Category Archives: General Strategy

The Five Fundamental Deck Types: Introduction

This is the first article in a week-long series by WanderingWinder, originally posted on the forum. There are five fundamental deck types in Dominion.  Usually you see people paint it as a dichotomy between “Money” and “Engines”, defined by whether you … Continue reading

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Taking risks & driving the P2 seat

This is a guest article by -Stef-, who held the top rank of the Isotropic leaderboard for quite some time. Suppose we’re playing Borinion, a much more boring game then Dominion. Two players, P1 and P2, take consecutive turns. P1 … Continue reading

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Building the “First Game” engine

The following is a guest article by Geronimoo, who analyzes the steps in designing an “engine”, using one of the most popular Kingdom boards. You’ve finally gotten your friends together to show them the awesomeness that is Dominion. Trusting Donald … Continue reading

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Terminal Draw Big Money

This is a guest article by HiveMindEmulator, originally posted in the forum. One of simplest basic strategies you learn which is surprisingly effective in the base set is “Smithy Big Money”. The idea of this strategy is to open Smithy/Silver, … Continue reading

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Combo of the Day #29: Philosopher’s Stone/Herbalist

The following is a guest post by Geronimoo, one of the top-ranked players on the Isotropic leaderboard, and author of the first Dominion simulator. What happens when you combine one of the worst Potion cards with one of the worst … Continue reading

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The Five Best $4 Cards, 2011

Disclaimer: Dominion does a really great job of balancing its Kingdom cards.  Every card has some situations where it shines, and some situations where it doesn’t.  Nevertheless, some cards just end up being flat-out better than others, either because they … Continue reading

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The Keys to Big Money: Money Density and Opportunity Cost

This is a revised version of a guest article by WanderingWinder, originally posted in the forum: Part I, Part II. WanderingWinder was a semifinalist in the 2011 DominionStrategy.com Championships. In a big-money kind of deck, there’s really two concepts you … Continue reading

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The Five Worst $4 Cards, 2011

Disclaimer: Dominion does a really great job of balancing its Kingdom cards.  Every card has some situations where it shines, and some situations where it doesn’t.  Nevertheless, some cards just end up being flat-out better than others, either because they … Continue reading

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Combo of the Day #28: Hunting Party/X

This is an expanded and revised version of an article written by Mean Mr Mustard, originally posted on the forum. For the purpose of this article, each combo described will be the crux of a pretty standard Hunting Party engine; … Continue reading

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Combo of the Day #27: Native Village/Bridge

This is a revised version of an article written by WanderingWinder, originally posted on the forum. We all know that KC-KC-Bridge-Bridge-Bridge is a killer, killer combo. But it’s so hard to pull off. There is, however, another extremely reliable way … Continue reading

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