Dominion

Description

Designed by Donald X. Vaccarino

Current overall rank on BoardGameGeek: 48
Current overall rank on reddit r/boardgames: 72

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, would be delighted.

Dominion is the first Deckbuilding game we played and it is fun to play. I brought this out at a soccer tournament and it was a hit. My favorite cards are anything that end in “Village”
   – Elliott