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[Geronimoo]

Dominion is innovative, simple, deep, varied and short. These are all features I love in a game. What I also like is the small luck element which makes it a lot harder for people to figure out optimal strategies... unless they write a simulator to find a few of these optimal strategies
Isotropic, the Dominionstrategy blog, the forum community and the tournaments (Isodom,...) are another huge factor that plays here. Being able to play a competitive game at any time of the day and then getting instant feedback from the forum are awesome.
And finally, it's a game where I can actually claim to have been the best in the world for a short time (my mother was soooo proud when I reached the top spot on the leaderboard!!  )

[Kirian]

Enjoy?  What sort of crazy person enjoys Dominion?

:p

[ksf_]

It has most of the elements I enjoyed in MTG (granted that was around 18 years ago) at substantially lower Capex and wider playability (my wife will even occasionally indulge, although she prefers Ticket to Ride.)

[ehunt]

Actually I don't remember why I enjoy Dominion anymore, I'm just addicted.

[popsofctown]

ehunt you make me sad

[theory]

I posted my review.  Thanks to all of you for your input. 

[cherdano]

Great article, wonderfully written as always.

[Captain_Frisk]

+1 for writing a decent article.

However - i'm not going to click +1 because....

-1 for not linking to it:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/809066/voice-of-experience-dominion-4000-plays-later

[WanderingWinder]

+1 for writing a decent article.

However - i'm not going to click +1 because....

-1 for not linking to it:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/809066/voice-of-experience-dominion-4000-plays-later

Why link BGG when you can link DS (and I assumed he didn't link because it was on the main blog)?
http://dominionstrategy.com/2012/05/29/dominionreview/

[Mister Alex]

Enjoy?  What sort of crazy person enjoys Dominion?

:p

To paraphrase Rorschach, "we do it because we are compelled."

[popsofctown]

mmm, I disliked that diplomacy and interaction were treated like the same thing.  Perhaps that's semantics though.  Though Dominion has far more interaction than players initially realize, it could have more interaction without any diplomacy, for instance, a greater emphasis on attacks and reactions. 

Interaction is just a potential source of fun factor though, and you're correct that it is not a standalone criticism, it's an "accusation in search of a flaw".  I enjoy interacting in Street Fighter, and if Street Fighter had no interaction I wouldn't like it at all.  However, if my favorite single player game were playable online in a simple, interaction free "race to beat the level" mode, I would enjoy that more than Street Fighter altogether because I really like the single player mechanics, many of which are impossible to adapt to an interactive multiplayer.

[Captain_Frisk]

+1 for writing a decent article.

However - i'm not going to click +1 because....

-1 for not linking to it:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/809066/voice-of-experience-dominion-4000-plays-later

Why link BGG when you can link DS (and I assumed he didn't link because it was on the main blog)?
http://dominionstrategy.com/2012/05/29/dominionreview/

Fair enough!  I've given up even checking the main blog!

[Dsell]

I posted my review.  Thanks to all of you for your input.

+1 for mentioning Cosmic Encounter. 

[ARTjoMS]

I love sports.

Chess is like a marathon, you have to be good at one particular thing, but very very good.

Bridge is more like pentathlon. Reasoning is clear.

Dominion is more like a mixture of 100 metres and playing rock, scissors, paper.

I play dominion as a substitute for bridge. Interesting enough i'm not the only one - there are quite a lot of other good bridge players around.

[Dsell]

I love sports.

Chess is like a marathon, you have to be good at one particular thing, but very very good.

Bridge is more like pentathlon. Reasoning is clear.

Dominion is more like a mixture of 100 metres and playing rock, scissors, paper.

I play dominion as a substitute for bridge. Interesting enough i'm not the only one - there are quite a lot of other good bridge players around.

Interesting! I used to run track and I was a pretty decent sprinter. The 100 and hurdles were my favorite events. I also ran cross country but I'm terrible at any distance event. Similarly, I really love Dominion but have never enjoyed chess much (in addition to being intimidated by it).

[mnavratil]

Interesting! I used to run track and I was a pretty decent sprinter. The 100 and hurdles were my favorite events. I also ran cross country but I'm terrible at any distance event. Similarly, I really love Dominion but have never enjoyed chess much (in addition to being intimidated by it).

You saying you are intimidated by chess reminded me of this SCTV sketch:


Some of the end game tips might even come in handy the next time you play Dominion IRL!

[werothegreat]

Interesting! I used to run track and I was a pretty decent sprinter. The 100 and hurdles were my favorite events. I also ran cross country but I'm terrible at any distance event. Similarly, I really love Dominion but have never enjoyed chess much (in addition to being intimidated by it).

You saying you are intimidated by chess reminded me of this SCTV sketch:


Some of the end game tips might even come in handy the next time you play Dominion IRL!

Now I want to play chess like that.

[eHalcyon]

Interesting! I used to run track and I was a pretty decent sprinter. The 100 and hurdles were my favorite events. I also ran cross country but I'm terrible at any distance event. Similarly, I really love Dominion but have never enjoyed chess much (in addition to being intimidated by it).

You saying you are intimidated by chess reminded me of this SCTV sketch:


Some of the end game tips might even come in handy the next time you play Dominion IRL!

Now I want to play chess like that.

Maybe try Tempest Chess.  Basically it is chess without turns.  Instead, each piece has a "cooldown" where it can't move again after it has been moved.  Players play simultaneously in real time.

[theory]

FYI, I won a silver prize for the review.  Every single one of the prize-winning reviews was beautifully written, so I highly recommend giving them a read.  The two grand prize winners (Arkham Horror v Pandemic, Here I Stand) in particular were totally deserving of their prize (I picked them as my favorite reviews too).

[Morgrim7]

FYI, I won a silver prize for the review.  Every single one of the prize-winning reviews was beautifully written, so I highly recommend giving them a read.  The two grand prize winners (Arkham Horror v Pandemic, Here I Stand) in particular were totally deserving of their prize (I picked them as my favorite reviews too).

Congrats!

[Qvist]

FYI, I won a silver prize for the review.  Every single one of the prize-winning reviews was beautifully written, so I highly recommend giving them a read.  The two grand prize winners (Arkham Horror v Pandemic, Here I Stand) in particular were totally deserving of their prize (I picked them as my favorite reviews too).

Congrats from me too. Excellent article I enjoyed reading.