Category Archives: Dark Ages

Dark Ages: Ironmonger

Posted on October 15, 2012 by theory

This article incorporates analysis from mischiefmaker and DrFlux. By itself, Ironmonger is surprisingly strong.  Solo play suggests that straight Ironmonger-Money is about equivalent to Smithy-Money: 14-17 turns to get to 4 Provinces and some Duchies. In a more diverse deck, … Continue reading →

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Dark Ages: Scavenger

Posted on October 8, 2012 by theory

This article is written by sffc, originally posted on the forum. Scavenger is a card whose power may not be obvious at first glance.  It looks a whole lot like the card Chancellor always wanted to be, similar to how … Continue reading →

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The Secret History of Dark Ages

Posted on August 23, 2012 by theory

The “Secret Histories” are a series of articles by Donald X. Vaccarino, detailing the evolution and development of a particular expansion. Previous “Secret Histories” can be found here; the forum discussion topic for this is here. When I showed Dominion … Continue reading →

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Dark Ages cards revealed!

Posted on August 16, 2012 by theory

The community is discussing these new cards in the Dark Ages Preview subforum. You can see images of most of the cards here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20240121/dark_ages/1.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20240121/dark_ages/2.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20240121/dark_ages/3.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20240121/dark_ages/4.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20240121/dark_ages/5.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20240121/dark_ages/6.jpeg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20240121/dark_ages/7.jpeg Altar $6 Trash a card from your hand. Gain a … Continue reading →

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