MAJOR UPDATE | Let's Play the Daily Challenge | Dominion Digital #23

It's been a few weeks since I played Dominion and there have been some major updates with online matchmaking and a daily challenge mode.
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History
Dominion is a game that started a genre: deckbuilders. Since winning Spiel des Jahres in 2008, it has established itself as a true classic. Players have eagerly awaited a mobile and PC version of the game, a wish that will soon be granted. Dominion is the fifth mobile board game release for Temple Gates Games, coming on the heels of Roll for the Galaxy and Race for the Galaxy. The studio began porting boardgames like Ascension to VR, and has since expanded to offer boardgames across mobile and desktop platforms.
Features
Over 500 unique cards across thirteen expansions
1 - 4 Player with cross-platform multiplayer
Solo play against AlphaZero inspired AI
Pass and Play mode
Tutorial & Rules Enforcement
Jumbo Mode for Accessibility and Turbo mode for speed
Developer:
Temple Gates Games LLC
Platforms:
Steam PC
iOS
Android
Website:
templegatesgames.com
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[@Some_Guy_In_Ohio]

>The Daily is locked into Hard. >Don't feel bad for missing the "Action" word on Stonemason. We played that card wrong for a while before we realized it. As a trasher, Stonemason is decent against Coppers\Curses\Ruins\Shelters but not Estates. On the other hand, you can pull some NASTY late-game tricks with it. >Overpay can be circumstantially useful, but it's not one of the better ideas added to the game. Masterpiece can be fun with the Feodum victory card, for example - I've seen the Silver pile emptied in 4-player with that combination. Doctor (also from Guilds) has a decent overpay ability too, but it's a bit lucky oriented. >Is it just me, or does Black Cat sound like a goat? >Ducat can be an interesting one. There's an old Dominion joke that the 'real' power of $2 cards is the ability to Remodel Curses and Copper into the card, and Ducat skips that step. The coffer it gives you allows you to stack them for later items - especially useful if (like me) you prefer Colony games. >I have to admit, I really liked this Way once I figured out how to use it in the app (I don't own and haven't really played the post-Nocturne expansions). Basically, if you have an unspent Action available and an action card in hand, you can choose to instead play the Way as if it were the action card. >I was unimpressed with the Exile mechanic, but this daily was my first introduction to it as well so I'll reserve judgement.

[@LastFootnote]

You should read the rules for the Exile mechanic. Whenever you gain a card, you may discard all copies of it from your Exile mat. The reason your overpay by $3 on Stonemason didn't work is that there are no Action cards costing $3 on the board. Stonemason's overpay only gains Action cards. Silver, Masterpiece, and Stockpile are all Treasure cards, not Action cards. So when you overpay for Stonemason by $3, there's nothing you can gain.

[@Mrbaconpants]

I knew you would clear it up! Thanks. So for exile that would mean those copy’s would go into your discard and back into your deck after a reshuffle. Making exile temporarily. I figured that was how it was working but had trouble understanding how to use that to my advantage. For stonemason that was what I thought happened but I also forgot that the treasures in the kingdom piles are not actions. I’m glad your still around. I plan to get back into Dominion again now that summer vacation season is over.

[@ajwalker4416]

I watched the entire video, thanks for posting these types of games. I still like the others more than Dominion, Dominion still feels so dated compared to Hero Realms or Ascension. But it's good you enjoy the game and continue to share.

[@Mrbaconpants]

To me Hero Realms has more tactics and Dominion is more strategic. A better player will almost always beat a less skilled player in Dominion. In Hero Realms you have to try in mitigate luck and change your tactics based on what is in the center row. What I am trying to say is I don’t prefer one over the other. They feel like different games to me that just happen to use the same mechanic of deckbuilding. Don’t get me wrong there was a time where I would have agreed with you and it was only by rediscovering Dominion with this app did my options on it change. I am glad your still enjoying my videos. Is there a particular expansion you would like me to play in Ascension. I would like to revisit that game.

[@ajwalker4416]

@@Mrbaconpants I do appreciate your channel and your covering games in this space. As for what expansion in Ascension, I haven't decided which expansion I was going to try next so it you do revisit the game again, perhaps your video will help me decide which way to go. On a separate note, have you heard anything more about what is going on with Shards of Infinity? The base physical game is sold out everywhere and I'm wondering if it's being abandoned? The digital version is still fun, but it would be nice to get the physical version at some point.

[@Mrbaconpants]

The last I head they do plan to make the expansions once they wrap up some other projects. People are also hoping they do a UI update for Race too. I got my insights from the developers Discord but they did not share a timeline or dates. Just that its on the radar.

[@ajwalker4416]

@@Mrbaconpants There's a developer's Discord? For which game? I was hoping they would say when they will reprint the physical version of Shards of Infinity so I can finally get a copy. I really like the "champions" mechanic in both Hero Realms and Shards (and to a lesser extent, the "construct" mechanic of Ascension), I wish there were more deckbuilders that had a similar mechanic.

[@Mrbaconpants]

@@ajwalker4416 Yes for Temple Gate Games the people that created the App. Stone Blade also has on, the team the created the physical game. Don’t check that one often so I don’t know if they have talked about a reprint. I do know they are a small company so there might be a change it will not get reprinted but I don’t know for sure.