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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Ironworks and Great Hall combo
Just a quick question to be sure we are playing the right way.
Is getting a Great Hall by playing Ironworks let you draw a card and play another action since the Great Hall is both an action card and ...
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How do Dominion tournaments compensate for the luck that's always present in the game?
Dominion is definitely NOT a game of luck. I'd wager it's at least 90% strategy. But at the higher levels I'm sure the luck comes out as players get better at finding the best strategies available to ...
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What happens when I play a Swindler and no cards with the same cost as the trashed card are in the kingdom set?
Swindler: +2 Coins, Each other player trashes the top card of his deck and gains a card with the same cost that you choose.
Say my opponent has played a Black Market and now the top card of their ...
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What happens if you Forge nothing?
If I play a Forge and for whatever reason choose "none" as the amount of cards trashed (say if I played it via Golem by accident), do I gain anything? I could see 2 possibilities:
Don't gain ...
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Is it advantageous to go first in Dominion?
The rulebook says:
If the highest scores are tied at the end of the game, the tied player who has had the fewest turns wins the game.
What advantages does the first player have over the other ...
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Need help with the Peddler card in Dominion Prosperity
I love Dominion Prosperity, and understand all of the cards perfectly except for Peddler. Can anyone explain it to me? For some reason I just can't get it. Thanks!
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Choosing between Shanty Town and Village when both are in the Kingdom set?
Shanty Town: +2 Actions, Reveal your hand. If you have no Action cards
in hand, +2 Cards
Village: +1 Card, +2 Actions
Occasionally I've had games where both of these are in the kingdom set ...
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Does mixing Dominion expansions lessen the power of card combinations in random kingdom setups?
Although they can be mixed together, Dominion sets seem to have many cards that were designed to combo with other cards in the same set. Scout works better with the cards that are both victory cards ...
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What happens when playing a single Treasure Map?
I'm wondering if I can play a Scheme Card and then a Treasure Map and put the Treasure Map back on top of my deck at clean up. But I can only put the Treasure Map back on top if it's in play and not ...
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How do Possession and Throne Room interact?
Does Throne Room cause a Possession card to give you control over two extra turns? I can see it argued both ways convincingly, so I'm looking for an authoritative answer. Google has thus far failed to ...
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Procession and pillage interaction
If I use Procession on Pillage, what happens? I'm guessing that I would gain 4 Spoils, but no action worth 6, since the Pillage was already trashed by the time Procession finished resolving?
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Tournament and League Rules For Dominion
Where can I find official tournament and league rules for Dominion?
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Is a card set aside with an Island considered “In Play”?
For example, can I set aside my Lighthouse on an Island to protect myself from attacks throughout the game?
My opinion is that Yes, cards set aside using Islands are still 'In Play', as this makes ...
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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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Is card counting allowed in Dominion?
Just recently started playing Dominion. The rules say you can count remaining cards, but not in your deck or discard. I was wondering if it would be legal to keep tally marks on paper for specific ...
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Processioning a Madman
We had an interesting scenario. I processioned a Madman, which we thought would give me +4 actions and +6 cards (I had three in my hand, so draw three twice). Was that the correct play when using ...
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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 happens when playing Throne Room / King's Court *twice* with Caravan?
What happens if you play:
Throne room, choosing a Throne room, each time choosing a Caravan?
King's Court, choosing a King's Court, each time choosing a Caravan?
Specifically, what will your play ...
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Abusing my watchtower?
In Dominion, can I play my treasure cards first, and watchtower last to gain more cards? I tried this last night, and my friend read the rule that says you only play treasure cards in your buy phase.
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Procession and Throne room interaction
What happens when I play Procession and use Throne Room as an action card affected by Procession?
Let me give you an example. I have a hand of:
Procession
Throne room
Bridge
Village
Silver
I play ...
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Are there any non-supply cards besides Black Market?
According to the designer of Dominion, Donald X. Vaccarino:
Bridge makes all cards cheaper, not just ones in the supply. This was to prevent problems in weird situations. I am not sure the kind of ...
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Dominion - Saboteur use
Dominion is designed to take 20-30 minutes, which is one of the reasons I enjoy it so much. However, I find that the card Saboteur causes the game to take much longer if more than 1 or two are ...
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When you use Chancellor to discard your deck, do you gain a gold for each Tunnel discarded?
When you play Chancellor and choose to move your discard pile into your deck, do you gain a Gold for each Tunnel moved into your discard pile?
From the wording of Chancellor, I would assume no ...
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Limiting the number of silver and gold cards available in Dominion
One of the interesting aspects of Dominion is how you have to plan which kingdom cards you're going to get while they're still there. If there's 2 attack cards available and somebody's snagged all the ...
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How much would the cards from Dominion: Alchemy cost if you wanted to use them while not playing with potions?
I've been looking at the cards from Dominion: Alchemy and want to use some of them in my own games through proxying of the blank cards. However, I don't feel like delving into the whole potion thing, ...
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Strategies and kingdom cards for a strong opening in Dominion?
Dominion is a game of widely varying strategies and paths toward victory. But the most important part of any winning strategy is a strong opening.
How can I tell if a kingdom card is a good opening ...
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How does the addition of the Potion treasure from Dominion: Alchemy change the game?
These questions give a good explanation of the general changes each of the Dominion expansions add to the game.
But in this question I really want to zoom in the focus, particularly on how the potion ...
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Are weighted games in Goko Dominion adventures winnable by sheer strategy?
I'm playing through the adventure mode in Goko's online Dominion game, and I've reached the point (in the Intrigue adventure) where the game starts being weighted very heavily against me. For example, ...
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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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Which Dominion expansion playes best with two players? [closed]
I'm looking at picking up my first expansion for Dominion. I play primarily with 2 players (total).
Which of the expansions would play best with two players, and why? (For example, a card like ...
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Dominion Seaside Treasure Map: do both copies activate?
The Treasure Map text says:
Trash this and another copy of Treasure Map from your hand. If you do trash two Treasure Maps, gain 4 Gold cards, putting them on top of your deck.
If I manage to ...
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Prosperity - Cornucopia card set
Normally the game rule book provides balanced setup to play with different extensions. We just bought Cornucopia, but the French rule book did not provided a setup to play with Prosperity.
We would ...
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Trash an Estate or Curse your opponents? Full Version
I just asked a question about whether to trash an Estate with Jack of All Trades or play a Witch to curse my opponents. The answer was a definitive "trash!", because Jack is so good at trashing that ...
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Is Saboteur better in a 4-player game than a 2-player game?
Inspired by this question, especially @RobRenaud's comment on @BlairHippo's answer pointing to an inconclusive argument on BGG. My question is two-part:
(a) In a general 4-player game, is Saboteur a ...
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What Dominion kingdom-card setups tend to lead to the longest games? [closed]
Most dominion players notice early on that different kingdom sets have GIGANTIC effects on how the game ends up being played. This also means that some games will end fairly quickly, while others will ...
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What Dominion kingdom-card setups tend to lead to the shortest games? [closed]
Most dominion players notice early on that different kingdom sets have GIGANTIC effects on how the game ends up being played. This also means that some games will end fairly quickly, while others will ...
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When playing the Mine, which Treasure do you upgrade first? [duplicate]
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Should I trash copper or silver with Mine?
In Dominion, when playing the Mine card, you can "Trash a Treasure card from your hand. Gain a Treasure card costing up to 3 ...
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Which exchange of money is best? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I trash copper or silver with Mine?
In dominion you have the option when the Mine cards are in use to trash a treasure and put a treasure worth 3 more in your ...
