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Interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, Part III: Other Boardgames

Posted on December 22, 2012 by theory

This is Part III of a three-part interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, covering the future of Dominion, other boardgames, and Donald X. himself. Questions and answers are collected from this forum topic. The Future of Dominion Insomniac asks: “Any hints … Continue reading →

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Interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, Part II: Dominion

Posted on December 21, 2012 by theory

This is Part II of a three-part interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, covering Dominion, Dominion hindsight, and alternative Dominion cards.  Questions and answers are collected from this forum topic. The Game of Dominion Tables asks: “Suppose a new player just … Continue reading →

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Interview with Donald X. Vaccarino

Posted on December 20, 2012 by theory

Over the holidays, instead of card articles, we’ll be posting an interview with Donald X. Vaccarino himself.  Donald has been graciously answering many questions from the forum community, and we’ve selected the best of them to publish here. We’ll post … Continue reading →

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Interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, Part I: Boardgame Design

Posted on December 20, 2012 by theory

This is Part I of a three-part interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, covering the design of Dominion and boardgame design in general.  Questions and answers are collected from this forum topic. The Design of Dominion theory asks: “At what point … Continue reading →

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Dark Ages: Bandit Camp

Posted on December 17, 2012 by theory

This article was written by ftl for the DominionStrategy Wiki. Bandit Camp has two separate effects. The first is the same as a vanilla Village – +1 card, +2 actions. Simple, but far overpriced at $5. Now, a Village is a … Continue reading →

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Intrigue: Upgrade

Posted on December 10, 2012 by theory

This article is written by jsh357, originally posted on the forum. The Basics Upgrade is a higher skill card than it might initially seem.  What it does is pretty basic: replace a card with a more expensive one, or trash … Continue reading →

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2012 DominionStrategy.com Championships have begun

Posted on December 3, 2012 by theory

Good luck to all competitors! Here is the final entry list, the brackets, and the tournament forum. Fun facts about this year’s competition: 256 competitors, including 13 of the top 15 players on the Isotropic leaderboard Of all the players who have … Continue reading →

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Registration closed!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by theory

Registration for the 2012 DominionStrategy.com Championships is now closed! However, if you are level 35 or higher on Isotropic, you can still qualify in one of the wildcard slots.  Please enter here; the current entry list is here. Otherwise, good … Continue reading →

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Introducing the DominionStrategy Wiki!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by theory

We are very excited to announce a much-requested and long-awaited new feature: wiki.DominionStrategy.com The wiki has already been started with all of the old blog articles and additional forum content.  We intend it to be the ultimate Dominion reference — … Continue reading →

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The 2012 DominionStrategy.com Championships

Posted on November 26, 2012 by theory

November 12 2010 – ? We recently celebrated the two-year anniversary of DominionStrategy.com. You all are the reason why we have blossomed from a small, niche blog into a full-fledged site featuring a flourishing forum and the best and brightest … Continue reading →

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