Dominion: Second Edition

Players take the role of rival monarchs expanding a small kingdom into a larger realm by acquiring cards that represent minions, buildings, treasures and improvements. Each player begins with an identical tiny deck and buys from a shared market of available cards, then reshuffles and replays their evolving deck to generate actions, coins and victory points. Ten selectable kingdom card types per game create varied strategies; players build their decks on the fly to maximize efficiency and score the most victory points by the end of play. This edition swaps and updates several kingdom cards and revises some card wording and the rulebook while keeping core deck‑building gameplay intact.

Players: 2–4 best 2
Playing time: 30 min
Age: 14+
Complexity: 2.2 / 5

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About the game

Design: Donald X. Vaccarino
Art: Matthias Catrein
Julien Delval
Tomasz Jedruszek
Radosław Jaszczuk
Publisher: Rio Grande Games

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Plays logged: 207
Players: 34m 26s
Average play: 130
In collections: 9
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Nicolas Neveu8.5
+ Guilds & Cornucopia + Empires + Prosperity + Plunder
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A classic rediscovered. Infinite possibilities.

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Rules questions

Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.

When does the game end?

The game ends immediately at the end of a player’s turn if the Province pile is empty or any three supply piles are empty; players then count Victory points in their decks/discards/hands to determine the winner (Rulebook p.8).

If I gain a card, does it go to my hand or my discard pile?

Unless a card specifically states otherwise, any gained card is placed on your discard pile (Rulebook p.12).

Can I play Action cards during the Buy phase or only in the Action phase?

Action cards may only be played during your Action phase unless a card’s text says otherwise; after you finish Actions you play Treasures during the Buy phase (Rulebook p.6–7).

When do I shuffle my discard pile into a new deck?

You only shuffle your discard pile to form a new deck when you need to draw and your deck does not have enough cards — shuffle only when needed (Rulebook p.12).

How do +Buys and multiple Treasure coins work — do unused coins or Buys carry over?

During your Buy phase you total all Treasure coins and any +Coins from cards and spend them only in that Buy phase; additional +Buys let you make more purchases that same turn, and neither unused coins nor Buys carry over to later turns (Rulebook p.7–8).

How many cards are in each Kingdom or Victory supply pile, and what happens if a pile runs out?

Each chosen Kingdom card has a pile of 10 cards (Victory piles are set up to match the Victory card counts), and an emptied supply pile counts toward the three-empty-piles end condition which can end the game (Rulebook p.5, p.8).