Category Archives: Individual Card Analysis

Guide to the Dominion Base Game

Posted on June 19, 2011 by theory

This is an article intended for those who only own the Dominion base game and want an overall strategic overview of the game.  It is assumed that you have played enough games of Dominion to have a general understanding of … Continue reading →

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Cornucopia: Hunting Party

Posted on June 16, 2011 by theory

This is an expanded and revised version of an article originally posted by WanderingWinder in the forum.  A subsequent article by Mean Mr Mustard has explored specific Hunting Party combos. One of Cornucopia’s absolute power cards, Hunting Party can best … Continue reading →

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Cornucopia: Fairgrounds

Posted on June 14, 2011 by theory

Like Gardens, there are two ways to play Fairgrounds: either as consolation prizes because you missed out on a Province, or as a strategy unto itself. If you treat them as consolation prizes, they are almost certainly going to end … Continue reading →

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Cornucopia: Tournament / Prizes

Posted on June 7, 2011 by theory

Without Provinces, Tournament is basically one of those nice cheap non-terminals that (usually) can’t hurt your deck.  Not quite as delicious as Caravan, but generally preferable to Spy or Pawn.  Works with Conspirator, lowers the price of Peddler, blah blah … Continue reading →

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Cornucopia: Menagerie

Posted on June 5, 2011 by theory

Menagerie is one of several Cornucopia cards that is very strong — equivalent to two Laboratories (!) –but probably not worth opening with.  Your initial deck of 7 Coppers and 3 Estates is the biggest barrier to Menagerie’s success: early trashing is basically … Continue reading →

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Cornucopia Prizes Revealed

Posted on April 22, 2011 by captainfrisk

Now that physical copies are out and about, it looks like the list of Prizes has now been revealed courtesy of the designer himself: over @ BGG in this thread. Read on for the spoilers, and lets us know which … Continue reading →

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Cornucopia Spoilers From the Gathering: Initial Thoughts

Posted on April 21, 2011 by captainfrisk

Today is a happy day for Dominion players around the world… the first leaks of Cornucopia cards have occurred, thanks to Dale Yu over at Opinionated Gamers. theory and I thought it would be fun / interesting to write down … Continue reading →

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Intrigue: Swindler

Posted on March 30, 2011 by theory

One of the most hated $3’s.  Swindler is a heavily luck-driven card: there’s a very big difference between discarding an opponent’s Estate and transforming Coppers into Curses.  In general, it is one of the most frustrating cards in Dominion, second … Continue reading →

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Dominion: Library

Posted on March 2, 2011 by theory

Library is the most unusual of the +Cards Actions.  Because you don’t draw a set number of cards, but rather up to 7, it responds poorly to Throne Room but does quite well with small hands (normally a drawback).  Preferably, … Continue reading →

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Seaside: Cutpurse

Posted on February 16, 2011 by theory

Part of the reason why I hate multiplayer games.  If you’re sitting in 4th position and the preceding players all bought Cutpurse, well, you’re kinda hosed.  Even 2-player games suffer from Cutpurse, though it’s not quite as bad as Militia … Continue reading →

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