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Dominion

Dominion 2008

Design Donald X. Vaccarino Art Matthias Catrein , Julien Delval , Tomasz Jedruszek +6 more Publisher Rio Grande Games
7.6 /10
BGG rating
#146
BGG rank
2.3
Weight
2–4
Players
3
Best at
30
Minutes
13
Age
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Expansions & Promos

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Dominion: Cornucopia & Guilds (Second Edition) 2024 Dominion: Cornucopia & Guilds – Update Pack 2024 Dominion: Marchland Promo Card 2024 promo Dominion: Rising Sun 2024 Dominion: Farm 2023 Dominion: Allies 2022 Dominion: Hinterlands (Second Edition) 2022 Dominion: Hinterlands – Update Pack 2022 Dominion: Plunder 2022 Dominion: Prosperity (Second Edition) 2022 Dominion: Prosperity – Update Pack 2022 Dominion: Seaside (Second Edition) 2022 Dominion: Seaside – Update Pack 2022 Dominion: Verlies 2021 Dominion: Menagerie 2020 Dominion: Sammler-Box 2020 Dominion: Captain Promo Card 2019 promo Dominion: Church Promo Card 2019 promo Dominion: Renaissance 2018 Dominion: Dismantle Promo Card 2017 promo Dominion: Erweiterung – Basisspiel & Die Intrige 2017 Dominion: Nocturne 2017 Dominion: Empires 2016 Dominion: Höflinge Promo Card 2016 promo Dominion: Intrigue (Second Edition) 2016 Dominion: Intrigue – Update Pack 2016 Dominion: Sauna / Avanto Promo Card 2016 promo Dominion: Update Pack 2016 Stadt Land Spielt Minierweiterungen 2016 2016 Dominion: Adventures 2015 Dominion: Guilds & Cornucopia 2015 Dominion: Summon Promo Card 2015 promo Stadt Land Spielt Limitierte Sonderdrucke 2015 2015 Dominion: Alchemisten & Reiche Ernte – Mixbox 2014 Dominion: Die Intrige – Erweiterung 2014 Dominion: Fan-Edition I 2014 Dominion: Prince Promo Card 2014 promo Dominion: Guilds 2013 Dominion: Dark Ages 2012 Dominion: Cornucopia 2011 Dominion: Governor Promo Card 2011 promo Dominion: Hinterlands 2011 Dominion: Walled Village Promo Card 2011 promo Dominion: Alchemy 2010 Dominion: Prosperity 2010 Dominion: Stash Promo Card 2010 promo Dominion: Black Market Promo Card 2009 promo Dominion: Seaside 2009 Dominion: Envoy Promo Card 2008 promo

About the Game

"You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.

But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud, but your grandparents, on your mother's side, would be delighted."

—description from the back of the box

In Dominion, each player starts with an identical, very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can "buy" as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy, and how they play their hands as they draw them, the players construct their deck on the fly, striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end.

Dominion is not a Collectible Card Game (CCG), but the play of the game is similar to the construction and play of a CCG deck. The game comes with 500 cards. You select 10 of the 25 Kingdom card types to include in any given play—leading to immense variety.

—user summary

Part of the Dominion series.

Filed Under

Categories
Card Game Medieval
Mechanics
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Delayed Purchase Hand Management Open Drafting Take That Variable Set-up
Family
Dominion
Also known as
Dominion: Basisspiel · Dominion: In naam van de koning · Dominion: Rozdarte Królestwo · Dominion: Tweede Editie · Dominion: Valtakunta · Dominion: Ο κυρίαρχος · Доминион · דומיניון · ドミニオン · 皇舆争霸 · 도미니언
BGG ratings
97,337 · geek rating 7.47
BGG data
refreshed Sep 7, 2026

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