Let's Play Dominion: An Experiment in Deckbuilding???

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Dominion, the Deckbuilding Game!

Dominion is sort of the granddaddy of deckbuilding games. While, personally, I've played deckbuilders that I think are a bit more interesting with what they've added to the formula, you can't deny the roots. From 2008. Deckbuilding is a kinda new genre apparently.

If you're unfamiliar and thinking that building a deck is much older than 8 years, here's the basic idea. Each player starts with an identical deck of a few cards, and over the course of the game will be buying new cards to add to their own and build it up as the game goes on. When you reach the bottom of your deck, it's time to shuffle and now you've got all those new cards you bought to play with as well.

In Dominion, you're trying to have the most victory points at the end of the game, by having a decent amount of Victory cards. But not too many during the course of the game. Point cards are useless in your hand most of the time, and tend to clog up your deck.

For the full list of rules, click here.

Basic idea is that on your turn you, in this order
1) Can play a single Action card (Unless something says you can play more)
2) Can buy a single card using your money (Unless something says you can play more)
3) Discard all of your hand and draw five new cards.

Now the important bit.
I CHALLENGE YOU, FORUM, TO A GAME OF DOMINON.

We'll be playing using the Intrigue expansion, because why not.

Here are the cards available for purchase in this game.

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Purchasing cost of all cards is displayed in the lower left.
Number in parentheses after the card names is how many cards of that type are available.


Copper (46), Silver (40), and Gold (30) - Gives more purchasing power. Its worth is hard to miss. Displayed right in the middle.


Estate (8), Duchy (8), and Province (8). - The goal of the game is to own huge tracts of land. These are for victory points. They can't be played if in your hand but give you the displayed number of points at the end of the game.


Chapel (10) - Trashed cards are removed from the game entirely. This card can be used to ditch cards you don't actually want in your deck. Can not be used on itself, because it's no longer in your hand once you play it.


Moneylender (10) - Removes one of your Coppers from the game, to essentially turn it into a one time use Gold. You have three additional purchasing power for the turn if you use this card.


Village - (10) - When you play this card, you immediately draw one more card for your hand, and you can play two more action cards this turn.


Smithy (10) - When you play this card, you immedately draw three more cards for your hand this turn.


Festival (10) - Upon playing this card, you can choose to play up to two more action cards this turn. During the buy phase, you can also buy two cards instead of one, and have 2 additional purchasing power to do so with.


Nobles (8) - When you play this card, you can choose to either immediately draw three cards, or play two more actions this turn. Furthermore, it's worth 2 points for having in your deck at the end of the game.


Duke (8) - Worth 0 points on its own at the end of the game, but value goes up by 1 for each Duchy victory card you have in your deck. Otherwise does nothing.


Pawn (10) - Either gain an extra purchasing power, an extra card this turn, an extra action this turn, or the ability to buy an extra card. And choose two of those options.


Scout (10) - Helps clear the less useful cards out of your next hand. You get to immediately play another action card this turn after playing this.


Coppersmith (10) - Essentially turns each Copper in your hand into a Silver for the turn.

Let's flip a coin to see who goes first. Heads for me, Tails for you.



Tails it is! Here's your hand!



Your deck currently contains 7 Coppers and 3 Estates