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Dominion is awesome!
Posted by on August 8, 2012
I played my first two games of Dominion last night, and already plan on picking it up. It’s a fantastic game so far – looks like it has a lot of depth to it, and a number of expansions. I see now why I’ve been hearing about it for quite some time.
it is a grand old game indeed. I should know, I have the basic set and four of the expansions. By the way, it’s a little bit addictive…
I’ve noticed that already – I found a version for my tablet. It’s a different game every time.
Holy crap, don’t tell me that! I’ve managed to resist buying the last expansion!
I liked it quite a bit BEFORE I played it with people who were really good. When you have min-maxers who know the game well, though, and every single person’s turn takes 6-7 minutes straight because s/he can go through his/her WHOLE stack of cards on every single turn…well, it’s not so fun. The last time I played, the game took four hours. Now I feel kind of queasy when someone pulls it out.
That does sound rough. Past a certain point, game mastery like that does cease to be fun, unfortunately, particularly when everybody isn’t at the same level of knowledge and interest. I can’t imagine that happening with the people I normally play board games with, though. Sorry you lost the fun in the game.
I just played it with one other person; he had played with a small group before. We played the Intrigue set with two of the configurations that are recommended for starting players. The longest turns we had were me playing a bunch of pawns and trying to figure out what I wanted – Pawns are the ones that let you choose any two of +1 card, +1 action, +1 coin, or +1 buy.
I have to admit it was my fault. I was playing with those people who are semi-famous on BGG because they have the set that they’ve put onto poker chips. It’s an INCREDIBLE set, and the poker chips are a great idea. I just should have known better than to jump in with people so dedicated.
ANY game has to be right for the group you’re in! Glad you’re having fun with it, though. I hope it catches on with your regular group.