Dominion is a great game, but once you start getting a few expansions it becomes complicated just due to picking the cards to play with each game.
Personally, while I enjoy playing dominion, because of the way it works with having to keep track of the number of buys and actions and so on, I find that it works better as a PC game than an actual card game.
(I use dominion .net)
Also on the Dominion note, I've recently played lots of Quarriors. To simplify it extremely its dominion but with dice.
Instead of building a deck of cards, you build a bag of dice. Each turn you draw 6 and roll them. You have basic die which will give 1 or rarely 2 money, and then all the spells and monsters. 1-3 sides of those die will have money on, the others all have abilities. If its a monster, it shows the level and attack strength of the monster, and the cost to summon it. A really good fun game, lots of luck involved, but I just really enjoy rolling loads of dice.
Also, 7 wonders was mentioned above and I love that game,though don't play it as often as I want to. Only annoyance is that I tend to end up in games where one person spends ages agonizing over the card. Which is ok occasionally, more annoying when its every turn.
Finally, I think I'm in love with Vlaada Chvatil. Galaxy Trucker is a game I'm still madly in love with to this day, and Space Alert is so frantic and stressful but still a great laugh. And today I got to play Dungeon Lords for the first time. And while I've only played it once, it seems so well designed (Though needs exactly 4 to play it). A little bit of worker placement, tile placement, a really clever turn order mechanic where you all kinda pick where you place your workers at the same time. Its like the Dungeon Keeper of board games!
Personally, while I enjoy playing dominion, because of the way it works with having to keep track of the number of buys and actions and so on, I find that it works better as a PC game than an actual card game.
(I use dominion .net)
Also on the Dominion note, I've recently played lots of Quarriors. To simplify it extremely its dominion but with dice.
Instead of building a deck of cards, you build a bag of dice. Each turn you draw 6 and roll them. You have basic die which will give 1 or rarely 2 money, and then all the spells and monsters. 1-3 sides of those die will have money on, the others all have abilities. If its a monster, it shows the level and attack strength of the monster, and the cost to summon it. A really good fun game, lots of luck involved, but I just really enjoy rolling loads of dice.
Also, 7 wonders was mentioned above and I love that game,though don't play it as often as I want to. Only annoyance is that I tend to end up in games where one person spends ages agonizing over the card. Which is ok occasionally, more annoying when its every turn.
Finally, I think I'm in love with Vlaada Chvatil. Galaxy Trucker is a game I'm still madly in love with to this day, and Space Alert is so frantic and stressful but still a great laugh. And today I got to play Dungeon Lords for the first time. And while I've only played it once, it seems so well designed (Though needs exactly 4 to play it). A little bit of worker placement, tile placement, a really clever turn order mechanic where you all kinda pick where you place your workers at the same time. Its like the Dungeon Keeper of board games!
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