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(More customer reviews)I just finished playing this tonight with a friend and our kids. We're pretty quick and vicious players of Dominion. If you've never played Dominion or don't have the base game, skip this review and go directly to Dominion or Dominion Intrigue, read all the rave reviews and buy one (or both) of those. Then later, come back here for this and other rave reviews and buy THIS game. :-)
Quick note on strategy this addition to the Dominion family: The cards in this set lead to wealth dominance (as opposed to attack cards or more subtle manipulations). But then, that figures from the title. I found myself twice amazed to pick up a hand with nothing but 5 treasure cards with enough points to buy an 11 point card with change left over... and no second buy! We played the first suggested set of cards with 5 players and, despite having all new cards and a large group, we finished in about an hour. (Those experienced players of Dominion know a certain frustration in waiting on new players as they absorb the significance of each card.)
As with my review of the original Dominion game, I give this high marks for educational value, not for knowledge gained which is the usual measure of educational games, but rather for its value in learning and exercising critical thinking skills. Every time you play a game of Dominion, you're forced to examine the interaction between cards and invent new winning strategies on the fly. On my first time to play using "Dominion Prosperity," I realized about half way through that I was using entirely the wrong approach to a play strategy. I shifted gears and wound up tying for first with a whopping 66 VPs.
At this point, I'm done with my 5-star review of the game. But now to the negative bit: the price. I have Amazon Prime and thus I buy a lot of things via Amazon that I would typically get from a brick-and-mortar store simply because Amazon gives me both great prices and -- thus far -- good service. However, even with the free shipping, $55 is $7 more than I can get Prosperity locally after taxes. Then, it's a must to have sleeves for the cards and therefore a must that Amazon should carry them directly. But via Amazon, count on $5.50 for 100 sleeves ($2 + $3.50 shipping) and you'll need 300 sleeves. Now we're over $70 for the add-on. As a consequence, I ordered this item elsewhere, 600 sleeves (I wanted extras) and shipping included and I spent just $50. The base Dominion and Dominion Intrigue games are priced on Amazon more-or-less at the street price. I would encourage you to get Dominion Prosperity but only when Amazon has the price closer to the street price.
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The central theme to this Dominion expansion is wealth. The Prosperity expansion adds 25 new Kingdom cards and 2 new Basic cards that let players keep building up past Gold And Province. There are treasures with abilities, cards that interact with treasures, and powerful expensive cards.
Please note: Dominion: Prosperity expands both Dominion, and Dominion: Intrigue and as such, it does not contain material for a complete game. Treasure, Victory, Curse, and Trash cards are not included, so you will need Dominion or Dominion: Intrigue to play. Dominion: Prosperity is also designed to be played with any future expansions that may be published.
Contents of Dominion: Prosperity Expansion:
300 Cards
Storage Tray
9 Mats
8 Coins
31 Tokens
Rule Booklet
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