?

http://dominionstrategy.com/ is pretty good, I'm teaching myself some good combos now that I've played about 4 RL games. There is also a free android phone app that lets you play, albeit with atrocious graphics.

That Site isn't great without having played a few times on your own first, the mental leap that rushing for treasure is better than buying multiple kingdom cards is akin to the SC2 leap of realizing large-scale macro > defensive structures.
GrandInquisitor *
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
New York City13113 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-28 08:10:41
March 28 2012 08:10 GMT
#19
Funny, that's my site Three years after I make this topic...
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andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
March 28 2012 14:14 GMT
#20
I think I read about chain minions on that site. I used it against my brother and his friend and it was nicely effective. =D
cHaNg-sTa
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1058 Posts
August 06 2012 04:38 GMT
#21
I just got into Dominion. I absolutely love the game after my friend introduced it to me a month ago. Anyone got an idea of good expansions to get? It's my friend's bday next weekend and I'm gonna repay him by buying him two expansions. I'm almost tempted to just get Dominion: Big Box just because it has the original + two expansions and it's just a little more than buying two separate expansions lol. Plus it's one big box!


Poll: Which Dominion should I get?

Seaside (2)
 
40%

Prosperity (2)
 
40%

Intrigue (1)
 
20%

Alchemy (0)
 
0%

Hinterlands (0)
 
0%

Cornucopia (0)
 
0%

5 total votes

Your vote: Which Dominion should I get?

(Vote): Seaside
(Vote): Prosperity
(Vote): Intrigue
(Vote): Alchemy
(Vote): Hinterlands
(Vote): Cornucopia


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BrTarolg
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom3574 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-06 08:50:26
August 06 2012 08:39 GMT
#22
For those of you looking to get into competetive dominion

http://dominion.isotropic.org/

It's mostly 1v1 with a random pick

I warn you, dominion 1v1 is extremely deep and complex, and it's much harder than you might think it is. Players who are above level 30... lets just say they are REALLY good and you will have a very tough time beating them

edit: also get prosperity

Vanilla dominion is pretty dull and strategies arn't too varied, often it just comes to a "get 1/2 cards and bigmoney"

Once you add in a few like prosperity bigmoney quickly becomes a very weak benchmark to beat

After prosperity i'd suggest intrigue

You should screw around on isotropic to see which cards you like though
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