Dominion (2-4 players, 30-minutes) is a card game where players start with small identical decks. They then transform their deck into victory-point producing machines as efficiently as possible by buying more cards. Each game, 10 kingdom cards (most commonly actions, but sometimes extra treasure and ...
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Correct/Recommended use of Masquerade in Dominion: Intrigue
According to the rulebook, when using Masquerade, the cards passed between players must remain invisible until each player chooses the card to pass and places it down. I've always assumed it means ...
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Transitioning to Dominion late-game
At what point in a Dominion game should a player stop buying middle value cards (e.g., Silver or other cards more suited to mid-game play than Province/Colony-buying sprees)?
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Evaluating a Dominion Kingdom set
How do you analyze a Dominion Kingdom set to determine what your strategy is going to be for the game? In other words, are you looking for specific cards? for abilities (e.g., trashing cards or ...
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Are the Goons un-fun?
At my weekly boardgames night earlier this evening I was roped into an all-expansions, 6-player game of Dominion. A girl on the sidelines piped up: "You should take out the Goons card. It takes all ...
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When should Curses be used?
Should Curses always be laid out as a supply pile even when no kingdom cards give curses? Or should the only be available when a curse kingdom card is chose?
An extension of this question could be ...
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Dominion: When to use Platinum and Colony
I recently acquired Dominion: Prosperity (yay Christmas) and came across the Platinum and Colony Cards which are designed to be new Basic Cards (like Estate, Copper, etc...).
My question is, should I ...
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How are + Action cards used in Dominion?
We were confused by the + action cards. It says you have to start at the top of the card and work your way down. so when do you play a second action card and are you allowed to play another action ...
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I have the Dominion base set only, in what order should I buy the expansions?
I've heard a lot about the different Dominion expansions, but I'm still not really sure which direction to go.
In what order would you suggest I buy the expansions?
How does each one change the ...
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Dominion: what happens when I play Throne Room on a Feast since Feast gets trashed when played?
Throne Room: "Choose any action in your hand and play it twice"
Feast: "Trash this card and gain a card costing up to 5$"
So I use the Throne Room and play Feast twice. The first time it gets played ...
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Dominion randomizer deck confusion
A friend of mine got Dominion for Christmas, and while the game plays wonderfully (I'm hooked), we were both confused by the randomizer deck.
Why are there Curse, Copper, Silver, Gold, and victory ...
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What kingdom set would lead to the highest scoring games of Dominion?
Obviously anything that puts curses into circulation would be anathema. I'm not necessarily looking for one player to have the highest score possible, so much as to have games where everyone's scores ...
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How can I play Dominion with 5+ players without expansions?
I am going to get a Dominion expansion (probably intrigue based on its popularity) but in the meantime I'm curious about what I can do with just the basic set. I know it was designed for 2-4, but I ...
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Any good way to add a handicap in Dominion?
I play Dominion pretty regularly with one group of friends, but only occasionally with another group. This creates a pretty big experience gap between me and the second group, and I'm afraid they ...
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Paper thickness (weight) to use for card tabs/dividers?
I'm planning on building a custom storage solution for my Dominion cards (to fit the expansions in the main box with the base set). For part of this, I will need to cut some tabs similar to the ones ...
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Dominion - Defeating the Alchemist
I have a friend who loves this card. I know that every time it's on the table, he will load up on them, and chain long turns that take ages. It's even more powerful when Scout and/or Apothecary ...
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In Dominion, how do Duration cards interact with King's Court / Throne Room?
For example, suppose I play a King's Court on a Lighthouse. Do I get +$3 now and +$3 next turn? +$3 now and +$1 next turn?
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How does Intrigue change your general Dominion strategy?
I've seen a lot of discussions about the basic strategies newcomers to Dominion develop:
First you buy as many action cards as you can get you hands on.
After several games, someone discovers Big ...
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Good set of cards for teaching beginners
We have 1 or 2 new people who are interested in joining our lunch Dominion games where I work.
We'd like to teach them about the various rules unique to each of these sets: Base, Intrigue, Seaside, ...
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Proper use of Dominion card Upgrade
In what situations is Upgrade (Intrigue) useful? I have never seen anyone buy Upgrade in the games I've played where it was available. Whenever I play with Upgrade and Swindler, I always give Upgrade ...
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Possession and Masquerade - are these too powerful in 2 player games?
Just encountered this yesterday.
Player A plays Possession
Then, it's player B turn (with player A deciding), and there's a Masquerade in the hand.
Player A decides to play the Masquerade,
Player A ...
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Dominion - Using Stash
How do you use this card strategically? Since you don't know where any other cards are in your deck, how do you choose where to put this one? Are there other cards this combines well with?
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Dominion rule clarification: Repeater actions + choice actions
When using a "repeating" action, such as Throne room, with a "choice" action, such as Pawn or Nobles, can you make a different choice on each repeated action?
For example, Throne Room states:
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What are the most effective action combinations in Dominion? [closed]
I've only played a few games of the base set, but I already noticed some very powerful combinations:
Laboratory can be repeatedly combo'd with itself to draw a massive amount of treasure from your ...
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City card and predicting when Supply piles will run low
This card kind of has me stumped. In my experience, the vast majority of games deplete the Province or Colony pile before any other, ending the game. Which means in most circumstances, this card is ...
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What are good strategies involving Remodel?
A basic strategy of using Remodel to upgrade Estates to Remodels, Remodels to Gold, and using Gold to buy or upgrade to Provinces is a powerful but slow strategy, so I haven't been able to win with ...
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How can I effectively use the Coppersmith?
I've been playing Dominion with the base + Intrigue sets for a while now, and one of the cards that I have trouble wrapping my mind around is the Coppersmith.
In theory, it seems like a great card - ...
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Can I use a reaction card in response to Minion being used for +2 coins?
Can a player reveal a Reaction card, such as "Secret Chamber", in response to the Minion action, even if the player who played the Minion chooses the +2$ option?
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When you King's Court a King's Court, when must you pick the three target cards?
Bear with me here. In Dominion: Prosperity you can play King's Court and choose another King's Court as the target:
The rules are clear on the basics of what happens here: you pick three cards and ...
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Are there disadvantages to the house rule that you always end before the starting player?
Once an end condition is reached, I like the house rule where you play until just before the starting player. It seems more fair to me.
Are there any counterarguments? It seems like the game ...
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If an Outpost is played during a Possessed hand, is the Outpost hand played next?
As pointed out in a previous question's answer, you may be forced to play an Outpost or Possession while you are possessing someone else's hand, despite the deck's owner getting to play the ...
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How can I beat “Big Money” in Dominion?
Our group has determined that buying (almost exclusively) money and points is the way to go.
Most kingdom cards are ignored, or are bought very sparingly. This has lead to games feeling 'samey' and ...
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When is Loan worth buying?
When would you ever want to buy this instead of just buying a Silver for the same price?
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What are good standard tactics for Dominion?
Googling reveals several sites listing standard tactics for Dominion. Let's collect ideas here, and discuss and judge them using the voting system.
One tactic per post please.
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What is the Best Random Card Setup Tool? [closed]
In this question I received two different recommendations for iPhone specific apps to assist with Dominion setups. My group uses a third (non iPhone specific).
Which is the best, and why?
Please, ...
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When is the Bureaucrat worth buying?
When I first started playing Dominion, I saw the Bureaucrat and thought, cool, free silver and an attack! I bought one almost every time it was available. The more I played, though, I began to ...
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If Possession is played while executing another Possession, who takes the next turn?
In Dominion: Alchemy, you can play Possession to "possess" the player to your left and effectively take over his next turn. What happens if he has a Possession in his hand, and you play it during ...
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What is the best way to keep everything organized and spend less time setting up?
When playing Dominion, how do you go about organizing all of the various cards and sets while maintaining a priority to getting games started quickly?
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Playing with less or more than 10 Kingdom card types in Dominion
In Dominion you choose 10 of the 25 Kingdom cards to play with in a given game, generally at random. Is it possible/advisable to play with less or more sets? I've considered playing with less to make ...
