Some treasures tried to get out of the way of your draw, until you wanted them. There were multiple approaches here that did not fly. Dominion Renaissance introduces Projects, which can completely change Dominion strategically. For example, if you pay 8 to activate the Citadel project, the first action card you play in a turn is automatically replayed. This dramatically increases the power of some action cards and may lead you to play a completely different strategy than you would otherwise. The projects also combine well with the other expansions and therefore we think that projects add a lot of replay value to Dominion.

The game has a medieval theme with card names referencing pre-industrial, monarchical, and feudal social structures. Comparisons about the game's feel are often drawn with collectible card games such as Magic: The Gathering. [2] Vaccarino, however, denies that Magic was the inspiration. [3]Some Duration cards in Plunder do something the "next time" a certain thing happens. That thing could happen the same turn, or many turns later; these may sit in play turn after turn until finally the thing happens. For example you could play a Secluded Shrine and two Coppers , buy a Silver , and immediately trash two cards from your hand, discarding Secluded Shrine that turn. Or you could buy a Stowaway instead, and leave Secluded Shrine in play for next turn. I asked my friend Molly if there was a theme she'd like to see. She said "spendy." And spendy I gave her. I made Dominion. It gradually got more cards. One day I divided up the cards into a main set, a first expansion, and a second expansion. Then I moved on! My friends just wanted to play Dominion though. Okay; I could make some more Dominion expansions.

I started working on this and Seaside 2E at the same time. Prosperity also badly wanted to get rid of some cards. If we could revisit Seaside we could sure revisit Prosperity. We’re firmly into the more complex side of Dominion expansions now with Empires, which adds a bit of Roman flavor to the usual medieval theme, with chariot races and gladiators. In terms of new mechanics, the big ones are Debt and Landmarks.Dominion expansions usually follow a specific theme, and with Nocturne, they’ve dialed it up to 11. Everything has been altered to fit the theme and it’s rather fun. I’ve really enjoyed all of the horror-themed cards, and Halloween is one of Kendra’s favorite times of the year. a b c d e f Varney, Allen (4 August 2009). "Dominion Over All". Escapist.com . Retrieved 24 November 2021.

When you start to add expansions, you might find it’s hard to stop. Not only do you get an entirely new set of cards, but they all can be combined to play off the strengths of several expansions. My favorite combo is Prosperity and Dark Ages. When anyone gains a card from that pile, move the token to the Trade Route mat. The number of tokens on the mat indicates how many coins Trade Route makes. In games with both Colony and Trade Route, Colony will get a token. Artifacts are a new type of card in Renaissance. When certain actions/conditions are played/met players will be prompted to take control of an artifact. The artifact sits in front of that player and gives a bonus until another player meets the conditions and take it away from them. I used every good Event idea that I had in Adventures. Still, why not try to make more? tokens helped a lot, and I ended up with 13 new Events. The Debt mechanic allows players to buy certain cards and Events earlier than usual, while spreading the cost across future turns. This can shake up openings, though most of the Debt cards are not particularly useful early in the game. They are, however, almost all quite powerful in the mid- to late-game, and players ignore them at their peril.The first edition of Intrigue was also a standalone game and came with its own set of Basic cards. Second Edition removed the Basic cards, and replaced six Kingdom cards with seven new ones. There are 12 Castles (2 copies each of Humble Castle , Small Castle , Opulent Castle , and King's Castle ; 1 copy each of the rest), 5 copies of each half of each split pile (pairs of cards separated by a slash), and 10 copies each of the rest. Cards. May discard 3-4 cards with different costs to gain a Loot. At one point I was considering multiple new Smithies, and this one was a contender. You don't proc it much though.