Rio Grande Games Dominion Adventures Game Gold

brilliant expansion

This is a fantastic addition to the game. The cards are well-designed and the new event system - a modular design that provides additional advantages to purchase - makes additional buys more useful and provides a card-like advantage without adding cards, helping to keep your deck thin.

My wife and I love to play Dominion. We have grown to love all the expansions. We first got into dominion because of the ease to pick up and play. It was easy to teach friends when they came over and it has that addictive component that brings you back. Adventures does what almost all the expansions do. They add more to the game and as you advance in the game it keeps you on your toes. The cards can be confusing but just like all other expansions it just comes down to following the cards word for word. Adventures does a nice job at blending some things players have liked in the past but also adding the new touches. I am not going into details because other reviews seem to do that well enough. I would suggest if you are looking to start Dominion or if you are new to Dominion and wanted to get more involved, this one might be a later one to pick up, only because of the complexity and learning curve. The others slowly introduce some of the cards in this game so it might be helpful and less confusing if you slowly introduce them as you go along. I do like this expansion and I cannot wait to dive into it more.

We own all of the Dominion expansions and play regularly. The Adventures expansion is one of my favorite, including Seaside and Prosperity. This box introduces 2 new gameplay elements: some kingdom decks can be upgraded as you play it (each time you play it, you exchange your card for the next one in the progression), and theres some duration-like cards that can be moved off the mat with specific actions, instead of simply being pulled off the mat on the next turn. Both of these changes really enhance gameplay. The set is creative and fun. I would highly recommend this addition to your Dominion collection!

This is not the expansion to get for beginners. If you are new to Dominion and would like an introduction I strongly recommend getting Dominion in the following order:

There are some great cards that radically change the game here. Dont make this your first expansion, but a great addition to a large Dominion collection.

Excellent. This is a large expansion that makes major and fun changes to gameplay. It feels like the most revolutionary expansion yet. Plus the artwork is great and the box makes a nice storage unit. My only complaint is that the Event cards have light blue backs instead of dark blue, which makes shuffling them in with the dark blue kingdom cards for a randomized game, as the manual suggests doing, a little awkward.

Great addition to an already great game... Only problem is I stink at the game.

This, along with Renaissance, are my two favorite dominion expansions(and I own all of them). A big part of why I personally love this set so much is the wide variety of interesting mechanics, but I can see why that might make it less appealing to others, who maybe find everything a bit too much to take in. I personally had no problems learning it, but I gave it four stars, because my love of such things makes it much easier for me to learn, than the average person, who doesnt necessarily *want* to immediately be an expert in the set.

meh