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[michaeljb]

Playdominion.com/base now redirects to playdomion.com/offer, where it says this:

Sign up & we'll tell you when we launch & when you can redeem your Base Card, Dark Ages, & The Guild card codes.

Sounds like only people buying the physical sets will have access to them in the game. Guess that makes it a good thing this officially licensed version didn't come out sooner (not that it matters for players like me who buy all the cards anyway, but...)

And hey, the /img, /js and /css directories are forbidden from public viewing now.

[Donald X.]

Sounds like only people buying the physical sets will have access to them in the game.

If I understand you, then no, not so. It will be possible to have online Seaside without having real-life Seaside, etc.

[Davio]

I think he means the revised base cards with the new images.
Those that came with that little card on it with the weird "hold it in front of your phone" info.

[Donald X.]

I think he means the revised base cards with the new images.
Those that came with that little card on it with the weird "hold it in front of your phone" info.

It will be possible to get the new images for the base cards without buying the physical base cards product.

[werothegreat]

Just to clarify, since we've seen it several different ways, is the 2013 expansion called "The Guilds", "The Guild", or "Guilds"?

[werothegreat]

Wow, now "guild" looks like such a weird word.

[Donald X.]

Just to clarify, since we've seen it several different ways, is the 2013 expansion called "The Guilds", "The Guild", or "Guilds"?

Dominion: Guilds.

[popsofctown]

Wait, I'm lost.  I have Base and Hinterlands and do not yet have Prosperity.  If I buy Prosperity now, will I have to buy it again to play online Dominion?  Or is it a dual investment?

If it's the first I feel discouraged from buying the physical cards in favor of picking one medium.

[michaeljb]

Sounds like only people buying the physical sets will have access to them in the game.

If I understand you, then no, not so. It will be possible to have online Seaside without having real-life Seaside, etc.

Actually I was thinking this would only apply to Base Cards, Dark Ages, and Guilds, since the site mentions redeeming codes for them. Plus the extra card thing in the Base Cards set points the user to playdominion.com/base, which is where this message is. I figured this couldn't apply to the past sets since they were released before playdominion was developed and none of them had that extra card which seems to be connected somehow.

So if you don't buy the physical sets, and you don't need to in order to get these card codes, but Jay said that the card was hopefully useful for everyone, and it seems connected to the online version, what I'm now thinking is this: when playdominion.com goes live, it will have all the cards from Dominion through Dominion: Hinterlands, but a code will be needed to use Base Cards through Guilds, and this code will be available for purchase, or also included in the physical sets.

Is that anywhere close to accurate?

[blueblimp]

It could easily just be something cosmetic, such as a special avatar. I wouldn't worry about it until we have more information.

[chwhite]

Sounds like only people buying the physical sets will have access to them in the game.

If I understand you, then no, not so. It will be possible to have online Seaside without having real-life Seaside, etc.

Actually I was thinking this would only apply to Base Cards, Dark Ages, and Guilds, since the site mentions redeeming codes for them. Plus the extra card thing in the Base Cards set points the user to playdominion.com/base, which is where this message is. I figured this couldn't apply to the past sets since they were released before playdominion was developed and none of them had that extra card which seems to be connected somehow.

So if you don't buy the physical sets, and you don't need to in order to get these card codes, but Jay said that the card was hopefully useful for everyone, and it seems connected to the online version, what I'm now thinking is this: when playdominion.com goes live, it will have all the cards from Dominion through Dominion: Hinterlands, but a code will be needed to use Base Cards through Guilds, and this code will be available for purchase, or also included in the physical sets.

Is that anywhere close to accurate?

If it is, that would be perfectly reasonable.

[blueblimp]

Sounds like only people buying the physical sets will have access to them in the game.

If I understand you, then no, not so. It will be possible to have online Seaside without having real-life Seaside, etc.

Actually I was thinking this would only apply to Base Cards, Dark Ages, and Guilds, since the site mentions redeeming codes for them. Plus the extra card thing in the Base Cards set points the user to playdominion.com/base, which is where this message is. I figured this couldn't apply to the past sets since they were released before playdominion was developed and none of them had that extra card which seems to be connected somehow.

So if you don't buy the physical sets, and you don't need to in order to get these card codes, but Jay said that the card was hopefully useful for everyone, and it seems connected to the online version, what I'm now thinking is this: when playdominion.com goes live, it will have all the cards from Dominion through Dominion: Hinterlands, but a code will be needed to use Base Cards through Guilds, and this code will be available for purchase, or also included in the physical sets.

Is that anywhere close to accurate?

If it is, that would be perfectly reasonable.

I disagree, because for physical sets, you don't need one for every player, just one per play group. Requiring every player of the online game to purchase physical expansions would be pretty crazy.

[LastFootnote]

At this point, I would be surprised if playdominion.com didn't have a subscription fee or some type of per-game cost.

As for the "code" on the card that came with the Base Cards set, I assume that it's basically just a link to playdominion.com/offer and that Jay decided to delay the set for "3 to 4 weeks" for marketing purposes.

Sorry if I'm being too cynical. 

[Donald X.]

Pretend there is no card thingy that came with Base Cards. That thing doesn't exist. Okay now there is zero ownership connection between the online and real life Dominion products. If you want to play in real life you have to buy the real life product; if you want to play online you have to buy the online product.

Okay there is actually that card thingy that came with Base Cards. What is that thing? It will get you some online product of some sort, I don't know for sure what. I would not assume it will be online Base Cards, it might be better, for my definition of better.

Online, one player will host the game; the other players don't need to own anything online.

[blueblimp]

Sounds like only people buying the physical sets will have access to them in the game.

If I understand you, then no, not so. It will be possible to have online Seaside without having real-life Seaside, etc.

Actually I was thinking this would only apply to Base Cards, Dark Ages, and Guilds, since the site mentions redeeming codes for them. Plus the extra card thing in the Base Cards set points the user to playdominion.com/base, which is where this message is. I figured this couldn't apply to the past sets since they were released before playdominion was developed and none of them had that extra card which seems to be connected somehow.

So if you don't buy the physical sets, and you don't need to in order to get these card codes, but Jay said that the card was hopefully useful for everyone, and it seems connected to the online version, what I'm now thinking is this: when playdominion.com goes live, it will have all the cards from Dominion through Dominion: Hinterlands, but a code will be needed to use Base Cards through Guilds, and this code will be available for purchase, or also included in the physical sets.

Is that anywhere close to accurate?

If it is, that would be perfectly reasonable.

I disagree, because for physical sets, you don't need one for every player, just one per play group. Requiring every player of the online game to purchase physical expansions would be pretty crazy.

To add to this post, it's not just an issue of cost, but also the risk of splintering the player base. Even if players in a game get to play with whatever expansions either owns, there'd be no way to write reasonable tournament rules, because the available kingdoms would depend on which two players are playing.

I think it's a lot more likely that either: the cards are for something cosmetic, or if they do unlock the expansions, then there's an alternative way to buy access to those expansions online at a smaller cost.

[Donald X.]

I think it's a lot more likely that either: the cards are for something cosmetic, or if they do unlock the expansions, then there's an alternative way to buy access to those expansions online at a smaller cost.

Whatever the thing that came with Base Cards gets you, it will not be something that can only be gotten that way.

[Morgrim7]

Wait, I'm lost.  I have Base and Hinterlands and do not yet have Prosperity.  If I buy Prosperity now, will I have to buy it again to play online Dominion?  Or is it a dual investment?

If it's the first I feel discouraged from buying the physical cards in favor of picking one medium.

That would be horrible for me...I own all the expansions (except the promos) and I really do not want to have to buy them again.

[popsofctown]

Online, one player will host the game; the other players don't need to own anything online.

On June 17th, suddenly popsofctown's behavior on isotropic drastically changed.  The obnoxious, contentious badger transformed into the picture of manners and the sound of courtesy.  Players couldn't finish a game with him without getting complimented on their play.  The change in behavior was too bizarre.  Fellow isotropic players, concerned that he had been kidnapped and was yielding his log-in information under duress (per an Occam's Razor explanation), called the police and tried to find where popsofctown lived.  Continued on page 4B

[Nakamura]

The ACTION-DURATION lettering on the cards shown on playdominion.com is still too big.

[Piemaster]

Online, one player will host the game; the other players don't need to own anything online.

So we're looking at some kind of 'virtual games club' kind of thing where one player supplies the game and can invite who he likes to play with him?

Does this mean we can kiss goodbye to the hope of any kind of open/pickup tournament system

[Donald X.]

So we're looking at some kind of 'virtual games club' kind of thing where one player supplies the game and can invite who he likes to play with him?

Does this mean we can kiss goodbye to the hope of any kind of open/pickup tournament system

I don't understand what you mean by the first part; I meant what I said and wouldn't read any more into it.

I'm not sure what you mean by the second part either. I hope to have a system whereby people can start a small tournament at whatever random time they decide that they want to be in one, ala 8-mans in Magic Online. I don't really know what that will look like precisely though, or when/if it will happen. There will be tournaments of some sort, that's as far as I can go today.

[Piemaster]

First part I was simply confirming what you said (or what I thought you said) above, that one person will own/host the game and they can invite other people to play with them even if they don't also 'own' the game much like you could IRL with paper dominion.

As for the second part, I was trying to work out how the above would work with an online tournament system.  I played a lot of MTGO and I am familiar with the 8-man pickup drafts.  All 8 people have to supply 3 boosters and then they draft.  How would this work with Dominion and all the optional expansions?  Could one person (who owned expansions, X, Y and Z) start a tournament and then 7 other people could join no matter what they owned?  Or would the other 7 players also have to own expansions X, Y and Z?  What if 8 players owned all the expansions between them, but no one player owned them all, could they play a tournament with all cards?  Could people freeload off others by never buying anything of the game, but just joining open tournaments hosted by people that do?

Or have I misunderstood the whole ownership thing entirely?

[LastFootnote]

So, for QuickPlay purposes, is one player randomly determined as the host, and the cards in the game are taken from the pool of cards he/she owns?

[zxcvbn2]

I believe people have said that all the cards will be available once you buy the online version. So I would say don't worry about that. He's just saying one person "hosts" the game, just like whoever invites another player on iso "hosts" a game.

Unless I'm wrong, in which case someone in the beta feel free to correct me.

[jonts26]

I believe people have said that all the cards will be available once you buy the online version. So I would say don't worry about that. He's just saying one person "hosts" the game, just like whoever invites another player on iso "hosts" a game.

Unless I'm wrong, in which case someone in the beta feel free to correct me.

I don't recall this ever being confirmed. And I had asked specifically about pricing and they said they didn't have that information available yet. I really wouldnt be surprised if it was a pay per expansion type thing though with how some of the beta menus are set up.

[Kirian]

I really wouldnt be surprised if it was a pay per expansion type thing though with how some of the beta menus are set up.

Huh.  That would be terrible.

[WanderingWinder]

I don't think speculation over the pricing schemes is going to do much good when we still have.... basically zero information on the pricing schemes.

[LastFootnote]

I really wouldnt be surprised if it was a pay per expansion type thing though with how some of the beta menus are set up.

Huh.  That would be terrible.

What? Why would that be terrible? Call me old-fashioned, but I'd much rather pay once for each set rather than pay a monthly fee (which as far as I can see is really the only other reasonable option for them).

[Donald X.]

First part I was simply confirming what you said (or what I thought you said) above, that one person will own/host the game and they can invite other people to play with them even if they don't also 'own' the game much like you could IRL with paper dominion.

Yes.

As for the second part, I was trying to work out how the above would work with an online tournament system.  I played a lot of MTGO and I am familiar with the 8-man pickup drafts.  All 8 people have to supply 3 boosters and then they draft.  How would this work with Dominion and all the optional expansions?  Could one person (who owned expansions, X, Y and Z) start a tournament and then 7 other people could join no matter what they owned?  Or would the other 7 players also have to own expansions X, Y and Z?  What if 8 players owned all the expansions between them, but no one player owned them all, could they play a tournament with all cards?  Could people freeload off others by never buying anything of the game, but just joining open tournaments hosted by people that do?

I don't know how the tournaments will work. Everyone will have the base set, so you could run a base-set-only tournament with any set of people without any issues to resolve. Larger tournaments that people cannot initiate themselves could work various ways - I don't know if there will ever be a "try out Seaside" tournament but there's no reason you couldn't have one. Anyway I would like to see small tournaments but I don't know how they will work.

[Donald X.]

So, for QuickPlay purposes, is one player randomly determined as the host, and the cards in the game are taken from the pool of cards he/she owns?

I don't know how QuickPlay will work, but a good guess would be, "some sensible way." What you suggest doesn't sound ideal, so probably not that.

[Donald X.]

I believe people have said that all the cards will be available once you buy the online version. So I would say don't worry about that. He's just saying one person "hosts" the game, just like whoever invites another player on iso "hosts" a game.

Unless I'm wrong, in which case someone in the beta feel free to correct me.

One person will own the cards and the other person will not have to. That has been the plan and I do not imagine it will change. I don't think people in the beta have any extra information there.

The expansions will be sold separately, but hey you can buy them all at once if you want. The main set will be free. There will probably be a couple ways to get the promos, one of which will be beating campaigns.

You can't please everyone, but I do not imagine too many people will be unhappy with the pricing scheme.

[Captain_Frisk]

You can't please everyone, but I do not imagine too many people will be unhappy with the pricing scheme.

I'm not sure - but I don't think this is how things on the internet work.  It could be free - fully implement isotropic as a secret interface, be casual friendly, walk your blue dog, feed your pink elephant, and submit your TPS reports on time - and people would still be unhappy that it didn't come with a free cat.

[jonts26]

You can't please everyone, but I do not imagine too many people will be unhappy with the pricing scheme.

I'm not sure - but I don't think this is how things on the internet work.  It could be free - fully implement isotropic as a secret interface, be casual friendly, walk your blue dog, feed your pink elephant, and submit your TPS reports on time - and people would still be unhappy that it didn't come with a free cat.

And other people will be upset if it did include a free cat. I'm allergic!

[Stringer Bell]

I believe people have said that all the cards will be available once you buy the online version. So I would say don't worry about that. He's just saying one person "hosts" the game, just like whoever invites another player on iso "hosts" a game.

Unless I'm wrong, in which case someone in the beta feel free to correct me.

One person will own the cards and the other person will not have to. That has been the plan and I do not imagine it will change. I don't think people in the beta have any extra information there.

The expansions will be sold separately, but hey you can buy them all at once if you want. The main set will be free. There will probably be a couple ways to get the promos, one of which will be beating campaigns.

You can't please everyone, but I do not imagine too many people will be unhappy with the pricing scheme.

If there is a lobby, like there is on Isotropic, will there be an indicator next to each player's name that tells us which expansions they have? As in, if I were to buy none of the expansions (very unlikely, especially if they're reasonably priced), would I be able to see which expansions my opponent has, so that I can pick certain opponents over others based on that info?

[Axxle]

I really wouldnt be surprised if it was a pay per expansion type thing though with how some of the beta menus are set up.

Huh.  That would be terrible.

What? Why would that be terrible? Call me old-fashioned, but I'd much rather pay once for each set rather than pay a monthly fee (which as far as I can see is really the only other reasonable option for them).

It should be free to play but we have the option to buy hats for our kingdom cards.

[Thisisnotasmile]

Would definitely pay for hats. Jester just wouldn't work without a hat.

[Insomniac]

I really wouldnt be surprised if it was a pay per expansion type thing though with how some of the beta menus are set up.

Huh.  That would be terrible.

What? Why would that be terrible? Call me old-fashioned, but I'd much rather pay once for each set rather than pay a monthly fee (which as far as I can see is really the only other reasonable option for them).

It should be free to play but we have the option to buy hats for our kingdom cards.

I'll give you this Jester hat for your Jester kingdom card set?

[Donald X.]

If there is a lobby, like there is on Isotropic, will there be an indicator next to each player's name that tells us which expansions they have? As in, if I were to buy none of the expansions (very unlikely, especially if they're reasonably priced), would I be able to see which expansions my opponent has, so that I can pick certain opponents over others based on that info?

I don't know how it will work. Some good way?

[engineer]

Wait, I'm lost.  I have Base and Hinterlands and do not yet have Prosperity.  If I buy Prosperity now, will I have to buy it again to play online Dominion?  Or is it a dual investment?

If it's the first I feel discouraged from buying the physical cards in favor of picking one medium.

That would be horrible for me...I own all the expansions (except the promos) and I really do not want to have to buy them again.

I second this sentiment.  I've spent over $200 on Dominion, and I own all the expansions except the promos.  If I have to pay again to buy the same thing online, I probably just won't play online any more, which would be a huge bummer for me.  I just can't justify this kind of expenditure for a single game.  (I do not play MTG or other CCG's for similar financial reasons.)  It's especially galling to me since I'd just be buying a copy of something I already own in another format. 

Honestly, I don't see a way around this, since I don't see any sort of serial number on the box.  I suppose if they did want to accommodate folks like me, they could have us snap a photograph of each expansion with all the cards laid out, but that's a lot of work for them, and people could still cheat if they were really dishonest.  They could start adding serial numbers now, but that still screws people (like me) who already bought the game.

Donald, if you are still reading this, are you able to confirm or deny that players who own an expansion IRL will have free access to it online? 

[Donald X.]

Donald, if you are still reading this, are you able to confirm or deny that players who own an expansion IRL will have free access to it online?

Like every computer game ever, owning the board game version confers no special privileges online.

[Kirian]

I second this sentiment.  I've spent over $200 on Dominion, and I own all the expansions except the promos.  If I have to pay again to buy the same thing online, I probably just won't play online any more, which would be a huge bummer for me.

You should assume that the expense will be much less; remember there is no physical material cost like there is for the physical game.  Consider Playdek's Ascension for iOS: $4 for the base game, $2 for the first expansion, another $4 for the next expansion.  And that's before Apple takes their 40% cut, which RGG doesn't have to worry about.  So Playdek and Gary Games are splitting $6 between them for the equivalent of Base+Intrigue+Cornucopia.

 I don't think RGG/Goko will get away with charging more than ~$5 per expansion, and frankly I think that's pushing the limit of what people will likely pay them.

Like every computer game ever, owning the board game version confers no special privileges online.

Note that Wizards has created a very different model with MTG Online, and I think a lot of people see that and imagine other companies will pick up on it.  But I think it's only reasonable with a CCG/TCG, not so much with a Eurogame.

[sitnaltax]

Donald, if you are still reading this, are you able to confirm or deny that players who own an expansion IRL will have free access to it online?

Like every computer game ever, owning the board game version confers no special privileges online.

It's not crazy to have thought this--Days of Wonder used to include access codes to their online site with the physical game. Not usual (and difficult to imagine how it would work post hoc), but not unthinkable.

[Donald X.]

Note that Wizards has created a very different model with MTG Online, and I think a lot of people see that and imagine other companies will pick up on it.  But I think it's only reasonable with a CCG/TCG, not so much with a Eurogame.

You mean the model where buying cards online is exactly as expensive as buying physical cards? We have chosen to make our online versions cheaper.

[engineer]

Donald, if you are still reading this, are you able to confirm or deny that players who own an expansion IRL will have free access to it online?

Like every computer game ever, owning the board game version confers no special privileges online.

Well, I can't argue with that.  I can say that it's a shame.  Lots of things happen that have never been done before.

While I'm not arguing your point, I will say this: I don't think Dominion Online should really be considered a "computer game with a board game version."  I think it's more accurate to call it an emulator.  While your statement is still true (Like every emulator ever, owning the board game version confers no special privileges online), this is a much narrower statement: while there are lots of video games that get "board game versions" that really aren't the same game (e.g. look at Starcraft vs. Starcraft: The Board Game), the only board/card game emulator I could find that wasn't free was Magic Online.  Admittedly, Magic Online does follow this same rule -- owning cards IRL does not grant ownership of those cards online -- so once again I can't argue with your point.  But there seems to be much more room to establish a new paradigm here!

I guess this boils down to a similar point as that made by people buying books on Amazon.  Lots of people who buy physical books would like to receive digital copies of the same book in the same purchase.  Publishers hate that idea, because then they only get paid once instead of twice for the two different forms of the book. 

I hope that, as time goes on, the march of technology will push publishers towards unification of purchases: either buy the digital thing at a discount, reflecting its negligible incremental production cost, or buy the physical thing and get the digital component as added value.

But, like I said before, even if you and your partners in the new site were willing to consider such an idea, I have no idea how you would pull it off.

[Kirian]

Note that Wizards has created a very different model with MTG Online, and I think a lot of people see that and imagine other companies will pick up on it.  But I think it's only reasonable with a CCG/TCG, not so much with a Eurogame.

You mean the model where buying cards online is exactly as expensive as buying physical cards? We have chosen to make our online versions cheaper.

My apologies; I had thought it was possible to redeem a booster pack code for online cards; I had read that somewhere and the misinformation stuck.

[jonts26]

You should assume that the expense will be much less; remember there is no physical material cost like there is for the physical game. 

Yes, but there are also costs associated with an online game that a physical one doesn't have. Web hosting, servers, etc. aren't super cheap. Granted, those costs should be significantly less than physical production and shipping.

[Donald X.]

But, like I said before, even if you and your partners in the new site were willing to consider such an idea, I have no idea how you would pull it off.

Well Valve is doing a game paid for entirely with hats, right? Who knows what the future holds.

You can play Dominion for free online as long as you find someone else who bought the expansions, and play with them. You can also just play with the main set, that's free. That was what we could manage. I think clearly being able to play Dominion both online and irl has value over only being able to play irl, and people will pay for that value. We aren't trying to bleed them. I mean, compare other forms of entertainment.

I can understand people wanting a digital copy of a book for free, because in the best-case scenario it really was free, it was in digital form when the author and editor handed it off, so there's just bandwidth and hosting to pay for. For Dominion you can want it for free on the grounds that someone happened to put in the effort for free to give it to you (not counting the fact that they started with the physical product). But any online thing we actually made, people were going to put in many hours on, doing it as a job, utterly unlike those digital books.

[engineer]

But any online thing we actually made, people were going to put in many hours on, doing it as a job, utterly unlike those digital books.

Oh, I totally agree with you there.  I'm not the type of guy to begrudge somebody who wants to get paid for his work.  I don't work for free!  And I don't think you're being unfair either.  (I mean, I don't know yet obviously, but from what you've described so far, it sounds like a very fair plan to me.)

I guess that the source of my malaise is that I bought Dominion for the same reason that some people bought albums when Napster was free: because I wanted to support the creators (i.e. you!).  I learned about the game online, and I primarily play online, but I wanted to be 'legit' -- and also try to get my friends into it, because I do prefer playing actual physical board games to playing on the computer.  (I'm one of the five guys out there who actually likes having to shuffle the cards.) I've had some very minor success with with my friends, but that's because the people that I like to hang out with don't like board games, and that's obviously my problem (sadly, my lot in life) and not yours.  Consequently, I rarely get to play games IRL with my shiny new dominion expansions.  Now I find myself in the ironic situation where I would have been better off waiting and buying the whole megillah online instead of IRL. 

But honestly, this isn't your fault, and I don't think you're doing anything wrong.  (And I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that! You seem like the confident type.)  Frankly, the fact that I have the chance to play free online anyway is more than I realistically expected.  I just asked my initial question because, hey, why not ask?

[Thisisnotasmile]

If you're not getting the use you'd like out of your physical Dominion sets, why not sell them off and use the money to pay for your digital Dominion sets? You might even have some beer money spare afterwards.

[Kuildeous]

I guess that the source of my malaise is that I bought Dominion for the same reason that some people bought albums when Napster was free: because I wanted to support the creators (i.e. you!).  I learned about the game online, and I primarily play online, but I wanted to be 'legit' -- and also try to get my friends into it, because I do prefer playing actual physical board games to playing on the computer.  (I'm one of the five guys out there who actually likes having to shuffle the cards.) I've had some very minor success with with my friends, but that's because the people that I like to hang out with don't like board games, and that's obviously my problem (sadly, my lot in life) and not yours.  Consequently, I rarely get to play games IRL with my shiny new dominion expansions.  Now I find myself in the ironic situation where I would have been better off waiting and buying the whole megillah online instead of IRL. 

I agree with TINAS. It's admirable that you helped support the company by buying their product. Now that you can help support the company with the online version, you can sell the physical copies to John Doe.

The net benefit is the same. John pays for a physical game while you pay for a virtual game. Either way, that one physical set put money in RGG's pocket. The difference is that you no longer have access to it in case a real-life game does pop up.

Although, I have a pretty high tolerance for owning physical games that aren't played. My copy of Kingdom Builder + expansion has been played exactly once. MySmallword: Underground also played only once. My Factory Manager has a handful of plays. But, if you don't have the same irrational attachment to pretties that I do, then you would probably do well to sell your sets. I'd offer to buy them, but you can already guess why I won't.

[werothegreat]

My core Dominion playtime will always be IRL - there's just something satisfying about physically handling the cards, and there's a lot more communication between players, especially if it's with friends.  Also, you can undo something if you accidentally "misclick."

That being said, I've recently moved, and I'm trying to build up a new group of friends in the area, and sometimes I just want to play a quick game online without getting all the cards out.  For that reason, I'm perfectly willing to re-purchase all the expansions in digital form, provided they're only a couple bucks.  For $30+, I expect a big box full of shtuff.

[engineer]

If you're not getting the use you'd like out of your physical Dominion sets, why not sell them off and use the money to pay for your digital Dominion sets? You might even have some beer money spare afterwards.

I agree with TINAS. It's admirable that you helped support the company by buying their product. Now that you can help support the company with the online version, you can sell the physical copies to John Doe.

The net benefit is the same. John pays for a physical game while you pay for a virtual game. Either way, that one physical set put money in RGG's pocket. The difference is that you no longer have access to it in case a real-life game does pop up.

Although, I have a pretty high tolerance for owning physical games that aren't played. My copy of Kingdom Builder + expansion has been played exactly once. MySmallword: Underground also played only once. My Factory Manager has a handful of plays. But, if you don't have the same irrational attachment to pretties that I do, then you would probably do well to sell your sets. I'd offer to buy them, but you can already guess why I won't.

I'm like you.  I'd rather keep my physical copy because (a) it's a pain to sell board games to random people online, what with shipping and such, and (b) I'm holding out hope that I will build a core group of people who like games such as Dominion.  Like werothegreat, I will greatly prefer it if I manage to make that happen some day, because I prefer IRL games with IRL friends to the online experience.