Welcome to my World!: Dominion Seaside Review

Dominion Seaside is an expansion to both Dominion and Dominion Intrigue. As such, it does not contain material for a complete game. Specifically, it does not include the basic Treasure, Victory, Curse or Trash cards. Thus, you will need either the base game or Intrigue to play with this expansion, and you will need to have experience playing Dominion with either of the first two games. It is designed to work with either or both of these sets, and any future expansions that may be published. All you ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. And someone who knows how to steer ships using stars. You finally got some of those rivers you'd wanted, and they led to the sea.

These are dangerous, pirate-infested waters, and you cautiously send rat-infested ships across them, to establish lucrative trade at far-off merchant-infested ports. First, you will take over some islands, as a foothold. The natives seem friendly enough, crying their peace cries, and giving you spears and poison darts before you are even close enough to accept them properly. When you finally reach those ports you will conquer them, and from there you will look for more rivers. One day, all the rivers will be yours.

This is the 2nd addition to Dominion. It adds 26 New Kingdom cards to Dominion. Its central theme is your next turn; there are cards that do something this turn and next, cards that set up your next turn, and other ways to step outside of the bounds of a normal turn. Dominion Seaside is an expansion to both Dominion and Dominion Intrigue. As such, it does not contain material for a complete game. Specifically, it does not include the Treasure, Victory, Curse or Trash cards. Thus, you will need either the base game or Intrigue to play with this expansion and have experience playing Dominion with either of the first two games. It is designed to work with either or both of these sets, and any future expansions that may be published.

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Nautical expansion to the popular Medieval card game Dominion
For 2-4 players
Takes about 30 minutes to play
This is an expansion - you need Dominion or Dominion Intrigue in order to use it
Medieval Nautical theme

Seaside is an EXCELLENT expansion

We bought the Seaside expansion pack to use in conjunction with the original Dominion and Dominion Intrigue and have absolutely no regrets. Seaside offers a variety of new and very original cards to use, many of which "continue" to your next turn. This expansion also adds "metal coins" to be used with the Pirate Ship card, and metal chips to use with the Embargo card, so beware, if you have small kids, this new expansion does have small parts along with the usual multiple cards.

The strategies change significantly with Seaside, as there are numerous cards that allow you to take extra actions, use more coins, and/or draw extra cards on not only the turn they are played, but also the subsequent turn. There are also cards that allow you to "store" coins and/or action cards to be used later in the game. There are also a few attack cards, so the Curse cards are also used in Seaside. There is only one card that I don't like: the Lookout card, which requires you to draw three cards and then you are mandated to trash one. This could be tragic if you happen to draw three Provinces, or something along that line. I refuse to ever buy a Lookout. In fact, my wife and I won't even use it in our games.

Take note that this is an expansion pack and requires the original Dominion or Intrigue, as there are no money or point cards included with it. The action cards in Seaside can be used separately or in conjunction with Dominion and/or Intrigue. We usually combine all three games and use action cards from all of them. It assures that every game is different and totally new strategies are needed each time you play.

I highly recommend Seaside if you are a fan of the first two Dominion games. The new version adds a number of new strategies and ways to not only accumulate points faster, but also to attack opponents, if that is your bag. My wife and I play this game daily, several times usually, and never tire of it. It's the best game I'm ever owned, without a doubt.

One thing I definitely recommend is to get card protectors (sleeves)for the cards, as with the constant shuffling that the game requires can and will wear out your cards quickly. They are relatively cheap--a couple bucks for a pack of 100. Bear in mind, you'll need several hundred sleeves for each game, though. However, it's a worth while investment.

If you are a Dominion lover, by ALL means, buy this expansion pack. You will not regret it.

Welcome to my World!

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Dominion Seaside Review

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