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lifeofmendel

dominion

May 30, 2010 11:51

kate learned to play this game whilst in new york called Dominion and she liked it enough to buy it. her, bryson, and i ended up playing it for a few hours last night.

i think i like it a lot. the entire principle of the game is developed around taking the Magic The Gathering deck building idea and making it an integral part of the gameplay, ( Read more... )

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c_wraith May 31 2010, 03:04:01 UTC

I think you're mis-analyzing the opening. There are only two opening states. Your first two hands are 2 gold and 5 gold, or your first two hands are 3 gold and 4 gold. This is because whatever you buy in those first two turns will go into your discard pile, so your second hand is always "the five starting cards you didn't draw the first turn." And after you shuffle, it doesn't matter what order you got those two cards in.

It is still some variation, but I think the difference between the two openings not really severe with most card pools.

My main complaints with Dominion are as follows:

1) I'm really bad at it. ;)
2) At least in the original game, it's almost entirely non-interactive. I hear the expansions are better about interaction, but I haven't played them at all.

c_wraith May 31 2010, 03:05:56 UTC

It is still some variation, but I think the difference between the two openings not really severe with most card pools.

I think I a word in that sentence.

lifeofmendel May 31 2010, 07:08:31 UTC

right, that was a lot clearer when i played it more today enforced by your comment, that the hands possible for the first ten cards doesn't change a *whole* lot, just changes the initial direction ( ... )

ddryuni June 1 2010, 22:00:15 UTC

Dominion is an OK game. The second expansion, Seaside, is REALLY good. It does a neat thing, with introducing orange cards to the game. These cards stay around for your next turn, and most of them are very good. First expansion, Intrigue, has some extremely powerful cards, I am mainly talking about Minion here. Third expansion, Alchemy, has very powerful cards, but most of them require Potions to buy, which is a new treasure card that is introduced. A Potion costs 4 money, and then you have to draw it with other money to buy whatever Alchemy card you want that has a potion in its cost. The expansions are all pretty good, and I would encourage you to play them if you get the chance ( ... )

lifeofmendel June 3 2010, 23:18:57 UTC

as we played more and more often i started to favor decks that didn't include the village (which really should be a 4) nor the throne room. that seems to help balance out some of the randomness since multiple actions can be a very powerful thing ( ... )