Comments on: Dominion Video Review

By: Taerdin

Taerdin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:15:00 +0000

I don’t really care for this game at all. I don’t really feel like I’m doing anything, or accomplishing an actual task. “Buy cards to be able to buy points until you win” is not an appealing game to me, but again this is just personal preference.

I would much prefer to play Thunderstone TBH, or just about any BOARD game. I bought Dominion Intrigue and deeply regret it. Now I just hope I can trade it or sell it to someone to regain the space this game is taking up in my otherwise pretty great collection.

By: Tarno

Tarno — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:34:29 +0000

An online version of the game:

http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=2366&hilit=dominion

Worth checking out!

By: 2ndzenith

2ndzenith — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:17:35 +0000

A very nice game. Setup takes a little time, since the game is all cards. Game play is fairly straight forward but also random, but game experience does help. I was almost able to win on my first game against more experienced players. Thank goodness for the moat!

By: Mylander

Mylander — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:50:43 +0000

Best game of the year! Buy it, play it, love it!

By: rjewelry

rjewelry — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:36:43 +0000

Played this today for the first time. Great game. Good review of it. the game was easy to learn. The games we played were close with only a few victory points seperating us each time. Keep the reviews coming!

By: Tarno

Tarno — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:05:26 +0000

Great game, fast paced, easy to learn. Anyone in the household can learn this game in 5 minutes. One of the best games of the year and the expansions add a lot of new combinations to the game. Only gripe i have is the should have hired Jason Engle the artist from Thunderstone. Some of the cards in this game are nice others are really poor, takes away from the theme some. Regardless a landmark game and very recommended!

By: Ted Cook

Ted Cook — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:42:14 +0000

It should be noted that the expansions in part fix some of the qualms brought up in the video, especially the stand alone ones. They can either be played as entirely different games or intermixed freely. While that seems like it can further reward more experienced players, it also levels the playing field slightly by offering more paths to victory.

Also, the veto rule Kandax mentioned is highly recommended!

By: kantpaper

kantpaper — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:10:04 +0000

Great review guys.

I agree with your assessment that some players may notice and focus on a particular card combo. Exploiting it ’til games end.

But I’m with you; I really enjoy this game.

By: ranoobu

ranoobu — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:02:48 +0000

My background in card games goes from Spellfire, to Star Trek the Next Generation, and then most famously Magic the Gathering (MtG).

I loved MtG. It was really fun.. I love the customization of decks and how it played.. it was just really fun.

Then comes Dominion. Some people rave about this game and recommend it wholeheartedly.. but this just wasn’t for me. I didn’t really like the different cards. To me, it felt limiting. I guess because i’m used to many different cards from MtG.

Dominion is about card drafting, you start out with a few cards and you use those cards to buy more cards on the table.. you basically play with 10 “action type” cards over and over. What cards you get depends on what you buy.. you can make combos with those 10 cards.

I also agree with BoardtoDeath that sometimes you know what is worth buying so you don’t buy any other cards..

I don’t speak for all MtG fans, there are those who love it. But this wasn’t for me.

I give it a 6/10 for uniqueness

By: geekhype

geekhype — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:59:54 +0000

I don’t think I’ve really heard anyone not liking this game! It’s gonna be one of my next purchases for sure!