Dominion Prosperity

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The Debt mechanic allows players to buy certain cards and Events earlier than usual, while spreading the cost across future turns. This can shake up openings, though most of the Debt cards are not particularly useful early in the game. They are, however, almost all quite powerful in the mid- to late-game, and players ignore them at their peril. Alchemy is a small expansion. It feels as if it’s a little under half the size of one of the big box expansions. As you can imagine, it uses the lore of alchemical mythology. Turning lead into gold, transmutation, and the coveted Philosopher’s Stone. Major Rule Changes

Renaissance is a solid expansion and is one of the best that Rio Grande has put out. There are some recurring rules that veterans to the game will immediately recognize (durations), and they’ve simplified and refined some of the concepts of previous games. All together it creates a very enjoyable experience throughout by giving players a little bit of what they originally fell in love with, and also adding a few very exciting rules and cards. It’s beginner-friendly while still adding a ton of depth for experienced players. Major Rule Changes Ah yes, so many cards tried out for Engineer 's slot. Here's an Expand with on-use that tried to dodge Remodel /Debt issues by doing something different if you had any . A + Remodel that had you draw 2 cards when you gained or trashed it; I still like the idea of a Remodel that does something when gained/trashed. A + Remodel that, when trashed, gave you a . Yowza. Another one of these, gaining you a copy of a card in play with some limits to try not to go nuts. Another one with different limits, man. Okay here are 3 that involve putting on the pile. One is just a Workshop that accumulates you can trash it to get; one counts down, it's reset to 5 when a copy is gained, and when played gains a card for the number of on the pile and then gives you a from the pile, that was fun to try; and a Workshop that adds or takes based on how much the card you gained cost. Finally, the one that held the slot for the longest out of these, a Workshop that turns into Remodel if a pile is empty. That seemed okay and like I could live with it if I couldn't do better, but I like Engineer better.Way of the Camel is also an example of a Way card. Way cards are also appreciated primarily by advanced players, because they introduce more decision points and ways (pun intended) to fine tune your strategy. To use a Way card a player must play an action card and then choose to forgo the normal effect of the action card, to instead play the effect of the Way card. The Way cards are always available to all players and can be used indefinitely.

Renaissance introduced Projects, Artifacts, and villager tokens, and has a strong trashing theme. Projects are landscapes which provide a permanent bonus if bought. Artifacts, like States, are persistent effects which are placed in front of a player and affect them while they are there; each artifact is associated with a particular kingdom card which causes it to change hands. Villagers are tokens players gain and act as saved actions, spent on any later turn to allow them to play an additional action; they are similar to coffers, which also appear in this set, returning from Guilds. [24]a b Martin, W. Eric (2008-10-17). "Game Preview/Review: Dominion". BoardGameGeek. Archived from the original on 2008-10-20 . Retrieved 2012-10-15.