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Dominion (2008)

Average Rating: 7.95/10
Board Game Rank: 11
Strategy Game Rank: 15
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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2008
# of Players
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(844 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(229 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
(289 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
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Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
Dominion
Alternate Names
Dominion: In naam van de koning
Dominion: Rozdarte Królestwo
Dominion: Valtakunta
Dominion: Ο κυρίαρχος
Доминион
ドミニオン
皇舆争霸
皇輿爭霸
도미니언
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In Dominion, each player starts with an identical, very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can "buy" as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy, and how they play their hands as they draw them, the players construct their deck on the fly, striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end.

From the back of the box: "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 feodums. 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, on your mother's side, would be delighted."

Dominion is not a CCG, but the play of the game is similar to the construction and play of a CCG deck. The game comes with 500 cards. You select 10 of the 25 Kingdom card types to include in any given play—leading to immense variety.

Part of the Dominion series.

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The Dominion FAQ at BoardGameGeek:
Dominion FAQ

FAQ with all rules and unpublished rulings:
Complete and All-Encompassing Dominion FAQ

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Components (Rio Grande Games standard edition):

  • 500 Cards:
    • 130 Basic Treasure Cards:
      • 60 "Copper" Cards
      • 40 "Silver" Cards
      • 30 "Gold" Cards
    • 48 Basic Victory Cards:
      • 24 "Estate" Cards
      • 12 "Duchy" Cards
      • 12 "Province" Cards
    • 252 Kingdom Cards:
      • 240 Kingdom Action Cards (10 x 24 Each)
      • 12 Kingdom Victory Cards (12 x 1 "Gardens")
    • 30 Curse Cards
    • 33 Placeholder/"Randomizer" Cards
    • 7 Blank Cards
  • Storage Tray
  • Rulebook

Sleeves:

  • Euro Card Sleeves (59 MM X 92 MM or 2 5/16 X 3 9/16 inches)

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Dominion
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Hans im Glück Big Box edition 2011
Publisher: Hans im Glück, Rio Grande Games, Schmidt Spiele
Artist: Harald Lieske
Year: 2011
Product Code: RIO 425
Size: 12.00 x 19.00 x 4.00 inches
English, German
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Dominion: Ο κυρίαρχος
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Greek Version
Publisher: Kaissa Chess & Games
Artist: Julien Delval, Ryan Laukat, Harald Lieske, Marcel-André Casasola Merkle, Claus Stephan, Christof Tischmore»
Year: 2010
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Greek
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Dominion
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Norwegian first edition
Publisher: Vennerød Forlag AS
Artist: Matthias Catrein, Ryan Laukat, Harald Lieske, Marcel-André Casasola Merkle, Claus Stephan, Christof Tischmore»
Year: 2010
Product Code: 9788291241180
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
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Доминион
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Russian Edition
Publisher: Smart Ltd
Artist: Ryan Laukat, Harald Lieske, Marcel-André Casasola Merkle, Christof Tischmore»
Year: 2010
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Russian
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Dominion
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Portuguese Version
Publisher: Runadrake
Artist: Ryan Laukat, Harald Lieske, Christof Tisch
Year: 2010
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Portuguese
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3 Dominion Sleeved Card Tuckboxes - two versions
Language independent tuckboxes for sleeved cards. I've made two versions of these - a wooden one and a rag/old paper one. I've also added a "window" so you can see what card type is in the box. Feel free to modify the files in any way you like, only note that I'm the author of the original files. Enjoy! Important note: the small boxes (for 10 to 12 cards) are quite hard to glue together. Keep that in mind ;)
2012-05-09
0 Quick Rules Summary and Game Management Cheat Sheet
Quick Reference rules summary for helping to teach the game, and remember key rules between plays.
2012-05-08
1 No Frills Horizontal Dividers
Just tabbed, labelled dividers. No rules, no extra writing. All cards including promos. Alphabetical order but divided by box in case you want to print on different coloured card. Double-sided for duplex printers, alternatively print either odd or even numbered pages.
2012-04-13
2 DOMINION Randomizer v2
This file generates combinations of 10 kingdom cards for Dominion (including all expansions until Hinterlands and all promo cards until governor). Includes randomization for the Young Witch (from Dominion Cornucopia). The file also includes some options where you can select · The sets you want to play with · The cards of each set you don't want to include in the randomization · Up to 5 cards you want to include in the final selection Any comments, suggestions... are welcome.
2012-03-06
6 Simple Vertical Dividers with graphic
I just enhanced/combined a few of the existing ideas into vertical dividers that are just slightly wider than sleeves for every expansion up to Hinterland. Not fancy, simple and easy to read so I can stuff everything into the big box.
2012-01-25
3 Simple black-and-white Dominion player mat
This is a simple black-and-white player mat that I created. It just contains four boxes - Discard, Deck, Hand, and Play, and a few words to help people remember the rules. Unlike the other player mats I've seen here, this one prints quickly and uses very little ink.
2012-01-21
3 Dominion Indexed Card Box
This version includes boxes for all the cards for the Dominion and Intrigue games, including all of the base cards (correcting the issues with v1). This replaces the v1 download. These boxes are designed with two tabs so that you can customize how you want to organize your decks. Just cut off the tab that is not needed. Solid lines are cut, broken lines are folded. I recommend using Scor-Tape ( http://www.scor-pal.com) as the adhesive to put your boxes together. A 3/4 inch round punch to cut the thumb slot on the box opening. A bone folder for scoring and folding the box. And very sharp scissors designed for making fine cuts in paper. All of these items should be available at your local craft store. The images on these files are the property of Rio Grand Games and are only...
2012-01-21
1 LOTR:Dominion Rules
These are the rules for my LOTR: Dominion conversion
2011-12-22
2 Lithuanian rules
Žaidimo taisyklės ir išverstos kortos
2011-12-04
7 Vertical Dividers
This file contains vertical dividers for all sets through Hinterlands and all promos through Governor. The dividers are organized with each set on its own tab and sized to fit in a cardboard "monster" box. I used some basic color coding to distinguish card types, which can be easily removed if you prefer black & white only. The coloring and fading effects were done in Excel '07 and I can't guarantee they'll work properly in Excel '03 or older.
2011-11-30
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 11
Strategy Game Rank: 15
Num Ratings: 24993
Average Rating: 7.95
Standard Deviation: 1.43
Num Views: 1775399
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.4
Fans: 3008
Personal Comments: 5883
Users Owning: 28623
Users Wanting: 459
Users Trading: 492 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 19
Want Parts In Trade: 9
Price History: View
Total Plays: 338996
Plays This Month: 3182
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