Across the sea, they have so much stuff. And it's so much better than your stuff. Finer craftsmanship. Better quality materials. Shinier. They have crowns, tiaras, and diadems — and that's just the hats. It's time to get some of that stuff. You want an easy life, and you're prepared to work hard for it, so you've rounded up some old salty dogs, plus a sourpuss and a bitter goldfish. And set sail. The sea is a harsh mistress, but a good cook, at least if you like everything really salty. There are red skies tonight, so they'll be making a batch of Sailor's Delight, which you understand to have tuna fish in it. And soon you'll be attacking merchant ships and taking their treasure. But the real treasure is the happy memories you'll be making.
Dominion: Plunder is the 15th expansion to Dominion. It has 500 cards, with 40 new Kingdom cards. It has lots of Treasures and Durations, with cards that give you Loot, and Traits that modify piles. Events return.
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Gen Con 2023
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- every game that I got then this is why Gen Con this year felt kind of a little eh because every game was either Kickstarter which I which I backed and so we'll be getting my own copy or I could have gotten them retail so this was the first year I went that I was like well what's the incentive to go
- this was the first year and I've been going for I want to say six years like not not like skipping 2020 and I was going and this was the first year that I got everything I wanted within the first two days
- I personally think don't go to Gen Con with a budget but also don't go into debt for for it like don't be like I'm gonna spend 300 like because that goes by very very quickly like go with a bunch of money go with a budget that's way over expectations be like I'm gonna spend five grand there and if you're if you do spend five grand then that was your budget but if you're like oh I only spent one grand then great you have four grand lying around
- if I at least buy it like if I buy a Great Western Trail New Zealand New Zealand and I hate it it's like okay well I bought your game you have no right to get upset because at least you got my money
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- Still going strong after many expansions
- Provides lots of money/treasure
- Frustrating for collectors who have finalized their storage solutions
- Treasures, loot, durations
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- Deck Building — The 15th expansion for the deck building card game Dominion.
- Events — Additionally events return.
- loot — Cars that provide Loot.
- traits — Traits that modify piles.
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- It's this really big puzzle that only gets more complicated as it goes so it just looks so cool
- I am all in on the gardening themed rolling right genre and and this um I mean pencil first games has got a series of games are kind of in this gardening and I would say almost like relaxing and pleasant kind of theming of their games
- The artwork is delicious looks like it's a gardener who's been sketching their Garden of whilst they've been sat in it you know and it's just it's very nice in it
- If this game weren't so purple it is so purple really you are underestimating how purple it is it's profoundly purple.
- So much of the scoring is hidden like you're having a certain amount of points out on the board but the rest of the points like half the points in the game is all in your hands right and you never know who's gonna win and that sounds really exciting to me.
- This thing is still going as in its original Incarnation the original designer ever this is still happening it's still crazy popular it has true staying power power.