Dominion

Dominion is a classic deck-building card game designed for 2–4 players, offering a play time of around 30 minutes. Best suited for ages 13 and up, this medium-light strategy game relies on core mechanics such as deck building, hand management, and open drafting. Players compete to build the most efficient deck and claim valuable territory before their opponents can do the same.

Build Your Empire from Scratch

In Dominion, you play as a monarch seeking to expand your pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Each player starts the game with an identical, very small deck of cards containing basic currency and minimal victory points. Throughout the game, you will draw cards from your personal deck, using them to purchase new cards from a shared central pool. As you acquire stronger actions, treasury cards, and victory cards, you shape your deck on the fly to optimise your engine and outpace your rivals.

Immense Replayability

With 500 cards included in the box, every session of Dominion offers a fresh challenge. Players select only 10 of the 25 available Kingdom card types for any given game, resulting in thousands of potential combinations and strategy paths. This ensures that no two games feel identical, forcing players to adapt their tactics based on the specific cards available.

The Birth of a Genre

Created by Donald X. Vaccarino and released in 2008, Dominion is celebrated as the game that birthed the deck-building genre. It captured the prestigious Spiel des Jahres and Deutscher Spiele Preis in 2009, establishing itself as a modern tabletop classic that continues to captivate players worldwide.