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Dominare

Game ID: GID0099218
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2012
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The City-State of Tempest is a lively metropolis – some say the largest in the world – yet behind the city's cultured exterior, age-old cabals vie for power, fighting one another for dominance in a society ripe with political and economic turmoil. Led by shadowy figures who command a small cadre of loyal followers, these secret societies work in concert to seize the wealth and power of the fabled City-State of Tempest.

In Dominare, you are the puppet master of a conspiracy seeking to control Tempest. Agents are the key to Dominare. Use your agents to spread your influence through the city, building a network of hidden power to control the most valuable districts and blocks.

In the game, players first draft agents they want. Then, each turn, the players reveal one additional layer of their conspiracy. Each agent is a unique person in the City-State of Tempest, with unique abilities. The higher an agent in in your conspiracy, the more powerful that agent is.

Players spread their influence in key city blocks and districts, use agent and district abilities to further their plans, and manipulate the board to their benefit. Use your agents well, and influence and power will be yours. Use them poorly, and... well, you wouldn't be the first would-be ruler to vanish into the inky waters of the city canals....

Number 3 in the Tempest Shared World Game Series

Description

The City-State of Tempest is a lively metropolis – some say the largest in the world – yet behind the city's cultured exterior, age-old cabals vie for power, fighting one another for dominance in a society ripe with political and economic turmoil. Led by shadowy figures who command a small cadre of loyal followers, these secret societies work in concert to seize the wealth and power of the fabled City-State of Tempest.

In Dominare, you are the puppet master of a conspiracy seeking to control Tempest. Agents are the key to Dominare. Use your agents to spread your influence through the city, building a network of hidden power to control the most valuable districts and blocks.

In the game, players first draft agents they want. Then, each turn, the players reveal one additional layer of their conspiracy. Each agent is a unique person in the City-State of Tempest, with unique abilities. The higher an agent in in your conspiracy, the more powerful that agent is.

Players spread their influence in key city blocks and districts, use agent and district abilities to further their plans, and manipulate the board to their benefit. Use your agents well, and influence and power will be yours. Use them poorly, and... well, you wouldn't be the first would-be ruler to vanish into the inky waters of the city canals....

Number 3 in the Tempest Shared World Game Series

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Video N5OxwJmSVSc Rolling Dice & Taking Names Event Coverage at 2:56
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  • we're here both of us are here at the queen city game club tabletop day event
  • we have a game of super dungeon this year which never makes it to our regular tuesday night events but with this much time today it's hit the table
  • love letter which is the 16 card quick hit sensation that you can't buy anywhere right now because it keeps selling out
  • i think that's why it's so popular because it's such a great game for only ten dollars
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  • not going to be remade
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  • Yamatai is never going to be made again cuz I don't I'm mad about Yamatai because Desaana that's a very good game that y'all gave up on and that's a very good game.
  • UNMATCHED. NO. YES. YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING THAT. THEY'RE TAKING UNMATCHED. NO, NO, NO. I don't Okay, you're not touching none of those. None.
  • Unmatched. They stay. Every one of them.
  • This is what I deal with.
  • It takes up a lot of space in your home and you do fall in love with these games and you want to play them and then a lot of times you can't play them because you're so busy getting new stuff.
  • It's hard. It's hard.
  • I want an alarm to go off. An alarm after 365 days if you haven't played it. Yeah, it's got to go.
  • Board game collections are gaseous and tend to expand to fill the entire volume of the space you allow them in.
  • The stores are not going to help you sell your games. That's their business.
  • I wish you get a store, which is not bad. Okay. No, store credit is NOT GOOD BECAUSE THAT'S GREAT. That's great.
  • If you haven't played it in three years, get rid of it.
  • Okay. Next week, next Sunday, we will not be here. No, we won't be here, y'all. We will be at BG Spring. We are not doing a tape show because we got a lot of other videos that we've got to get done before we leave.
  • A friend asked me, did you know it takes five sheep to make one sweater? I answered I didn't even know they could knit.
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