Dominion Strategy

There is yet another place to talk about Dominion! Existing within the confines of the Internet is an public chat application called Discord that is massively gaining popularity. Discord is sort of like Skype, except it actually works. There are tons of servers with all sorts of interests, just an invite link away. You know, like Dominion.

Whether you have a Discord account or are interested in checking it out, follow this link to the Dominion Discord. You’ll have to sign in or sign up, but it doesn’t take too long, and it is seriously a really cool place to be. Nearly everyone from forum.dominionstrategy is there already, and the Dominion Discord is rapidly expanding in users. I’ll see you there!

Want to know how strong the general consensus of any given Dominion card is? The Qvist 2017 Card Rankings are now here to provide you some answers! Started by Qvist, the Card Rankings have become a major staple of the F.DS community.

Here’s some interesting information. In case you didn’t know, Dan Brooks is the Champion of the 2017 ShuffleIT Tournament. (Watch the incredible games if you have the chance!) In this one podcast episode that may or may not have had anything to do with the blog, Dan Brooks reveals that he used the Qvist Card Rankings when he first started playing Dominion. He would buy cards that were high on the lists, and ignore cards that were low on the lists. While simplistic, it is a great place to start out, especially when first beginning serious competitive Dominion play.

I’m done hyping you up. Here are the 2017 lists, and for the first time written by members of the community besides Qvist:

• $0-$2 Cards: [Part 1 | Part 2]
• $3 Cards: [Part 1 | Part 2]
• $4 Cards: [Part 1 | Part 2]
• $5 Cards: [Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3]
• $6+ Cards
• Potion Cards
• Ruins
• Knights
• Prizes
• Events
• Landmarks
• Boons
• Hexes

Also, if you would like to look at even more information because you’re a total nutcase for Dominion, you could visit the Dominion Wiki to see how cards have fallen or risen over the years of polling. (note: some cards have fallen or risen simply by virtue of more cards being added to the pool.) Alternatively, you might also want to take a gander at Adam Horton’s Card Power Levels, which sadly does not include Nocturne because of the time of the polling, but is still very useful to read. However, those plan to be incorporated in the next list, and in the meantime you can read this, just the Nocturne cards discussed separately.

Hopefully all this reading holds you over until The 2018 Qvist Card Rankings. Whenever that starts polling approximately a year from now, there will be a post about it, prompting you to go and add your voice to the crowd!

This update is a bit late! Beyond Awesome has gotten busy with life, and so I take up the pen in his stead. The Dominion World Cup has been underway for a couple of weeks now. Before showing some sample games and results in the next update, I will display the entire list of World Cup teams and their members.

(A couple of notes: All players on the top of each Team are the Team Captains. For example, Markusin is the Team Captain of Canada. Alternates are players who either have busier schedules and cannot make it consistently, or are weaker. They may sub in games on any given week at the discretion of the Team Captain.)

Team Canada
Markusin
amoffett11
xyrix
shaila
vsiewnar (alternate)

Team Finland
Awaclus
Eevee
Jean-Michel
Tareky

Team France
Marin
Gamesou
Bouchon
Emeric

Team Germany
RTT
Sicomatic
Markus
E.Honda
drsteelhammer (alternate)
assemble_me (alternate)
Dangerous Dave (alternate)

Team India
Saaket
jsh357
crymeariver
yahas

Team Netherlands
Stef
Phillip
Jan
Hugovj

Team Norway
Jeebus
Anders
Turambar
Oyvind

Team Russia
Burning Skull
LaLight
ROGAVKA
MuensterCheese

Team UK
Rabid
Gazbag
DG
LuciferousPeridot
AlexJRStone (alternate)

Team USA
PerryGreen
LimeTime
Mic Qsenoch
Bryan
Dan Brooks (alternate)
Titandrake (alternate)

Refugee Team A
Seprix
La-Ya
Lekkit
Chris is Me
fiercelord (alternate)

Refugee Team B
Glores
tufftaeh
Micha1980
globetheater
Joseph2302 (alternate)

Congratulations to all who have participated in the World Cup, and may the best team win!

Here’s a board for the holidays, from Donald X. and LastFootnote.

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How to Win at Dominion with Minimal Jargon

Original Article by Titandrake

How do you win a game of Dominion?

You win by ending the game with more points than your opponent.

How do you do that?

You do it by buying cards that let you win the game, and playing those cards more often than your opponent does.

How do I identify which cards let me win the game?

Generally, you want to look for cards that either give you lots of coins, give you lots of VP, or let you quickly end the game while getting a small amount of VP. You want to combine these cards with a story for how it’s going to come together.
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