Nocturne Preview Cards to be Available on Dominion Online Starting 10/23

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

This message appeared on the Dominion Online Client. For those who haven’t logged in recently this is what the message says:
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Nocturne Teasers

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

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This years teasers were originally Posted by LastFootnote in the forums. Join us on Monday when official Previews begin and new cards are revealed.

Teasers are a little different this year. Instead of cryptic information about the content of the cards, you can guess their names. I’ve created a quiz here:
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6-Turn Win Featuring Donate, Procession and Develop

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

Following yesterday’s Round Table discussion, Dan Brooks shares in this video a six turn win on a Donate board. Watch and be amazed!

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Dominion Round Table: Donate

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

 

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Dominion Round Table is a new article discussion format where we have several guests discuss one topic. Today’s discussion is on the Event Donate from Empires. We welcome your feedback and comments. To join the discussion on this month’s Round Table, please click here.

Note: This article has been edited for clarity. Things have been moved around as needed.

Beyond Awesome: Welcome everyone to the first Dominion Round Table. Before we start, we should probably get intros out of the way. I will go first. Hi, I’m Beyond Awesome, and I will be moderating this month’s Round Table. Today’s’ topic is Donate.

Donald X: I’m Donald X., world famous game designer

Dan Brooks:  Hi. I’m Dan Brooks, and I’ve played with Donate in a number of tournaments.

Seprix: Hi. I’m Seprix, and I just had a pizza for dinner.

aku chi: Hi. I’m aku chi. I lost a Donate game in the last Dominion League Championship match!

Limetime: I am limetime and I am pretty bad at giving non-contextualized Dominion advice.

vsiewnar: Hi, vsiewnar here. From the Caribbean.

markusin Well, I am markusin, and I am from Canada. I’ve been playing Dominion since sometime between Hinterlands came out and Dark Ages came out. I’ve been recently playing a lot more Dominion. Like, since a week before the Dominion Championship started.

Beyond Awesome: Thanks everyone.

Donald X: I can introduce Donate.

Beyond Awesome: Go for it!

Donald X: So at one point I tried doing some big effects as events, just, as a way to get new events. They mostly didn’t work out. I will look up some other ones here. Gain the trash; gain all actions from a pile; pick your next hand. Donate worked, with the trick being to give it a Debt cost so you could always get it. It increases the puzzle of the early game; how best do you open, when exactly do you Donate. Donate separates the men from the boys; in my day that expression wasn’t offensive. Just, if you have a better Donate plan than your opponent, you will zoom ahead.
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Beat the Bot #2

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Geronimoo

Hello again. Feel like crushing another bot’s dreams of world domination? This installment features a very small but deadly bot. Your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to beat that bot. I’m not going to spoil anything but if you study the board really hard you might discover the hidden gem it contains.

Click the simulator to get the new version and the Beat the Bot #2.

Here’s the Kingdom used:
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Good luck and have fun. Discuss here

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Secret Passage: Cute Tricks and Creativity in Dominion

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

Secret Passage: Cute Tricks and Creativity in Dominion

Original Article by 4est

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Secret Passage is a nifty, yet subtle card.  At first glance, it can seem mediocre, but then you start realizing all the creative “tricks” you can do with it—“Oh, Secret Passage would be nice with ________!”  It’s by no means a power card and is often a bit weak in isolation, but Secret Passage is unique in that the “cute” synergies are often what make it worth getting.

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The Outpost: Episode 4: Expedition with Joshua Stewart

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

Beyond Awesome interviews Joshua Stewart, the artist behind Dominion cart art such as Lost Arts, Keep and Expedition. You can visit Stewart’s site by clicking here. Join us next week when we interview, DougZ, inventor of Dominion isotropic.

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Weekly Update: Dominion Tournaments & Meetups

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

The goal of this weekly column is to list all known Dominion tournaments and events happening around the world and online. If you run a league, tournament, Dominion meetup, or do anything else Dominion related, we would love to post that info here. Please contact Beyond Awesome, so the column may be updated in next week’s edition. 

This week, we have added one additional Dominion meetup and one online tournament. If you want your group or tournament to be featured on our site, please feel free to contact Beyond Awesome, and your info will be posted in next week’s updated edition.
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Beat the Bot #1

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Geronimoo

Are you up for a challenge? Would you like to play against a top player without the fear of being called a ‘n00b’? Geronimoo’s here for you in a recurring segment on the revived Dominion Strategy Blog: “Beat the Bot”. In it I present you a simulator bot painstakingly tuned and nurtured to perfection. Your goal is to beat that bot. It’s that simple.

All you need is my simulator which has a brand new feature of being able to play against it. Click these 2 links. You’ll need to do some copy-pasting, but then just click the “Play against the bot(s)” and you’re off. The interface is not pretty like Shuffle It’s, but it’s functional. At least you’ll feel like playing against something intelligent instead of Lord Rattington, merrily chapeling away his Provinces.

For this first installment I used only Base Dominion. Here’s the Kingdom used:
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Have fun and discuss here

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Dominion 101: Why Trashing is Good

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Beyond Awesome

Dominion 101 is a series focused on the fundamentals of Dominion. Why Trashing is Good is the first article in this series. You can discuss this article by following this link.

Dominion 101

Part 1 – Why Trashing is Good

Original Article by werothegreat

Many games of Dominion have a card that lets you trash, hereafter referred to as a “trasher”. Some trash a single card, others multiple, some do other things in addition to trashing, but all of them trash. The mechanic is simple: trashing removes one or more cards from your deck. The difficulty lies in understanding whether or not it’s a good idea to trash. Players usually understand the benefit of getting rid of Curses, which do nothing and detract from your point total. Of course you want to get rid of those, who wouldn’t? But often when a player is first told that they should trash their starting Estates and Coppers, they balk. Estates are worth points! And Copper is needed to buy cards!

So here we come to an idea of efficiency. Yes, you need points to win the game. Yes, you need coins to buy more cards. But each Estate in your hand is wasted space. That Estate you drew could have been a Silver, or a Village, or a Market. But because you didn’t want to trash it, it’s in your hand, giving you effectively 4 cards to work with instead of 5. Would you rather have a hand of Estate, three Coppers, and Smithy, or a hand of Village, three Coppers, and Smithy? Substituting one card can make a huge difference. By getting rid of your starting Estates, you reduce the opportunities of wasted space in your hands from three to zero.
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