Rio Grande Games Dominion Base Cards Set - 250 Victory, Treasure & Curse Cards, Updated Graphics

I was uncertain whether this would be worth the money: sure, it's cheap, but it doesn't really let you do anything you couldn't before. In practice, I find it's surprisingly convenient. When we want to play with an expansion, now we just grab that expansion and the Base Cards, instead of lugging around the bulky base set box. The small size of the Base Cards box makes a huge difference. The new art is also a big draw. It's definitely an upgrade over the original; the potion is particularly beautiful. One drawback, though, is that it makes it harder to see (at a glance) the difference between card cost and value, both for victory and treasure. Take the Province: the original cards have a huge "6" on the front, but with the new cards, I've caught myself more than once counting them for 8 at game's end. We also had a new player try to buy a Gold for 3! These problems are minor (especially for experienced players), but they do pop up from time to time. Overall, the Base Card expansion is a surprisingly satisfying buy for Dominion lovers who have multiple expansions (we have all of them). That's the target demographic - if you're satisfied with just the Base Set and/or Intrigue, don't bother picking this up just for the new art.

If you have a bunch of Dominion like us and don't want to open Dominion or Intrigue every time you play these are super useful. Good quality and it means you can play an expansion game without having to open another box.

Every tired of copper, silver, and gold all appearing the same on the old stock cards? Not anymore! Custom nice artwork for each victory point card and treasure card! Estates look like actual estates now! Includes Colonies and Platinum for the Prosperity expansion and potions for the alchemy expansion. All are custom made and actually look like platinum, curses, and duchies, also a new trash card! Also the base cards allows you to double the number of players up to 8 if you combine your original 12 provinces with the base cards 12 provinces as you need 24 provinces for 8 players. Be warned 8 player games can last a lot longer than the original.

We really like Dominion, but the truth is, we prefer Ticket to Ride. Don't get me wrong, we do enjoy a game of Dominion but the majority of the extensions are either not appealing to us, or simply too expensive. The fact that Dominion is for only 4 players IS an obstacle... Enter the Base Cards, which provide 2 major improvements over Dominion. The Base Cards now allows you to play with up to 6 players with additional base cards: plenty of Copper (60), Silver (40) and Gold (30) as well as Estate (24), Duchy (12), Provinces (12) and curses cards(30). You even get 16 potions to increase the pile if you bought Alchemy. With 5 players, use 15 provinces/duchy and for 6 players, use 18 provinces. That's right, with this set, you have 6 extra cards so in theory, you could play with up to 8 players! You should however add 1 Kingdom card per player above 4 and ignore the "3 supply pile" rule. But each of these cards are completely redesigned with much nicer pictures so that they are more than just a big number, so I recommend that for 2-4 player games, you can just use the new cards. For me however, the biggest advantage to the game is the addition of 12 Colony (11g to buy, 10 victory points) and 12 Platinum coin (9g to buy and gives 5 gold). You can otherwise only get these 2 cards from the Prosperity expansion (for almost 3 times the cost of the base cards) and you can add them to ANY game of Dominion, not just those with Prosperity. I personally sleeve my cards but I managed to fit everything I might use in my Dominion box by putting the Platinum and the Colony in the randomizer cards spaces, and then, simply used an elastic to place the randomizer cards on top of the index column. I also placed the extra Gold, Silver, Etc... there. My base card box only has the extra curses (we don't like playing with the Witch) and Poitions (since we don't have alchemy). All and all, a great buy for a very low price.

I've been grabbing up every expansion as it comes out, so with both Dominion and Intrigue, I didn't really need more base cards. The lovely art on these cards, however, along with the reasonable price, convinced me to go ahead and upgrade, and I don't regret it at all. Beautiful new artwork for: Copper Silver Gold Platinum (Introduced in Prosperity) Potion (Introduced in Alchemy) Estate Duchy Province Colony (Introduced in Prosperity) Curse And a new Trash card to boot. The only issue was needing to acquire two packs in order to have enough for the 5-6 player variant introduced in Intrigue, but as that is a variant and not the core game, it's understandable. And again, the price was reasonable enough that I didn't mind. A great product for a great game.

If you're looking at these cards, beware that this is not a playable set of cards. This is a set of base cards that include treasure cards, curses and victory cards. This set is great is you want to buy an expansion pack instead of the original dominion game. The original dominion game comes with a set of these cards. The expansion sets do not include these cards, so you either need the original game or you need this pack. This pack of cards is also great if you own several expansion sets. This way you can bring this set of base cards with whatever expansion set you're going to be playing with and you don't need to bring the entire original set with you. It's also a nice set that includes platinum cards, colony cards and potion cards. The original set does not include these cards. So it adds some different elements to the game that you don't get with the original set of base cards. Very handy set and I recommend it if you have several sets of dominion games.

First of all, before I say anything about what I thought about the product, let me detail what the Dominion Base Cards set are. Victory Cards Estate : 24 Duchy : 12 Province: 12 Colony : 12 Curse : 30 Treasure Cards Copper : 60 Silver : 40 Gold : 30 Platinum: 12 Potion : 16 Trash : 1 Empty : 1 All together this adds up to 250 cards, which is packed in three piles laid out horizontal in the box face up. In these piles are the Base set of cards Dominion is required for play, but this time they have brand new artwork. That's right, now it is clearly visible what is a Copper and what is a Gold from all the way across the table with just a quick bat of the eye. The main selling point for the Dominion Base Cards Set (DBCS as we'll call it here on out) is the recognition feature, which is easily achieved with the Treasures, the mild exception being Potion. The reason for this is that Potion's artwork doesn't really "pop out" and it's kind of hard to see just what the picture is. However, when you're playing with Potions, this messy blend of color will stand out from the other treasures and your eyes will pick up on it quickly. The Victory Cards do not stand out as well, but I have just only recently started to get acquainted with them. So far I seem to mix Estate with Duchy rather easily when sorting through my piles, but my eyes are slowly and surely trying to find key features that distinguish them. Curse doesn't have this problem, it's the most outspoken card with absolutely fitting portrait of a crow over a dark night sky. When all's said and done, this set may not be for new players. I know, the cards shine much brighter than their originals, but I believe that it's important to play with the originals before diving into these new ones. This is because the DBCS does not provide an easy way to see the value of your card like the originals do in big bold text in the middle. Sure, you couldn't always tell what its name was, but you knew the value and that was worth all your attention. So really, the DBCS is a graduation for those familiar with the card names and values for a good while so they can now associate a new bright picture with a familiar term they know the meaning of. Finally, there is the issue of packaging, Really, only three slots to put these cards is a gripe, but I'm sure it saved Rio Grande Games packaging costs. Actually, when it comes down to it, the packaging doesn't really matter when it comes to game preparation, because I usually just take all of the cards and set them out. Save for Platinum or Potion, which I'll set to the side half of the time. It's still a continuity issue for me, seeing as everything else Dominion based has a neat packaging and labeling system, which has been completely forgone for a sloppy yet portable container. So should you buy this? Yes, not just for (mostly, but still improved) easy to see cards, but to open up new opportunities for multiple Dominion games at the same time. I bought 2 of them, and actually considering buying one to accompany each expansion so if my Seaside or Hinterlands gets borrowed, they'll also have base cards to use. Do your eyes a favor and buy this, then train the noobies in a couple of games with the original cards and have them graduate to these. You won't regret it.

I already had enough to play with 5-6 players but now I can play with more! Love it! Came with an extra trash pile and other cool cards. Def elevates the game.

We received an expansion as a Christmas gift. This was exactly what we needed to provide the basics (money, victory points, etc) to allow us to play this brilliant game that is easy to learn and great fun for casual board gamers and hard core board gamers.

No es un producto muy complejo, cumple al 100 la espectativa

great artwork,more choices,a must for the dedicated players of Dominion player,saves wear on your stand alone sets,dominiom and Intrigue, good delivery exp' too

Pour égayer les parties de ce magnifique jeu qu'est Dominion! Cet ensemble de cartes de base ne suffit cependant pas à jouer, si l'on n'a pas déjà une autre boîte Dominion.

Questo set include solo quelle carte base (tesori, punti vittoria e maledizioni) di Dominion (con nuova grafica ed in inglese, ma di scritto c'è solo il nome) che si trovano nei due set base di Dominion Nasce un Regno e Intrigo (proprio quelle che servono per poter giocare ad un'espansione), oltre alle carte base delle espansioni (Colonia e Platino di Prosperità e le Pozioni di Alchimia). Pertanto con questo set minimale, non c'è bisogno di avere Nasce un Regno oppure Intrigo per poter giocare ad una qualsiasi espansione di Dominion. Da notare però che questo set fornisce esattamente lo stesso numero di carte base di ognuno dei due set base. Chi ha Intrigo, sa che con i due set base assieme si può giocare anche in 5 o 6 giocatori (proprio perché con due set base si hanno la carte base per 4 giocatori duplicate). La stessa cosa avviene se si ha questo set di carte base e uno tra Nasce un Regno o Intrigo. N.B.: per chi non ha Intrigo (nelle cui regole sono spiegate le partite con più di 4 giocatori) ed è interessato alle partite in 5-6 giocatori (perché ha Nasce un Regno e questo set Base Cards) sappiate che basta usare: 5 giocatori: 15 Province, 40 maledizioni 6 giocatori: 18 Province, 50 maledizioni Inoltre il gioco finisce quando termina il mazzetto delle Province oppure 4 mazzetti qualsiasi (invece che 3).