Buyer's Guide to Dominion

This video gives you insight on the best way to go about purchasing Dominion and its many expansions.

[@dj1jesus375]

A quick 2020 update would be very cool ;)

[@lucasbeer]

Love the video! Thanks. WARNING: THE SECOND EDITION OF INTRIGUE IS AN EXPANSION, WITHOUT THE BASE CARDS

[@scforever886]

Now, yes !

[@-Tristan-]

what does that mean, it's an expansion without base cards?

[@bertruslanus]

@@-Tristan- you need the base game to play

[@ReitsuMeme]

Probably the best overall vid I've seen for Dominion as a whole Maybe an annotation that talks about Adventures would help shore up that slight and unavoidable gap. Great job!

[@theocg1308]

+Aaron Garten Thanks! Good idea I'll throw one in there. I just need to play Adventures more before I can really give a good overview of it.

[@123123roo]

Dude because you Broke down Dominion in so much depth i am subscribing to this channel, even if I never come back to your channel you totally deserve a bunch more subs for this

[@RedstoneNinja1]

Any chance you'll make an update video for dominion? This video is the best dominion explanation that I've seen and I'd love to see a video on the new content!

[@deequation4110]

it's nice to see someone with such an evangelist level of understanding.

[@damiandamato4195]

Very helpful, this deserves its 0 dislikes 💯

[@KennArc]

The first four minutes was exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks!

[@mikeboyd79]

This was exactly what we were looking for, thank you for creating this video!!

[@TMAXXPUNISHER]

Answered every question I had about buying the game and the expansions. Thanks man, great job!

[@lemoolscript]

Wow. this video was awesome! Thanks for clarification concerning the multiple expansions

[@dmt543nerd]

Very helpful! My husband and I just started in the board game universe, and we love Dominion. Thanks for breaking it down. I think we will go with Seaside or Prosperity to pair with our basic Dominion set

[@DerekKalista]

Thanks! Just got done playing our first game with my son. We had a blast and I have to say great info and good layout!

[@susanscandles]

This was a GREAT video!! I enjoyed it more then any other as you covered differences, ranking of expansions and why and described each one really well. I was introduced to Dominion when first started gaming and overwhelmed. Now deckbuilding is my favorite so wanting to buy Dominion. Since your video, saw Reniessance and Tom V really liked a lot.

[@greglinsmythe3375]

What expansions did you end up buying?

[@Geert-1988]

Thanks you for this video! I bought the 2nd edition base game after playing about 10 to 15 games of the 1st edition base game from a friend. I'm thinking about future expansions, so this was really helpful!

[@Keuds]

Thorough buyer's guide! Thanks for your help!

[@bookthump]

Very helpful video. You have a great on-camera presence and the ending was funny.

[@searose6192]

This is a great video, super clear and helpful.

[@nate25222]

Love dominion, this helped me decide on an expansion to get. Thanks

[@parrishriddle7945]

Very nice video. Helpful to me. Well organized. I hope you do many many more videos!!!

[@OsirisPL]

Dominion is now a classic and your video is very helpful. Btw. it looks like you did it in one take, nice.

[@susanscandles]

Others have asked but would love to see you do your top 10 now that other expansions have been added!

[@GarenEvans]

Really good overview of the Dominion hegemony.

[@sackerland]

Thanks for the insight man! Awesome video.

[@stevenluoma1268]

Thank you for the guide! Dark Ages does indeed sound like the next set I'm after. Played Base and Seaside a bunch already and noticed that my friendgroup prefers the slog over the well-oiled machine (thanks Ambassador and Sea Hag).

[@CharlesHepburn2]

Perfect advice for me, thanks so much!

[@void_presence]

Update as far as Intrigue: 2nd Edition Intrigue is not stand-alone anymore--requires the base game; it also took out a few cards and add/changed 7 more. There's also a 2nd edition of the base Dominion game that has switched out some cards.

[@justinrrizzo]

Excellent video man. Helped me a ton.

[@hanscarl5372]

Hahah loved the ending! Great video, thanks for the info.

[@Metroidam11]

Great video! If your have more board games, I'd appreciate video reviews on them! I like your straight forward style!

[@jarrodjanuary5486]

Great resource. Just getting into this deck-builder!

[@johnkeel9682]

I just played the base game for the first time a few months ago and loved it so of course I went out and got the base game and went ahead and got the set of base game cards, mostly because I just liked the artwork better. Then, last month, after doing some research, I went ahead and got Intrigue and Prosperity and the few plays I've had with those sets so far have been great. I think I'll get Seaside for Christmas (or earlier if I find a good Black Friday sale) but don't think I'll go any further than that, at least not for a while. Those sets alone should give me plenty of variety for quite a while. This is a great guide to all the sets and it sounds like I got the best ones for me, even having missed this video until today.

[@ActionIsMyGame101]

Thank you! Really enjoyed this video. Hope you can add Adventures. Love to see what you rank it. Based on your video we are going to add Seaside to our collection next.

[@Chantillitoo]

Great review! I have been wondering these exact questions! Thank you!

[@sethpettie7234]

Nice video! Very helpful

[@davidrandall7659]

Legit vid, definitely helped! I am going with Dark Ages and Prosperity.

[@soccerplayer13healy41]

Great video

[@VULTUSPRIME]

I can see you've been very prolific with your videos in the last 8 years!

[@FranzSchmidtYoutube]

The OCG maintains his Anonymity in the Absence of Ubiquity ... 💡

[@Psych0data]

Thanks for this video! Dominion is a fantastic game!

[@xMeshuggahx]

This guy should definitely do an updated video!

[@artturiheikkila7022]

Damn you helped me a lot! Ty for awesome video. :D

[@0RedTree0]

Great video!!

[@CrystalblueMage]

I started with Intrigue (bought basic Domonion later in "the big box" with Properity and Alchemy). The weak card syndrome of the first sets are fixed through upgrade kits (and 2nd editions where these are incorporated) - though 2nd edition Intrigue is without base cards. Cornucopia and Guild now come in a combined box. My favorite is Guild by far. I would - now - start with Dominion base 2nd edition, I'm not sure about going right to Seaside, duration is messy to keep track of, at least make your own "Duration Mat". My recommended 2nd set would be Adventurers, that came later than this video. I recommend playing with two boxes mixed at a time only to get the best mix of variety and consistency (I also like to name these, so "Menagerie" + "Cornucopia" becomes "Agricola" - animals, farming, variety and improvements). Alchemy works best with 3-5 cards in the Kingdom which aligns well with a mix with a bigger set, it's the only set with this problem (much like FF for Marvel Legendary).

[@sortezero]

Thanks for the video, very helpful. How do you usually setup a Dominion game? Focused on one expansion or just fully randomize all?

[@Chertograad]

Hope you'll do a continuation of this video with Dominion Adventures and Empires :)

[@benkenobi6813]

Great vid! I have been playing Dominion for a couple years now and own 5 boxes and wondering what to get next, also wondering how you feel about adventures and empires.

[@dopestarinc69]

thanks, helpful video. I bought the 2nd edition and believe I will buy Prosperity first, then maybe seaside if I enjoy it.

[@kyleorigliosso2276]

Played this at a friend's house and immediately bought the big box and four expansions, I bring it with me to every family gathering and party, always trying to get a game or 5 going.

[@Chertograad]

I very rarely comment on KZbin videos, but I had to say I liked your review, man! :) I'm totally addicted to Carcassonne and just got it and 2 expansions + 2 mini expansions for it and the weird thing is that I've _NEVER_ liked board games or card games. Like ever. But after Carcassonne there was this spark and I then tried to google out some popular card and board games that wouldn't be "pay to win" (MTG kinda is... I used to play it) and wouldn't have endless rulebooks etc. and would have lots of expandability via expansions. And there's so much to like in Dominion. The fact that randomness and luck has such a small impact in the game makes it interesting for me. I love skill based games and that's why I stay far away from dice based games and since you pretty much decide what gets into your deck in "real time" when responding to the situation at hand ... that's what makes it beautiful. But yea just ordered the regular Dominion mainly because it was for discount. Otherwise I would've considered getting D:Intrigue first since I'm not a stranger to complex games :D And I don't believe that they even sell the package that only has the point and treasure cards here. So far my current plan is to go for Seaside if I'll like Dominion. Why? Because I want it to introduce new game mechanics and the duration thingy sounds like it'd modify things quite a bit and the more complex it gets, the more I'll like it :) More depth. But yea thanks again!

[@theocg1308]

Thank You very much! It's a wonderful game that I hope you continue to enjoy. There's a huge world of fantastic tabletop games out there. I'll warn you though... Once you start you can't stop:)

[@Chertograad]

The OCG Another question: Now that Adventures has come out, where would you put it in terms of your favorite expansions? In between which two? :)

[@theocg1308]

As of right now I would probably put it at #4, after Prosperity and before Guilds. I am really enjoying the Event cards, I feel they add so much to the game. I plan on doing an addendum talking about Adventures once I explore it just a bit more.

[@ganztaOne]

Good stuff. Thank you.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

Nice overview. Time for a redo with the later sets?

[@antoniorico5359]

awesome video thanks i'm owning dark ages tomorrow i also like that poverty middle ages theme

[@lincolnjosefraga265]

Where are you? love watching you . More videos please!!!!!

[@badpoulet]

Exactly the video I was looking for. I have the base game and was overwhelmed by the amount of expansions. I'll now be on my way to buy Prosperity (y)

[@White2Flamez]

Prosperity + Dark Ages sounds fun

[@TheCh0senOne]

Really nice video, hope you're doing well my dude.

[@ProfessorPace]

I wonder now that adventures came out where you would place that on your list?

[@terryhutson4864]

great video just bough an intrigue because of review==thx

[@timjones990]

Are you still playing? great Dominion explanation video, made it all a bit clearer for me, thanks.

[@KappakIaus]

Great video. The ending was wierd^^

[@danielengel4593]

Thanks a lot man!

[@wkdtmdwp]

What a long life game. This video is 8 years old and he’ a got only a hundred subscribers but got more than 100 comments 😂😂 Also, I agreed with other comments that this video is the best explanation video !! 👍

[@jordancheng4917]

How excited are you for Dominion Nocturne? It seems to be a sequel to Dark Ages. Similar to how Adventures was a sequel to Seaside, and Empires was a sequel to Prosperity.

[@Frangelo90]

This was very helpful. I'm planning to get this so I can play with my friends. My friends and I are just casual board gamers but hardcore video gamers. When we play either, we really like kicking each other's ass and we don't mind understanding some complexity learning a game, it's part of it I guess. BUT we also tend to be apathetic if the mechanic is too complex. That said, would I make a great decision to buy Dominion Intrigue as our first Dominion game? or should I still get the first base game?

[@theocg1308]

You really can't go wrong with either. I generally recommend the base set first. It teaches the mechanics of the game without adding too much extra complexity. If, however, you and you're friends have played Deck-Building games before, then you should be fine if you want to jump right to Intrigue. Intrigue has some nastier attack cards that you and your friends might like.

[@davideloy5592]

Great vids! How come you don't have more on your list? I would watch them for sure.

[@Chertograad]

This! I would also like more Dominion focused vids. This vid helped me out a ton when getting expansions and since July 2015 now I've got 3 expansions already for it (4 games in total: Base, Prosperity, Hinterlands & Dark Ages). DA should arrive tomorrow. So thrilled! Kind of sad they don't sell Seaside here anymore. I bought the localized ones just for the sheer price point factor (much cheaper) and bilingual cards would look odd so I guess I'll have to skip one that's rated amongst the best alongside Prosperity. Cornucopia and Guilds look great too and Intrigue isn't bad either.

[@theocg1308]

+David Eloy Thank you! Essentially what happened was after I started making these videos I got a job at my church making videos. So alot of my freetime had to switch to making videos for my job rather than recreation. School has also been a huge factor.

[@parkersaleskisaleski7266]

Nice Vid!

[@conraddevera]

Newbie here. So base game have 25 cards, you use 10 per game. So if you get expansions it will be more (say 40?) and you use 10 out of 40 during game?

[@JJ0ko]

say how do you store all these cards? do you just use the boxes and the inlays that were with them? love your guide! helped me a lot to get into dominion!!!

[@theocg1308]

Thank you! So I keep all the Kingdom Cards and non-supply cards in a 5inch case it with UltraPro card pages sorted alphabetically. I then keep all the basic cards and some cardboard components in the Base Cards box.

[@wooferinabox3988]

I demand an updated list

[@Gabi-dt7jn]

YO THANK YOU BUD!

[@shortdogginc]

Do you have a review for Adventures and Empires?

[@sanake2636]

hope that maybe you would consider coming back to youtube to make more vids this is a very good vid

[@searose6192]

I agree.

[@twmjhona]

Hey man good video! Why have you stopped making videos?

[@Uolmo]

thanks

[@jupiter0jupiter]

Ive played dominion a handful of times and it's really cool, but I find it confusing af lol so i'm looking to buy it so I can play it more! and does Dominion have lore or is it just random stuff that isn't connected

[@oldgamer49]

Good job. Great video. Prosparity was my first expansion since my group prefers strong deck building over attack cards.

[@saavedra29orig69]

Ι haven't yet played Dark Ages but Hinterlands doesn't seem to me complex at all. Actually i find it less complex even than Seaside or Prosperity.

[@kendrawashbrook9400]

The best

[@susanscandles]

Does the base box have room for other expansions? I would like to get Prosperity, seaside and Reneissance at some point.

[@nickfleece5562]

If you remove the insert you can fit 4 or 5 expansions in the base box. You’d have to either bag each card or make dividers (you can find plenty of downloads for dividers on BGG). I keep all of mine in a Tracker-Keeper with Trading Card binder pages, though I’m out of room and will probably need a second one (a 6-inch can hold about 8 or 9 sets)

[@steveg7000]

Personally I'd recommend skipping the first set and just pick up Intrigue.

[@gustavolana5474]

Please make the video dominion Adventure!!!!

[@TheAssholeAspie]

What are your thoughts on Adventures and Empires?

[@theocg1308]

I absolutely loved Adventures and felt that the Events are an amazing addition to the game. While I did enjoy many things from Empires, I actually felt that the Landmarks and large influx of VP tokens made it too much of a different game. I'm still glad to have it however.

[@shadowhenge7118]

Wish ascension would keep everything in print the way dominion does.

[@lymn2002]

What else do you play a lot? Do you mostly play 1v1 for dominion?

[@lymn2002]

You don't sleeve right?

[@theocg1308]

I mostly play 1v1, and I do not sleeve. I am also a big 7 Wonders and Roll For The Galaxy fan.

[@TheFilipFonky]

What happened to your channel? Where are you bro

[@masterwurm4513]

nice guy, wonder how pro he is today in a time of 13 expansions haha

[@GarenEvans]

Really good audio...is that a Heil?

[@theocg1308]

Thank you! And no it is an Apogee MiC.

[@annbrown9998]

Nocturne?

[@AlexNguyen]

Can we get 5+ players with that base card box?

[@theocg1308]

Alex Nguyen So essentially to play with 5+ you need two sets of base cards. Base cards are only included in Base Dominion (2nd Edition) and The Base Cards set, so you will need to own either both of those or two copies of one.

[@antenna_prolly]

How were you going to talk about Dark Ages' features without mentioning the Shelters (substitutes for starting deck's Estates, which actually do things), or explaining what Ruins (doled out like Curses, but they're random weak Actions) are?

[@werothegreat]

You are now behind by several expansions. :)

[@spieauskofte2506]

Now even more

[@VisaCardholder]

Now even more! The second editions that released/are releasing might change his recommendations, too.

[@laursssx]

Where are you?

[@Klipschrf35]

You didn't include second edition

[@sumanthbhave7473]

Make a 2022 version plzzz

[@rowenn1729]

your first and last vidéo. are you ok ?

[@PrestigiousWarrior]

Do you play Dominion Online?

[@theocg1308]

I do not. I used to play a lot back when Isotropic was up but now I just prefer to play physically.

[@Noxell]

Cheapest Prosperity on amazon is ~210 bucks ;\

[@foxbear60]

I was good with this video until the scream. Ruined my whole Dominion buzz. :-/

[@jamasuru4698]

bad audio

[@nuzhnuzh8941]

Go to gym

[@theocg1308]

No you

[@FranzSchmidtYoutube]

@@theocg1308 Wow, a comment from The OCG ... resubscribed. Good luck with the PhD, hope you work in something referring to Dominion in it 😉.