Thursday 24 October 2013

Essential Dominion Articles

Core Strategy Articles:

Building the "First Game" Engine

A wonderful article that introduces players to the depth of strategy available in the wonderful world of Dominion. It takes a beginner level kingdom and adds an advanced level of strategy, backed up by simulation data and interesting writing. A must read for any aspiring Dominion player.

Featured Card: Chapel

A real eye opener for a new player. It really helps you understand the power of trashing and having a slim deck.

Featured Card: Laboratory

Another great featured card that helps to understand the basics of the game.

The Five Fundamental Deck Types

Consists of 5 articles on each of the deck types: Big Money, Slog, Engine, Rush, and Combo. This is a good feature for familiarizing yourself with some of the intermediate strategy to the game.


Important Featured Cards:

Featured Card: Jack of All Trades

Introduces the legendary DoubleJack strategy.

Featured Card: Ill-Gotten Gains

Another Hinterlands card that can change any board that it is on.

Featured Card: Rebuild

Rebuild is another game warpingly powerful card.


Other:

A Dominion Fan Card Creation Guide

This is for anyone aspiring to make fan cards. It outlines common mistakes and pitfalls for card designers, and gives a very good (and thorough) outline of what goes into designing and testing a card.


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