Rio Grande Games Dominion Prosperity

We love the Prosperity expansion. We started with the basic Dominion, then added Intrigue, and now Prosperity. The new cards are great and add a lot of fun. We especially like the new Colony and Platinum cards. Unlike some other reviewers, we frequently play with 5-6 players, so we needed the additional base cards that came with the Intrigue set. As long as the players are experienced, game play isnt significantly impacted by having 5-6 players. Highly recommend the Prosperity expansion.

NOTE: Be aware that Prosperity is only an expansion, and you want to start with either just Dominion or Dominion: Intrigue. Dominion: Prosperity does not include all of the cards that you need to play the game. This set is oriented towards cards that overpower the Dominion game. These cards are expensive and they have very powerful effects. In line with this, Prosperity includes new Victory (Colony: 10 points) and Treasure (Platinum: 9 coin) cards that add a new tier of purchases to the game, making it somewhat longer (by about 15-30 minutes) than your traditional Dominion game. Whether or not you choose to include this added tier depends on how powerful (and how many) Prosperity cards are used in the game. I personally feel a sense of unrestrained euphoria in the first couple of games when we add in some Prosperity cards. Where you might feel restricted in games where Prosperity cards arent used, the insane power of some of these cards can make the game feel unhinged and a bit crazy. That can be a lot of fun, but after a few rounds it can kind of feel like eating too much cake. In short, Prosperity can add a bit of fun to the game, but its important to keep things interesting and varied with other sets. Theres also an additional mechanic of victory point chips and mats that are completely independent of the regular victory point cards. These can get especially crazy, as the sky is the limit for how many points can be collected this way. The wary player always keeps track of how many points their opponents have on mats, because its easy to end the game too early. Cards like the Bishop, which trash your deck and turn it into victory point chips, can lead to surprising and interesting new strategies for play. This mechanic alone is worth purchasing Prosperity.

Really fun for for big money and engine players. Good addition to your Dominion set.

Love this expansion and seems to have a lot of replay value.

Seems a little daunting when you first get it but it is quiet easy to play. I love how organized the cards are, make for quick setup. My husband and I are addicted and are now ordering expansions. You wont regret this purchase!

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Fun expansion!

This set has some extremely over-powered cards which makes it a bit unplayable in combination with other sets, but by its self, its a great game.

Dominion is a card game, so for durability I put 1 star. Cards are always easy to damage. These cards are no exception and after the first week from all the shuffling the game requires, they already have that used feel, instead of the smoothness new cards have. I purchased the game for my daughters 26th birthday. Its all she wants to do now and I have purchased an expansion pack for Christmas. This is a THINKING game of strategy. If you dont like to think and dont enjoy strategy games with some complexity, this is not for you. If you enjoy strategy games, you gotta get this one! The possible twists and turns of the game and the random possibilities for setting up each game make every game different, thus requiring changes in strategy based on the cards chosen to play with. We love it!

Prosperity is a great expansion to the Dominion franchise. Bigger money values, bigger victory point cards and new strategies for game play. I think this is the best expansion since Intrigue. Game play is quite enjoyable and keeps a great balance of speedy game play vs new rules. The only thing to keep in mind is this expansion requires one of the base games. Value wise its clear that Rio Grande is cashing in on the popularity of the franchise. It has less cards than a one of the base games, however it costs as much. Youll need one of these base games to play: