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[Tuyolqx]

Hi all,

I was wondering what your guys favorite kingdom is to play with? I was also wondering what expansions you like to mix with together? If you could please let me know that would be terrific!

Tuyolqx

[michaeljb]

Mix in ALL THE EXPANSIONS!

Playing IRL I'll sometimes use a Recommended Set from the rulebooks, but those only combine two expansions. I had a lot of fun* with the Dark Ages/Cornucopia set Dark Carnival: Band of Misfits, Cultist, Fortress, Hermit, Junk Dealer, Knights / Fairgrounds, Hamlet, Horn of Plenty, Menagerie

*warning: this lead to a very long four player game. One of my sisters had only played Dominion a couple times, and my other sister and my mother also took a while deciding what strategy to pursue, so it wasn't a terribly fast-paced set.

[Warrior]

Well I love Goons engines. I also enjoy when the strongest engine to build consists of 4- cost cards. I mix all expansions in IRL. As for my favorite expansions, definitely:

1) Dark Ages
2) Prosperity
3) Seaside
4) Hinterlands
5) Cornucopia
6) Alchemy
7) Base
8 ) Intrigue

P.S. Welcome to the forums, Tuyolqx! I would consider writing an introduction in the "Introductions" thread.
P.S.S. I have played Tuyolqx IRL multiple times, and he is probably ~ level 25. He just joined the forums and Iso.

warrior297

[Warrior]

I had a lot of fun* with the Dark Ages/Cornucopia set Dark Carnival: Band of Misfits, Cultist, Fortress, Hermit, Junk Dealer, Knights / Fairgrounds, Hamlet, Horn of Plenty, Menagerie

*warning: this lead to a very long four player game. One of my sisters had only played Dominion a couple times, and my other sister and my mother also took a while deciding what strategy to pursue, so it wasn't a terribly fast-paced set.

What strategy did you find to be the most dominant on this board?

warrior297

[Tuyolqx]

Mix in ALL THE EXPANSIONS!

Playing IRL I'll sometimes use a Recommended Set from the rulebooks, but those only combine two expansions. I had a lot of fun* with the Dark Ages/Cornucopia set Dark Carnival: Band of Misfits, Cultist, Fortress, Hermit, Junk Dealer, Knights / Fairgrounds, Hamlet, Horn of Plenty, Menagerie

*warning: this lead to a very long four player game. One of my sisters had only played Dominion a couple times, and my other sister and my mother also took a while deciding what strategy to pursue, so it wasn't a terribly fast-paced set.

Thank you that sounds like a lot of fun, the longest IRL dominion game I've played was probably 2 hours!

Tuyolqx

[michaeljb]

Yeah I think that game was approaching 2 hours.

I was the only one who went for Cultists (my family has this weird aversion to Attack cards; they don't like getting hurt by them, but they also don't seem to want buy any for themselves). I think after I had 3 Cultists my next $5 buy was HoP, I ended up with 2 Junk Dealers, Sir Michael, a Fortress, all supporting a nice Hamlet/Menagerie engine. My grand finale was a HoP-->Province mega turn.
With more experienced players, the Ruins would definitely be more evenly distributed, so I'm not sure I could just try the exact same thing and still win big.

[Warrior]

Yeah I think that game was approaching 2 hours.

I was the only one who went for Cultists (my family has this weird aversion to Attack cards; they don't like getting hurt by them, but they also don't seem to want buy any for themselves). I think after I had 3 Cultists my next $5 buy was HoP, I ended up with 2 Junk Dealers, Sir Michael, a Fortress, all supporting a nice Hamlet/Menagerie engine. My grand finale was a HoP-->Province mega turn.
With more experienced players, the Ruins would definitely be more evenly distributed, so I'm not sure I could just try the exact same thing and still win big.

Cool! I find the same thing with attack cards when playing with my family.

warrior297

[werothegreat]

Each of the expansions has cards I love to play with, so mix 'em in it is.

[sudgy]

I always mix them together.  I don't have them all yet, but I'm getting there!  As for kingdoms, any that promote interesting strategies would be what I like.  I like engines, so I like those, but I also like strange strategies that work.  Like when my brother built a bizarre bazaar engine (granted, he had several duration cards that were drawing him things).