You hear someone say "Thief", "Militia", "Witch", "Spy", or "Bureaucrat", and reflexively respond with "moat!"
"Duration" has become an even more positive word
No offense to other games, but you're a bit apalled when
their tokens aren't metal
When a board for 6 players is suggested, you feel like perhaps we should play two 3 player games instead?
When playing other DBG, you make sure you have enough actions to play cards, and buys to buy extra cards, even when it ain't relevant
You automatically count for 10 cards when picking up your typical pile.. on the table, taking it from the box, or returning it to the box
You've memorized all the cards for the next set/release/promos!
If not, you'll know them way before you know it!
You look forward to telling people why "big money equals instant win" isn't true by a long shot
You read all articles on DS.com
You read all articles on BGG.com
You read all of the designer diaries
The 3/4 split, 4/3 split, 5/2 split, and 2/5 split mean something to you
You work out case scenarios for each of those opening hands
You look at random Kingdom cards and setups... online, at your FLGS, at game groups, at cons, etc., and wonder how YOU would go about that set
One set of cards has the wear marks of heavy usage, in sharp contrast to your brand new cards in other cards
You know a bit too much about card sleeves
You know the differences between brands, and thicknesses of them
You spend a good deal of time researching and devising storage and carry solutions
Seeing 2 empty piles in
any board game puts you on high alert
When watching the Olympics, you have to take a moment to wonder why the bronze medal isn't the copper medal
You wonder why there's no platinum medal
You forget that Dominion is also the name of a titling company, power company, windows company, an alien race... a gazillion other things really
baklava, Chihuahua, gold clinking in your hands, lead into gold (or anything better than lead), the eggs are on the plate, making your grandparents proud (but not to worry what your parents think)
While you're still playing the beginning of a game, you're already thinking how great the next game will be (proof positive that there's not much difference between Dominion and crack!
)
"Just one more game!"
"Let's try the same setup! I want to go a different path this time!"
If you're not going to win, you make sure you sit to the right of the player you think who WILL win the game
It's easier to just leave the game out for the next time you play
You nod in agreement with a tournament organizer modding Dominion games that randomizing kingdom cards for multiple tables, from just
one complete series of sets of Dominion (from base game to whatever the latest expansion is) is kind of a "ghetto" way of doing it; as opposed to each table having their own complete set.
"The Donald" of course refers to Donald X