Board Game Reviews Ep #52: DOMINION

[@Fusrodog]

Dominion is actually still my most played board games of all time... and that says a lot since I own over 200 games.

[@camillelambert5474]

Fusrodog has anything replaced it over time? Would you still recommend it after all those years? Or would you recommend something more modern?

[@thebaaabuuu]

@@camillelambert5474 Dominion is very much a deep game. Games have come over time to "replace" it like ascension and so on. But it is one of the simpler deck builder games that are good. The game has a surprising amount of depth and you will keep finding new stuff. As PROZD says it has no theme but its quite indepth but simple at the same time.

[@avidgamer2011]

@@camillelambert5474 honestly, it still holds up incredibly well and serves as a good intro to the genre. There's a ton of expansions that add new mechanics and playstyles. If you don't care for the theme or want something different then sure, (Ascension is very different from Dominion, but I prefer Dominion myself). If you're complete weeb garbage, I'd reccomend tanto cuore (though I still think Dominion is a better game)

[@mawillix2018]

@@avidgamer2011 Do you have other board game recommendations for weeb garbage? Asking for multiple friends.

[@MightyMageGames]

There Is Also Many Expansions For Dominion. It's A Game That You Won't Get *Board* Of Soon!

[@WimpyMcWeaksauce]

Dominion is my shit. I used to play every day online, back when the free site was still up (with no pictures!). And I have most of the physical sets, all in a big custom case. The expansions really make the game. It's kinda like Magic, in that it was the granddaddy of its genre, and has grown even better over the years via constant updates. I teach new players all the time, but this game is not easy on the newcomers. I usually have to try oddball strategies for them to have any chance of winning. Thankfully I've gotten good at easing people into the more advanced tactics, like when to "green", and whether an engine deck is even optimal on a given board. It's always fun showing people "big money" or aggressive trashing for the first time. This game is a great example of "easy to learn, hard to master." If you're looking at expansions, I HIGHLY recommend Prosperity, followed by Intrigue (2nd Edition), and finally Seaside. Complex sets like Adventures, Empires, and Dark Ages are more polarizing, but I personally enjoy them. The other sets are just alright. Except Alchemy. Alchemy is hot garbage.

[@davidk7439]

Prosperity and Intrigue are reaaaally hard for me to get a definitive recommendation over the other, just because both are very good sets. I'd recommend for newcomers who are figuring out their first expansion to also figure out what cards and playstyles they like, and if they want more of that. While they both cater to all playstyles to an extent, Intrigue tends to have more of a focus on combos, attacks, and versatile cards, Prosperity has a heavier focus on engines and big money.

[@bobbyjoe3677]

In case you ever wanted to play again dominion.games is completely free and super fun there's a whole community over there to play with

[@VickAuc]

dominion.games is the current online version, and it's really good! It was built by one of the best players in the game and is really player-friendly.

[@boopyy]

Why is Alchemy so garbage?

[@P1ankt0nb0y]

@@boopyy Alchemy has the potion mechanic. You can buy a potion for 4 coins which can then be used to buy other cards that have the potion as a cost. Where this gets awkward is these cards often cost coin as well, so frequently you will draw your potion with not enough coin and not be able to use it (or with a lot of coin and be forced to make an awkward choice). Draw luck is a factor of the game but it's crushing in Alchemy, one player is often left fumbling while another cruises ahead and in some cases can lock them out of the game.

[@bowlosoup2136]

My family plays tons of this game and we even got a big box to hold the original set and like 8 of the expansions

[@poioio96]

wow, a game in this series i actually know :D

[@omranpanda9304]

Same

[@ilmu011]

Same

[@DoctorXander]

same

[@isaacsmith3998]

This is one of the few games where I think getting an expansion or two is a better deal than just adding another game to your collection. The expansions add so much customisability and replay-ability to this game. They work flawlessly with all of the established rulesets and add so much to the experience. Plus, due to the nature of Dominion, you can easily scale "how much" of an expansion you want to play just by choosing to use more or less of the expansion cards with the base game cards.

[@alexanderhamm529]

Thank you for explaining the game succinctly at the beginning! I always have to explain the game to the newcomers. Now all I need is for somebody to help me set up and clean up...

[@davidk7439]

Something that I want to expand upon, since he only briefly touched up on it at the end; At time of writing, this game has *fifteen* expansion packs. Most of them are excellent, and are all self-contained, meaning they're each non-reliant on having anything other than the base game. Most of them introduce a mechanic (Seaside with Duration cards, Dark ages with Ruins, Nocturne with Night cards, Adventures with Tavern cards), and reiterate and improve on previous ones (Intrigue with attack and secondary effects, Dark Ages with trashing, Hinterlands with....everything pre-dark ages). If you like the base game, get a couple with mechanics that seem interesting to you!

[@nightblade1246]

Also, a good first expansion to get is prosperity. It’s not too confusing but it’s adds a lot to the game. All of the other expansions are like mini versions of original dominion, but prosperity is more of building on to the original game. Prosperity adds platinum, which is a higher treasure than gold, colony, which is a higher victory card than provinces, and a lot of treasure cards that have a lot of abilities you’d expect from an action card. Overall, a simple but fun expansion

[@rick2402]

i love dominion, you finally reviewed it

[@Leadvest]

Same. I remember recommending it on his first boardgame video, when he asked for suggestions. So glad he got a copy. My favourite expansion is Intrigue.

[@jacobwansleeben3364]

Just a strategical tip with the Cellar card. In rough, general terms, an important strategy to playing Cellar is to fill up your hand with as many useless/bad cards as possible before playing Cellar. This way there are more cards in your hand that you're willing to discard, therefore Cellar gives you more draw. Therefore, in your example at 3:00, it would be better to play Market first, as you would have drawn into one of your Estates, then play Cellar to discard it along with however many Coppers that you're willing to riskily give away, essentially giving you an extra draw (I say 'riskily' because the cards you draw may or may not be as useful as the Copper cards, such as Victory Cards, which is why it can be important to try and keep track of what's still in your draw pile, although this is quite advanced). The order in which you play your cards in your Action Phase can make all the difference. Another benefit of digging into your draw pile for bad cards like this is that it eliminates those cards from being dead draws for you next turn. And even if the card you draw into is a good card, like another Action Card, it doesn't matter because both Market and Cellar give you more Actions so you can still potentially play it if you want to. Obviously, you generally run a risk by digging into your deck like this with a card that DOESN'T give you more Actions, like Smithy. However with cards that DO give you more Actions, there's generally no risk at all.

[@Vyse2487]

BTW for those who don't know, this is the 2nd edition of the game which has different artwork and a few different cards than the 1st edition. There was a pack that included the new cards for 1st edition owners, but I believe it's out of print now.

[@HTPCYMC]

This is pretty great, but have you heard of *_Fortnite Monopoly_*

[@neopixelosu]

Weird flex but ok

[@Nitrodino7875]

@@AxxLAfriku oh yeah its this fucker. I completely forgot about you. I guess that shows are useless of a youtuber you are and how little you add to this website. Your girlfriends may be hot, but that does not make up for your lack of anything really.

[@dgrant5968]

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[@luxzhvs]

Silvagunner2 hype.

[@codenamexelda]

You can cheat in that version of Monopoly with stream sniping.

[@internetmovieguy]

I loved playing this game with my college friends. It would be nice to find more people to play with.

[@mimo93maminon]

I used to play this in high school with a close friend. It was so fun it almost ended our friendship twice. Good memories.

[@Pinkstarclan]

one of my favorite boardgames!

[@RedRoseBull]

Love this game, all about chaining

[@mbnmac1]

Also suffeling. The game is about shuffeling... a lot.

[@FlyingDominion]

It's not uncommon for me to draw and play my entire deck in the late game to buy 2 provinces. I love Dominion. Dark Ages is my favorite expansion so far, but I haven't played them all yet.

[@Whatmor]

Dominion, Quarriors, Ascension, MTG draft. Something about deckbuilding is really appealing to me. Got to love when you/a friend combo off :D

[@koshi6505]

Dominion is also a good test to see what kind of board gamer people are. You'll know who looks up strategies ahead of time when they pull out Big Money.

[@AegixDrakan]

Yeah, I love Dominion. My friends and I STILL play it to this day. I REALLY feel lucky I snagged the workshop version on Tabletop Simulator before it got taken down. :P I don't feel like a monarch expanding my kingdom though. I feel like some kind of rascal going "I have a handful of coins and a lot of ambition. How do I scheme, bribe and bamboozle my way into grabbing all the resources before my opponents do?" XD

[@billable1861]

What’s the difference? I’ve never played dominion but would love to know

[@gekkenhuisje]

Dominion is great.

[@jordanbarry4737]

My brother and I love playing deck building games. We have not only Legendary and Dominion already, but also Hero Realms and Thunderstone Advanced.

[@Transplanar]

I've probably played Dominion more than any other game, especially since they released an online client that I use to play with friends from college. I think the 2nd edition of the base game (shown here), but the real magic comes with the expansions. While there's a ton of them, I'd say Dark Ages and Adventures are among my favorites (the first for the variety of trashing effects, one of the most powerful effects in the game, and the second for having interesting card interactions). As for my favorite deckbuilder overall (no expansions required), I'd probably say Puzzle Strike. That game has probably the coolest win state of any game I've played, and has a good amount of depth. That said, it does have a little bit more of a learning curve, and some people find the use of "chips" (basically cardboard poker chips) instead of cards a bit fiddly. A... surprisingly solid deckbuilder is Barbarossa. That one actually has really solid mechanics in building up an army and attacking cities. It is also a game where you play as sexy anime Nazis invading Russia. So... not the most PC game, but if you can embrace the absurdity of the premise then it can be a lot of fun.

[@CrushedParagon]

Dominion is actually my 2nd favorite game (I've played) after Twilight Imperium

[@mo0man]

That's quite the spread

[@cordel8a118]

dominion is one of my favorite deck building games, right behind the resident evil one. Had a lot of fun with dominion

[@WhyteDem0n]

Dominion is one of my favorite deck games. It's easy to pick up and really fun while drinking lol

[@ThatWarioGiant]

i love dominion

[@pentbot]

If you like Dominion, I would be interested to see what you think of Ascension. Assuming you don't bounce off the art/aesthetic of Ascension, it does a lot of things right following on from Dominion's footsteps. You can play as many actions as you have in your hand, all of the cards have victory points attached to them (so you don't have "dead" cards like the Estates/etc), you can more easily adjust the game length, you can buy/defeat as many cards as you can afford, and the common pool is changing and dynamic.

[@brkn613]

OH GOD DOMINION IS SO MUCH FUN. I remember at college a friend had tons of expansions. I would always just build my deck in a way so I could try to draw my entire deck every turn. Did I win? Not often. Did I draw cards? You fucking betcha.

[@SweebyMignonne]

My brother brought this game home for new years it’s been 3 days and 22 hours of playtime and expansions being shipped to us honestly underrated game should be on the level of monopoly for popularity it deserves

[@MeepleUniversity]

Love Dominon! Another deck building that we like is Hand of Fate Ordeals (deck building with adventure) and some other pool building type of games!

[@CassieCaaat]

This is my d&d groups go to game to play when we take breaks! It’s the best

[@TheIvyX]

Oh man I used to play this in Chess Club in high school. We got bored of playing chess and the teacher had Dominion in his shelf alongside some ~3 feet of literally only cards from expansion packs. Shit's fun yo.

[@marylowrie4548]

My favorite board game! Thank you for covering this.

[@anamoose461]

Dominion is a beautiful game

[@AuthorMadican]

I loved this game when I played it. I played it like you might play a Blue/White deck in Magic, with lots of screwery focused less on a clear victory objective and more sabotaging everyone else, like filling everyone's deck (except mine) with Curse cards.

[@nagualdesign]

Reminds me of that episode of The Big Bang Theory where Sheldon plays The Campaign for North Africa.

[@Alchemy77]

Been looking for this channel for the fuckinglongest

[@anneaunyme]

That's a game that is very easy to get into: people usually play a lot of it, and then at some point get bored. But you it is still worth it.

[@tamxo2451]

In other news CHIHAYAFURU is getting a 3RD SEASON SENPAI! You were the first person to introduce me to the series and I couldn't have been more grateful.

[@drew20125]

my favorite deck builder game type game is Machi Koro. I highly recommend it, its almost like monopoly but fairly different. Another game you might like is Last Night on Earth, it like a zombie rpg almost where someone controls the zombies and everyone else controls a hero. I find both highly enjoyable and would suggest them in a heartbeat.

[@Valtharr]

hey, could you check out Millennium Blades? It's kinda like a deckbuilder. Basically, you play as a player of a fictional TCG, and (within the game) you buy boosters, build collections, buy, sell, and trade cards, and try to build a deck that can win tournaments. there's tons of content and variants. it's one of my favorite games.

[@DekuSword]

Oh shit I remember this game. I completely forgot about it. My family played this a ton when I was younger.

[@lexythompson9131]

Love dominion! Very versatile. The expansions are fun as well

[@tjdan3311]

This channel is so cool keep it up

[@themoonwalker1153]

This is my favorite bord game

[@jordanpatrick2627]

I just played this for the first time last week. It's great!

[@gabemagicmaster2179]

Dominion has a theme? Played it once with a friend and didn't notice it lol.

[@LadyEmaSkye]

This is like, my favorite game ever. Really, really love, recommend it to everyone.

[@PontusWelin]

You can always buy copper if you have an extra buy. Though I wouldn’t.

[@FatherTime89]

Have you ever played Cthulhu the deck building game? The rules can be a bit vague in certain situations but get past that (and keep the faq open) and it’s the best co op deck builder I’ve ever played.

[@freuner-merris]

This game's had a dominion over my life lately.

[@ChristopherMoom]

Dominion Do "minion" Proof that Illumination made this board game

[@ZHCYT]

👏👏legend

[@danielsieker9927]

My cousin once had all of the expansions. Since then a couple of tens came out ^^'

[@sorariku15931596]

I love this game! I'm so happy to see you review it!

[@thehalf-elfbard9622]

Dominion is my families favorite game to the point where we own every expansion

[@JohnGuyJohn]

If you get Dominion, get the Prosperity expansion. It's Dominion on steroids.

[@Edgypoo]

you MUST try Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Mayhem if you haven't already! It's a nice short game for whenever some pen & paper mate arrives late (so every pnp session)

[@barmanitan]

"if I trash a silver" *Proceeds to return it to its pile*

[@IMVADER2]

I've been on a HUGE kick for this game So glad I have Tabletop Simulator

[@LettuceHasFun]

I love, love, love Dominion

[@absolutecactus6739]

I love dominion. I also love 7 wonders and 7 wonders duel. I own both and dearly love them. He should play one or both

[@ShineHatfield]

Dominion is my favorite tabletop game of all time. I've played with all the expansions. Aaggghhhh, such a good game. (I'm writing this before watching the whole video and won't update it after watching)

[@kassiopius8019]

Which one do you think is the best expansion? I personaly really love the navy one with 2 turn cards the most, but they are all good.

[@ShineHatfield]

@@kassiopius8019 I loooove Dark Ages. The shelters and ruins make for a really interesting plot twist.

[@kassiopius8019]

@@ShineHatfield the only one that seemer a bit off to me and nit as good as the others was the alchemy one. The problem is when you have to many cards and expansions to choose from:/

[@aneelahuja1212]

This game is my second favorite behind a game called Machi Koro. You should review it!

[@ashrendar7173]

My family plays this every Friday it's great!

[@monkeybrain80]

I love dominion! What's other deck building games should i check out?

[@Valtharr]

Puzzle Strike! Don't be fooled by the chips, it's the closest game to Dominion I played yet.

[@junas4837]

This channel is all over the place I like it

[@wherethewavesareborn4997]

OMG This is THE game. Soooo many hours playing this

[@trevorschwab619]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I love Dominion. Therefore I love you, regardless of how the review goes.

[@hongkong322]

village + lab combo is the best in the game

[@hopefulhyena3400]

Whenever I visit my family, this game is almost always played. I suck at it but my sister is real good.

[@ThePenguinMejia]

Hands down my favorite card game.

[@Joelthegeek]

Love how you explained the game. 👍

[@kevinlund6411]

You should review ascension. It’s another deck builder that is loads of fun.

[@ByrnesEffect]

Pretty cool game!

[@bobbycorwen4239]

Actually, even though you had no money, you could buy a copper with your 2nd buy since it costs nothing

[@cat-chan1452]

The semi-golden voice

[@brettonjohansen1619]

My all time favorite game 😍

[@LiftedStarfish]

I fucking love this game

[@jamesmcnair4825]

Have you tried spirit island?? Fantastic thematic co-op :) cheers

[@sparklyspartan1833]

My favorite card game / board game

[@mrbeanreal3144]

same. (Found this game a month ago)

[@theredbrother6520]

SO. MUCH. *ACTION.*

[@icejadechica]

I'm playing this for my parents next time we play instead explaining it again.

[@asaltedpudding4041]

Witch, village, throne room chaining was fucking busted.

[@azada83]

Great game!

[@F4AFREE4ALL]

Looks awesome!!! Thanks for the video! Where did you get the game?? I for sure want to play it!! I'll post it with my friends on my channel after work :) Thanks a lot!!

[@crossxmagusful]

I wanna play too let me know when you get it

[@F4AFREE4ALL]

@@crossxmagusful I will for sure!! When are you free?

[@crossxmagusful]

@@F4AFREE4ALL For sure!! lets play this Sunday. I'm down!

[@crossxmagusful]

Also you should do a review on this game on your channel also! From 1 to 10 if it's worth it

[@F4AFREE4ALL]

@@crossxmagusful Sunday sounds perfect!!

[@DiggOlive]

I FUCKING LOVE DOMINION I HAVE ALL 13 EXPANSIONS

[@mamodokod]

I want a really complicated card game, I think I might try magic the gathering, but I genuinely want to play a game like sungwons complicated card game skits.

[@_bondedlink_6647]

Those videos are based off Magic the Gathering, so you're going in the right direction

[@therobin4299]

great vid! looking forward to buy this game :D

[@CodecrafterArtemis]

Question: when you said you had +1 Buy but no treasure cards to spend, couldn't you have picked a Copper card for 0? Or am I missing something here?

[@KingsleyIII]

@Artemiy Solopov: Technically, yes, but in my experience, you generally don't need more Copper than the seven you start with. They get in the way of your better Treasure cards like Silvers and Golds. Buying lots of Silver and Gold early, then buying a good trasher (like Chapel from basic, or Doctor from Guilds) to get rid of your Coppers is generally the way to go so you can draw your good Treasures. I prefer Big Money strategies, if you can't tell.

[@TTVArgusGuy]

Yay

[@addamazeing]

I’d be interested to see the Binding Of Isaac board game on this series.

[@MangDynasty]

Absolutely wonderful game, and a very nice brief review of it. I have to say that the expansions really add a ton of strategic depth over the simplicity of the base game. The base game by itself is a bit bland.

[@sgregory0753]

I stongly suggest a simple board game I enjoyed called "Quarto". It's really clever I Iove it, plz make a video of it.

[@1995killswitch]

It's the catan of deck building games. somewhat bland and basic without much immersion but super strong gameplay that makes it approachable but also very re playable

[@starlightsilverwing]

Yay! Dominion

[@KamenRiderGreed]

Can you maybe talk about Gloomhaven? Maybe???

[@Saqpisuk]

Today I learned you were a voice actor

[@Bamboori]

aw yes, i love dominion! :D

[@zarakisan11]

Dominion is my favourite

[@39Lords]

This is the best game of all time.