Rio Grande Games Dominion Base Cards

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.

My family loves to play Dominion! This is a must because it includes items from the base game while also times from particular expansions. OR, buy this and your preferred expansion since it has all of the base cards!

First things first, this is what you get:* Copper* Silver* Gold* Estates* Duchies* Provinces* Curses* As well as Platinum and Colony (both form Prosperity, have 12 colonies) and Potion (from Alchemy)Secondly, I also have to say that I didn't have a problem with the previous artwork. At first glance all of the money cards looked the same, and so too did the victory cards. But I never found that to be much of a problem - I only ever look at the top banner of the card which has the card name on it, or for the money and victory I just look in the middle - the big numbers are a big enough give away!For me personally though, the new artwork doesn't fit well with the artwork on the Kingdom cards. However, that is not to say the artwork is terrible nor that these cards are completely useless. They are a very welcome replacement for the money/victory cards in my Dominion Base game box, which are now getting very worn.I do have one comment, which echoes that of other people. Whilst this set can be coupled with *any* of the box sets, e.g. Hinterlands, Seaside etc... if you are new to the game then you should probably buy either Intrigue or Base to go with your box set of choice. The extra $10 or so bucks is well worth it for the 25 extra kingdom cards you get.If, like me, you are just looking to replace tired-looking cards, or perhaps even looking for some newer artwork, then this is really very worth it.

I was worried the art was going to be different from the base game, but it was not, it fit right into my base game and if I only had the seaside expansion, this would make that playable without the base set, so this is a very good set to add to your dominion collection.

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.

It might not be completely clear from the description, but this also includes platinums, colonies, and potions.If you play dominion a lot, with many different expansions, you may notice that the common denominator, the base cards, wear out rather quickly, in which case, they can not only start sticking together and become awkward to handle, but become visually identifiable from the back as well due to wear. So you can get new base cards to fix this.Ultimately, however, this is a bit redundant, and if you play dominion often/seriously enough that this is a concern to you, you should probably just get card sleeves.

I bought a base game that had enough cards for a normal game, but a lot of times I end up playing with 6 to 8 people. Having the extra base cards (and changing the rules so more stacks need to be gone to end the game) helps make it work better. Also, we can split into 2 games and play with different supply piles. Overall, this makes sense with a big family. Even if you don't buy any expansion packs, I would suggest buying this if you want to be able to include larger groups.