Dominion

Goal: Have the most Victory Points (VP) when the game ends. The game ends when the Province pile is empty, or any 3 supply piles are empty (4 in 3-4 player games). Tiebreaker: If scores are tied, the player who has taken fewer turns wins; if turns are also equal, the game is a shared victory.

Turn Structure

Each turn has two phases:

• Action Phase – Play Action cards from your hand. Each Action card costs 1 Action. You start each turn with 1 Action. Cards like Village give you more.
• Buy Phase – Spend Coins to buy cards from the Supply. You start with 1 Buy. Cards like Market give you more. Your Treasures in hand automatically add to your Coins.

Cleanup: At the end of your turn, discard all cards in play and your hand, then draw 5 new cards.

Card Types

• Treasure 🟠 – Provide Coins in the Buy phase (Copper $1, Silver $2, Gold $3).
• Victory 🏡 – Worth VP at game end (Estate 1, Duchy 3, Province 6). Dead weight during play.
• Curse 💀 – Worth -1 VP. Given to you by attacks like Witch.
• Action ⚔️ – Do cool things when played in the Action phase.
• Reaction 🛡️ – Reveal in response to an Attack (e.g., Moat blocks attacks).
• Attack ⚔️ – Harm other players. They may react.

The Supply

Each game has 10 Kingdom cards (randomly chosen or preset) plus the basic cards (Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province, Curse). All players buy from the same shared Supply.

Strategy Tips

• Thin your deck with Chapel to remove weak starters.
• Add drawing with Smithy, Laboratory, Council Room.
• Add actions with Village, Festival to chain cards.
• Race for Provinces once you can reliably hit $8.

Opening Strategy:

• Buy Silver early with $3-$5; Gold is hard to reach without Silver first.
• Consider opening with a strong $2-$4 Action card if the Kingdom supports it.
• Chapel opening is powerful — trash your starting Coppers and Estates fast.

Mid-Game Engine Building:

• Build a deck that draws itself every turn — multiple Smithies + Villages.
• Use Throne Room on Smithy or Laboratory for huge value.
• Watch the Province pile — start greening (buying Victory) when it's about half gone.

End-Game Greening:

• Switch from engine cards to Victory cards once you can hit $8 consistently.
• Duchy ($5) becomes valuable when Provinces run low.
• Estate ($2) is worth grabbing in the last 1-2 turns if you have spare buys.

Countering Attacks:

• Moat ($2) blocks all attacks — keep one or two in hand against Militia/Witch.
• Trashing Coppers with Moneylender weakens Thief and protects your economy.

Dominion is a deck-building card game designed by Donald X. Vaccarino and published by Rio Grande Games in 2008. It pioneered the deck-building genre — players start with an identical weak deck and improve it over the course of the game by buying cards from a shared Supply.

The game has sold millions of copies and spawned numerous expansions. It won the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) in 2009 and is considered a modern classic.

This digital implementation features:

• ✅ Complete Base set (25 Kingdom cards + basic cards)
• ✅ Four AI difficulty levels: Novice, Regular, Hard, Master
• ✅ Master AI uses Monte Carlo simulation for strong play
• ✅ Preset Kingdom combinations for balanced games
• ✅ Undo support for learning and experimentation
• ✅ Cross-device responsive design

References:

• 📖 Board Game Notes — Dominion Rules (Traditional Chinese)
• 🎯 Reddit — A Beginner's Guide to Dominion
• 🎴 Designed by Donald X. Vaccarino, published by Rio Grande Games

Note: This is an inspired adaptation for educational and entertainment purposes. For tournament play, refer to the official Rio Grande Games rules.