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[Donald X.]

I would read a book by Donald X., and I would be more excited for it if I knew that it wasn't Dominion themed. My stupid fanfiction aside, Dominion doesn't have a coherent story or a fleshed-out world behind it. A Dominion novel would just be a story set in a generic medieval fantasy world with a few Dominion references thrown in.

Thanks; I haven't managed a book, but have some very short stories and then 3.8 screenplays. The Hinterlands blurb paraphrases a joke in my Airplane!-style comedy. "It's a big city out there, and we're little people..."

[schadd]

Which other game captures the essence of Dominion best without being a total ripoff?

I.e.: you can actually admire what someone did with the deckbuilding idea.

Those are not the same question.

I haven't played any Dominion-based games except my own. In interviews I always cite Eminent Domain and A Few Acres of Snow as examples of how you can be inspired by Dominion without just cloning it, but I haven't actually played those games.

Eminent Domain is 7--10% Dominion and 90--93% Race for the Galaxy.

Fixed that for you...

It's more Dominion than people think.

that seems like a thing that you would say

[A Drowned Kernel]

I would read a book by Donald X., and I would be more excited for it if I knew that it wasn't Dominion themed. My stupid fanfiction aside, Dominion doesn't have a coherent story or a fleshed-out world behind it. A Dominion novel would just be a story set in a generic medieval fantasy world with a few Dominion references thrown in.

Thanks; I haven't managed a book, but have some very short stories and then 3.8 screenplays. The Hinterlands blurb paraphrases a joke in my Airplane!-style comedy. "It's a big city out there, and we're little people..."

Are any of your short stories published?

[Donald X.]

Are any of your short stories published?

No, board game blurbs are all I have to my name, writing-wise. I've considered posting a story or excerpt from the funny screenplay, but who knows, maybe I will try to get some of that stuff published/filmed someday, and then too there's the lack of a connection, I mean people selected for "likes Dominion" are not selected for "likes my writing."

[Watno]

Which other game captures the essence of Dominion best without being a total ripoff?

I.e.: you can actually admire what someone did with the deckbuilding idea.

Those are not the same question.

I haven't played any Dominion-based games except my own. In interviews I always cite Eminent Domain and A Few Acres of Snow as examples of how you can be inspired by Dominion without just cloning it, but I haven't actually played those games.

Eminent Domain is 10% Dominion and 90% Race for the Galaxy.

Nah, it's more like 70% Dominion/30% Race.

I think the strongest Influence on Eminent Domain is Glory to Rome by far.

[werothegreat]

You're in a plane that's crashing near a desert island, and you only have time to grab one Dominion set before leaping out with your parachute.  Which one do you bring?  Assume you keep a spare box of Basic cards in your pocket at all times.  Also assume that stopping to grab a box will not in any way endanger anyone else, or result in some indirect way in you all starving to death.

[Kirian]

Which other game captures the essence of Dominion best without being a total ripoff?

I.e.: you can actually admire what someone did with the deckbuilding idea.

Those are not the same question.

I haven't played any Dominion-based games except my own. In interviews I always cite Eminent Domain and A Few Acres of Snow as examples of how you can be inspired by Dominion without just cloning it, but I haven't actually played those games.

Eminent Domain is 10% Dominion and 90% Race for the Galaxy.

Nah, it's more like 70% Dominion/30% Race.

I think the strongest Influence on Eminent Domain is Glory to Rome by far.

I shall have to try GTR then.

[Donald X.]

You're in a plane that's crashing near a desert island, and you only have time to grab one Dominion set before leaping out with your parachute.  Which one do you bring?  Assume you keep a spare box of Basic cards in your pocket at all times.  Also assume that stopping to grab a box will not in any way endanger anyone else, or result in some indirect way in you all starving to death.

Oh man, who leaked that there was an upcoming expansion with edible cards?

In a desert island scenario I would just be concerned about survival. If I survive I will find ways to play games. So the question then is, which is worth more towards surviving: more cards, or metal tokens? I bet the tokens are not actually that useful, but then cards are unlikely to be useful either. The tokens at least give me something different that might be useful, so okay, whichever set has more metal tokens. Without checking, I don't know if that's Seaside or Prosperity (my experience is with the prototypes, and I just have a box of tokens for use with many games).

My favorite sets are Dark Ages and Adventures. It's hard to compare them fairly because Adventures is newer and there's that gulf in time between them.

If I am just playing one set by itself with Base Cards, then Adventures has fewer kingdom cards but more variety, due to Events, so that gives it the edge.

[Titandrake]

You're in a plane that's crashing near a desert island, and you only have time to grab one Dominion set before leaping out with your parachute.  Which one do you bring?  Assume you keep a spare box of Basic cards in your pocket at all times.  Also assume that stopping to grab a box will not in any way endanger anyone else, or result in some indirect way in you all starving to death.

In a desert island scenario I would just be concerned about survival. If I survive I will find ways to play games. So the question then is, which is worth more towards surviving: more cards, or metal tokens? I bet the tokens are not actually that useful, but then cards are unlikely to be useful either. The tokens at least give me something different that might be useful, so okay, whichever set has more metal tokens. Without checking, I don't know if that's Seaside or Prosperity (my experience is with the prototypes, and I just have a box of tokens for use with many games).

I'm just imagining you thinking, "I want to say Empires but it isn't announced yet."

[werothegreat]

You're in a plane that's crashing near a desert island, and you only have time to grab one Dominion set before leaping out with your parachute.  Which one do you bring?  Assume you keep a spare box of Basic cards in your pocket at all times.  Also assume that stopping to grab a box will not in any way endanger anyone else, or result in some indirect way in you all starving to death.

In a desert island scenario I would just be concerned about survival. If I survive I will find ways to play games. So the question then is, which is worth more towards surviving: more cards, or metal tokens? I bet the tokens are not actually that useful, but then cards are unlikely to be useful either. The tokens at least give me something different that might be useful, so okay, whichever set has more metal tokens. Without checking, I don't know if that's Seaside or Prosperity (my experience is with the prototypes, and I just have a box of tokens for use with many games).

I'm just imagining you thinking, "I want to say Empires but it isn't announced yet."

But Adventures does have more cards.  With 300 cards, Empires will probably have the normal 25/26 Kingdom cards.

[Titandrake]

You're in a plane that's crashing near a desert island, and you only have time to grab one Dominion set before leaping out with your parachute.  Which one do you bring?  Assume you keep a spare box of Basic cards in your pocket at all times.  Also assume that stopping to grab a box will not in any way endanger anyone else, or result in some indirect way in you all starving to death.

In a desert island scenario I would just be concerned about survival. If I survive I will find ways to play games. So the question then is, which is worth more towards surviving: more cards, or metal tokens? I bet the tokens are not actually that useful, but then cards are unlikely to be useful either. The tokens at least give me something different that might be useful, so okay, whichever set has more metal tokens. Without checking, I don't know if that's Seaside or Prosperity (my experience is with the prototypes, and I just have a box of tokens for use with many games).

I'm just imagining you thinking, "I want to say Empires but it isn't announced yet."

But Adventures does have more cards.  With 300 cards, Empires will probably have the normal 25/26 Kingdom cards.

Sure, but Empires has more metal tokens.

[werothegreat]

You're in a plane that's crashing near a desert island, and you only have time to grab one Dominion set before leaping out with your parachute.  Which one do you bring?  Assume you keep a spare box of Basic cards in your pocket at all times.  Also assume that stopping to grab a box will not in any way endanger anyone else, or result in some indirect way in you all starving to death.

In a desert island scenario I would just be concerned about survival. If I survive I will find ways to play games. So the question then is, which is worth more towards surviving: more cards, or metal tokens? I bet the tokens are not actually that useful, but then cards are unlikely to be useful either. The tokens at least give me something different that might be useful, so okay, whichever set has more metal tokens. Without checking, I don't know if that's Seaside or Prosperity (my experience is with the prototypes, and I just have a box of tokens for use with many games).

I'm just imagining you thinking, "I want to say Empires but it isn't announced yet."

But Adventures does have more cards.  With 300 cards, Empires will probably have the normal 25/26 Kingdom cards.

Sure, but Empires has more metal tokens.

I'm sure he could fashion a crude slingshot and use the tokens as ammo.

[Asper]

Did... did you guys just spoil a new set?

Not that i'm surprised. I'm just wondering: Will a new set finally introduce meeples, player powers, ressources and a catapult to shoot stuff at the supply?

[LastFootnote]

Did... did you guys just spoil a new set?

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/192951/dominion-empires

[A Drowned Kernel]

Now that the new set is announced, how many times in do you think you're going to have to put up with people asking you to spoil it in this thread?

[Donald X.]

Now that the new set is announced, how many times in do you think you're going to have to put up with people asking you to spoil it in this thread?

This is you asking me to spoil it, isn't it. Oh man. Et tu, ADK?

[A Drowned Kernel]

Naw I've seen it.

[Donald X.]

Naw I've seen it.

Ah, so you're that "ADK" guy Voltaire always mentions.

[markusin]

Did... did you guys just spoil a new set?

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/192951/dominion-empires

...Uwaaaaaaahhhhh! B-but I've barely played Adventures yet!

Oh, I remember looking up the word for a medieval food taster a while back. I found "Assayer", probably derived from the French word "essayer" (to try).

[enfynet]

Who helped you playtest Empires? Have you been working on this since Adventures released?

[Donald X.]

Who helped you playtest Empires? Have you been working on this since Adventures released?

There was some time in-between Adventures ending and Empires starting.

It's a lot of the same people as last time. A couple people dropped out and a couple were added. Including Voltaire, I forgot that he was new.

[drsteelhammer]

Will the playtesters be allowed to preview cards against like last time?

[Donald X.]

Will the playtesters be allowed to preview cards against like last time?

My plan is to have 5 other people preview a card each, like last time. Last time they were not all playtesters and I don't know about this time yet.

[werothegreat]

Is it mostly done, just waiting on art and tinkering with the rulebook?  Or are you still hardcore testing cards?

[Donald X.]

Is it mostly done, just waiting on art and tinkering with the rulebook?  Or are you still hardcore testing cards?

It's done from my end except for proofreading cards once the layout is done. I've done some of that but not all of it. And I haven't written the previews yet.