Yeah I've played the game about 10 times now. No game has gone the same and I've done a number of different approaches (ramp up gold first, go for quick actions, gardens with tons of cards). My crew can get very fast. Its usually no longer than a minute or two at most between turns.
The game has been worth every cent paid for it. I hope they come up with an expansion to take it to 6 players, though i might just buy a second copy to work up adding at least 2 more players.
This is easily one of the best games I've purchased in years. Good rules, easy to learn, fast game play. We never play just one, usually 2-3 games at least.
Dominion is a real hit; and it plays with two players as well as with four. I don't know about the Rio Grande version, but Hans im Glück's game leaves me wishing for more durable cards. I suspect that the copy my wife wishes for christmas will not be the only one we buy.
On the other hand I think I'll return to San Juan in a few weeks time. In Dominion you are exclusively concerned with yourself; interactivity is not it's forte.
One of the things I noticed- you can customize by giving people characters to play. Just give everyone a card type that they uniquely can buy, and toss one of that card into their hand at the start of the game.
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We just got dominion this weekend and it was a blast. On sunday we finally printed out the insert and that definitely helped cleanup.
An immediate extension of the above poster's suggestion for an individual card type for each player would be left and right individual cards: put a card pile between each player and 8 in the middle. let players buy from the piles to their left and right, but not across from them. obviously everyone has access to the middle. In this way, all players still have access to 10 card types, and each player doesn't have sole control of a stack.
Still, I'll need to spend some time with all of the different card types, playing the regular rules, first. Also for those unhappy with interactivity: you need to pick the cards that cause interaction (moats/witches/etc.)
Well, let's put it this way: you only loose one turn!
Funnily enough, after I took a picture of that hand, two Council Rooms were played so I picked up 2 more cards... I ended up, on my turn, drawing my entire deck into my hand!
This is certainly on my list to buy, unfortunately Milsims has been sold out on the last three occasions I was there. Luckily I can console myself with Talisman that I picked up on sale for AU$25 (not the latest edition but who cares).
Note to aussies who didn't make it into the sale: they say the remains of the store sale will be put on sale online, there was a lot of stock left when I left the store. I expect there will be a good amount of board games on sale!
This is certainly on my list to buy, unfortunately Milsims has been sold out on the last three occasions I was there. Luckily I can console myself with Talisman that I picked up on sale for AU$25 (not the latest edition but who cares).
Note to aussies who didn't make it into the sale: they say the remains of the store sale will be put on sale online, there was a lot of stock left when I left the store. I expect there will be a good amount of board games on sale!
That's interesting; I'll be ordering from MilSims before the end of the week. I hope there's something I'm interested in online by then!
I wasn't impressed by Dominion. The whole game is card-building, but the way hands are generated you don't have enough control of each 'hand'. It's probably a better game for people who prefer the less intense Euro Games.
I wasn't impressed by Dominion. The whole game is card-building, but the way hands are generated you don't have enough control of each 'hand'. It's probably a better game for people who prefer the less intense Euro Games.
This is why it was recommended to me, my favourite games are Carcassonne, Settlers and Ticket to Ride (although I do enjoy most other good eurogames, these are my favourites).
Would everyone agree that this is a good recommendation?
I think Dominion is an amazing game. Its a card game, so yes, there's a random factor. But you already like a tile drawing game, a dice game, and a card drawing game, so you shouldn't mind.
And in any case, the random factor isn't that big. The better players consistently win. It is, after all, fundamentally a game about managing the randomness to make sure that it consistently benefits you and not your opponents.
This is why it was recommended to me, my favourite games are Carcassonne, Settlers and Ticket to Ride (although I do enjoy most other good eurogames, these are my favourites).
Would everyone agree that this is a good recommendation?
Yes very much a good recommendation, as long as you don't mid shuffling cards Dominion is right up your street.
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